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Lyondell Chemical to be Purchased for $19Billion

Basell, the global leader in polyolefins, and Lyondell Chemical Company, one of the world's largest chemical companies, announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement pursuant to which Basell will acqui...

18 Jul 2007

Dow and EPA Agree on Dioxon Cleanup Program for Michigan Facility

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached agreement with Dow Chemical Co. to clean up three dioxin-contaminated hot spots on the Tittabawassee River downstream of its Midland, Mich., facility. On June 27 ...

17 Jul 2007

Partnership Could Result in Lower Cost, Higher Performance Fuel Cells for Portable Applications

An agreement between Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Research Centre Julich in Germany could ultimately lead to lower cost, higher performance fuel cells for transportation and portable power applications. Under th...

14 Jul 2007

Exatech Receives FDA Premarket Approval for A Ceramic Articulation Hip System

Exactech Inc., a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products including orthopaedic implants and biologic materials, announced today that it has received premarket approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Ad...

13 Jul 2007

KBR Awarded Project Management Contract for Aramco/Dow Chemicals and Plastics JV

Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical Company Thursday announced the selection of KBR as the project management contractor for the proposed world-scale chemicals and plastics production complex in Saudi Arabia, named the Ras Tan...

13 Jul 2007

ADS Begin Production of Polyethylene Plastic Pipes at New $12 Million Plant

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (ADS), the world's largest manufacturer of high-density polyethylene pipe, has begun production at its largest U.S. manufacturing plant to help meet the growing demand for HDPE product...

13 Jul 2007

Borealis and Borouge to Showcase Plastic Solutions at K 2007

Borealis and Borouge, leading providers of innovative, value creating plastic solutions, will showcase exciting new developments at K 2007. Customers from the entire value chain are invited to their high profile stand, C...

From Borouge 13 Jul 2007

Texas Petrochemicals Commissions New Facility

Texas Petrochemicals, Inc., a leading petrochemical company specializing in the production of valued added products derived from C4 and C3 hydrocarbons, today announced it has started the commissioning of its new nonene ...

13 Jul 2007

NOx Storage Reduction (NSR) Catalytic Equipped Cars are More Efficient

Dutch researcher Karen Scholz from Eindhoven University of Technology has taken a careful look at the properties of a new type of catalytic converter found in cars. For this so-called NOx Storage Reduction (NSR) catalyti...

13 Jul 2007

Solvay Launch A New Polyolefin Material with Extremely Low Thermal Expansion

Solvay Engineered Polymers, Inc., has introduced a new engineered polyolefin material in its SEQUEL(R) 1800 series of products. The new SEQUEL 1828 polyolefin exhibits a coefficient of linear thermal expansion (CLTE) tha...

11 Jul 2007

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