The Dow Chemical Co. has filed an answer in the Delaware Court of Chancery to litigation initiated by Rohm and Haas Co. on January 26, 2009, related to the proposed

ANGUS Chemical Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Co., has announced the completion of its new Market Development Facility designed to help promote molecules the company is

The Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA), Washington, D.C., has announced the approval of seven new companies for membership, including APAC Pharmaceutical LLC, Fairfield, NJ; AlphaChem, Ambrose, GA; Galactic Inc.,

Two of Nordson Corp.’s manufacturing facilities have been named among North America’s Best Plants for 2008 by Industry Week magazine. Nordon’s Swainsboro, GA, facility has been selected as a winner,

Momentive Performance Materials Inc., Albany, NY, has announced plans to restructure in order to cut costs during the current economic recession. The company is eliminating approximately 250 full-time positions worldwide,

LANXESS Corp. has named Intertex World Resources Inc., Akron, OH, as its North American distributor of emulsion styrene butadiene rubber (ESBR) products. Intertex will be responsible for distribution sales to

Huber Engineered Materials (HEM), Atlanta, has announced that construction of its new dental silica plant in Qingdao, China, is progressing on schedule. President Mike Marberry said, “We continue to make

DarTape Technologies Corp. President Bernadette Darling was recently named the 2008 winner of the Suzanne Thaler Rising Star Award. The award is given to a woman with outstanding accomplishments in

Accutest Corp. has announced the acquisition of Denver-based Evergreen Analytical Inc. Accutest is the country’s third-largest environmental testing laboratory and was acquired by Edgewater in May 2007. The company’s expansion

The Lubrizol Corp., Wickliffe, OH, recently acquired the thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) business of The Dow Chemical Co. The acquisition, structured as a sale and purchase of assets, will expand Lubrizol’s