Business Wire

  1. Arch Chemicals Completes Acquisition Of Advantis Technologies 10/10/2008
    Arch Chemicals, Inc.,announced that it has completed its previously announced asset acquisition of the water treatment chemicals business of Advantis Technologies, Inc.
  2. Multi-National Oil And Gas Company Chooses Accelrys To Increase Efficiency In Catalyst Discovery And Optimization 10/9/2008
    Accelrys, Inc., a leading provider of scientific business intelligence software and services, today announced that one of the largest multi-national oil and gas companies has chosen Accelrys to develop an integrated solution which would enable this company’s catalyst research scientists to both accelerate catalysis research and discovery and to improve the performance of the resulting catalysts
  3. Lawrence Pumps To Provide Critical Pumps For SNC-Lavalin/Petro-Canada Oil Sands Project 10/8/2008
    Lawrence Pumps Inc. has been selected to supply the Canadian engineering company SNC-Lavalin with specialized slurry pumps for the new Fort Hills mining and extraction plant that will be operated by Petro-Canada. Now being constructed 50 miles north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, the Fort Hills plant abuts the vast Athabasca oil sands region under development in northern Canada
  4. JMAR Recognized For Biological Detection Product Of The Year 10/8/2008
    JMAR Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator in the development and commercialization of sensing systems for the detection of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) materials, today announced that its BioSentry™ water monitoring system has earned Frost & Sullivan’s 2008 North American Biological Detection Product of the Year Award
  5. Fuel Tech Signs Long-Term Chemical Supply Agreement 10/6/2008
    Fuel Tech, Inc., a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems in utility and industrial applications, today announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties, LLC for the supply of chemicals used in the Company’s U.S. and Canadian FUEL CHEM® programs
  6. Microfluidics Nanotechnology Expert To Speak At National Nano Engineering Conference In Boston November 12-13 10/3/2008
    Microfluidics, a division of Microfluidics International Corporation, has announced that the company's CTO and nationally renowned nanotechnology applications expert, Thomai (Mimi) Panagiotou, Ph.D, will be presenting a talk at the 2008 National Nano Engineering Conference
  7. Ferro Announces Agreement To Sell Fine Chemical Business 10/3/2008
    Ferro Corporation, announced today that it has signed an asset purchase agreement with Novolyte Technologies LP, an affiliate of Arsenal Capital Management LP, to sell its Fine Chemicals business for $66 million in cash
  8. ExxonMobil Chemical Completes Exxsol Hydrocarbon Fluids 10/2/2008
    ExxonMobil Chemical has completed a 130,000 tons per year capacity expansion at its Exxsol hydrocarbon fluids plant in Jurong Island, Singapore, increasing capacity at this site to more than 500,000 tons per year
  9. CIDX Board Proposes Organizational Changes 10/2/2008
    The Chemical Industry Data Exchange (CIDX), a not-for-profit global trade and standards organization, announced earlier this week a plan to transition the organization’s operational and governance roles to Open Application Group (OAGi) and the American Chemistry Council (ACC) Chemical IT Center (ChemITC) by year-end pending an affirmative vote by CIDX members in November
  10. Performix Demonstrates Integrated Batch Manufacturing Execution Solution For The Chemical Industry 10/1/2008
    Performix, a leading developer of composite applications for streamlining Recipe Management, Manufacturing Execution and Electronic Batch Recording (EBR), today announced it is demonstrating a fully integrated batch manufacturing execution solution for chemical industry customers