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Dow Buildings Solutions Wins Two Green Product Awards
11/20/2009 3:22:08 PM
Building Products Magazine Recognizes the Role of Insulation in Green Building Midland, MI. * Insulation is one of the most important elements of green homes and buildings. * STYROFOAM ...
LA Testing Torrance, CA Testing Lab NVLAP and CA ELAP Accreditation for PLM Asbestos Analysis, AIHA EMLAP Accredited for Mold Analysis.
11/20/2009 1:53:32 PM
Torrance, CA Three AIHA and NVLAP Accredited Labs now serving greater Los Angeles... LA Testing has continued to make strides to satisfy their client base with the recent acquisition of a labora...
Air Liquide participates in the battle against climate change
11/20/2009 11:27:16 AM
This year, from December 7 through December 18, a total of 192 countries will be sending representatives to the Copenhagen Summit in Denmark. The aim of COP 15, the United Nations’ international confe...
Ircon® Announces Advanced Features for Modline® 6 Series Fiber Optic Infrared Thermometers
11/19/2009 5:09:10 PM
Innovative, fully featured, high-temperature models designed for metal and glass applications SANTA CRUZ, Calif., November 18, 2009 — Ircon®, the worldwide leader in infrared (IR) noncontact temper...
Syngenta and Makhteshim Agan supply agreement
11/19/2009 2:10:15 PM
Basel, Switzerland * Syngenta to supply Makhteshim Agan with azoxystrobin * Capacity expansion responding to growth in demand * Leveraging low cost production Syngenta and Makhtesh...
BTEX Contamination of Soil and Water
11/19/2009 11:00:00 AM
LA Testing offers testing solutions to detect BTEX problems. Los Alamitos, CA BTEX is an acronym for benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene. They are all volatile organic compounds (VOCs) fou...
Pioneer Hi-Bred Joins Public-Private Partnership to Increase Productivity for Iowa Farmers
11/18/2009 1:44:02 PM
Partnership with Iowa State University Delivers Science-Based Research, Information to Boost Yields DES MOINES, Iowa, Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, announced it has joined the Iowa State Univ...
The Linde Group and Algenol Biofuels agree to cooperate in CO2 and O2 management for biofuel production from algae
11/18/2009 9:54:09 AM
Munich - The technology group The Linde Group and the US company Algenol Biofuels LLC have agreed to collaborate in a joint development project in order to identify the optimum management of carbon di...
Dow Announces Availability of New Company Databook - The Elements of Success
11/18/2009 9:44:03 AM
Midland, MI - The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced today that it has published a new Company Databook: The Elements of Success. This inaugural edition provides comprehensive insight into Dow...
Ten Years of Wacker Metroark Chemicals in Kolkata
11/18/2009 9:21:27 AM
Munich / Kolkata, Wacker Metroark Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. recently celebrated its tenth anniversary. The Kolkata-based company was set up in 1998 as a joint venture between the Munich chemical company WAC...
Aesthetic, airy and warm
11/17/2009 12:09:31 PM
* Neopor now also for back-ventilated curtain facades Back-ventilated curtain facades extending to the high-rise building limit can now be efficiently thermally insulated with expandable polystyre...
Mold Exposure Results in Social Security Disability Benefits
11/17/2009 11:00:00 AM
LA Testing offers testing solutions to people suffering from indoor air quality problems. Los Alamitos, CA In a landmark case a woman has been granted disability benefits for mold-related injuri...
Shell starts-up world-scale monoethylene glycol plant in Singapore
11/17/2009 9:36:08 AM
Shell Chemicals Limited has announced the successful start-up of its new world-scale monoethylene glycol (MEG) unit at the Shell Eastern Petrochemicals Complex in Singapore. The unit started up as ...
WACKER starts production at China´s largest dispersible polymer powder plant in Nanjing
11/16/2009 11:28:18 AM
Munich / Nanjing, Today, WACKER, the Munich-based chemical group, officially opened its new dispersible powder and vinyl acetate ethylene dispersion plant in Nanjing, China. With an annual capacity of...
Lectrus Wins BusinessTN Magazine’s “Hot100“ Award
11/14/2009 10:27:05 PM
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA (November 14, 2009) – Due to their success over the past three (3) years, Lectrus Corporation has received BusinessTN magazine’s “Hot100” award for 2009. “Hot100 status...
Exact Flow Announces New Flow Measurement Technical Tips
11/13/2009 1:10:51 PM
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., November 12, 2009 — Exact Flow, a supplier of precision flow measurement instrumentation for the world’s most demanding applications, has announced a new series of flow measuremen...
High-performance and biodegradable
11/13/2009 12:24:10 PM
* New biodegradable plastic for special packaging BASF is now offering a new biodegradable plastic. It goes by the name Ecovio® FS and it has joined the existing Ecovio product line. BASF has o...
Syngenta receives approval for new corn technologies in Brazil
11/13/2009 11:57:11 AM
Basel, Switzerland * MIR162 corn and Bt11xGA21 stacked corn receive approvals * Brazilian growers to gain increased competitiveness and productivity * Further strengthens Syngenta por...
AkzoNobel to acquire Dow powder coatings activities
11/12/2009 11:48:08 AM
AkzoNobel is to enhance its portfolio of sustainable technologies after signing an agreement with The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) to acquire its powder coatings activities. Financial details were not d...
Exposure to Soot Particles May Increase Premature Death Rates
11/12/2009 11:00:00 AM
LA Testing provides soot, carbon black and combustible by-product analysis to ensure safe breathing environments. Pasadena, CA An extended epidemiological analysis was recently released by the n...