AK Steel announced Friday that it expects a loss for its first quarter, attributing temporary factors such as an unplanned blast furnace outage. Harsh winter weather--the main complaint for other US mills--was also mentioned as a factor. ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
At night, as cold settles in, lake ice creaks and groans. It's been excessively cold, and I camped exposed on the snow-swept surface. Other than the lack of vegetation and the sounds at night, you'd never know you were on a lake. It feels ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
The AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation's Connections for Cardiovascular HealthSM program today announced it will award nearly $3.7 million in grants to 19 nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving cardiovascular health in local ...
Tags: Astrazeneca, Healthcare Foundation, Cardiovascular Health, heart health
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has expanded its Goodyear Authorized Retread network with the addition of Colonial Tire Distributors, a Richmond, Va.-based firm that serves trucking fleets with new Goodyear commercial truck tires, Goodyear ...
Ashland's consumer research within the men's grooming market suggests that more than ever, men desire a comprehensive regimen to maintain a healthy look and great hygiene but few want to add the extra time it often takes to look and feel ...
Tags: Ashland, men's grooming market, Groom'n'Go, personal care regimen
Ashland Specialty Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc. (NYSH: ASH), announced the addition of a coatings and construction lab in its Shanghai Technical Center. With 20 additional chemists, the newly expanded technical center ...
Tags: Ashland, Coatings&Construction Lab, Shanghai Technical Center
US-based liquid packaging solutions provider Liqui-Box will renovate two of its facilities located at Wythenshawe, England and Ashland, Ohio with the addition of new technologies. The company will install two new multi-lane bag machines, ...
Tags: liquid packaging, Packaging
Ashland Water Technologies, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., will introduce its new OnGuard i controller at the International Water Conference in Orlando, Florida, November 17-20, 2013. This first-to-market technology provides a full ...
Plant managers and engineers are constantly looking for innovative and cost-effective solutions to increase productivity and system reliability while reducing overall operating costs. Ashland Water Technologies, a commercial unit of ...
Tags: Water Treatment, Textile
Solvay Novecare has made three key appointments to its Asia Pacific Coatings Market Team. Leading the team is Asia Pacific regional market director Marc Teo, who is responsible for delivering financial targets and sustainably growing the ...
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Ashland Water Technologies, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., has hired Jeff Fulgham as vice president, marketing. He is based in Wilmington, Delaware and reports to John Panichella, Ashland senior vice president and president, Ashland ...
Ashland Specialty Ingredients is now offering Escalol HMS ultraviolet (UV) filter technology to sun care product manufacturers throughout the world. A legacy technology first reviewed by the FDA in 1978, the United States Pharmacopeia ...
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Ashland Inc., a global leader in specialty chemical solutions for consumer and industrial markets, announced preliminary financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the fourth quarter of its 2013 fiscal year. Highlights: ...
For the second consecutive year, Ashland Inc was honored as Best Chemical Supplier of the Year for the Pulp and Paper segment by the Brazilian Pulp & Paper Association (ABTCP) at its annual awards dinner October 9, 2013. Flavio Parrilha ...
Tags: Ashland Inc, Pulp Sector
Ashland Water Technologies, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., and Dorf Ketal Chemicals, LLC, a specialty chemicals company serving the downstream refining and petrochemical industries, announced they have entered a strategic distribution ...