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Chemical Industry in Transition

03.06.2013 - During the next decades the world is poised to witness a period with the longest positive transformation in human history. With more than 9 to 10 billion people depending on the...

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U.S. Finds Unapproved Genetically Modified Wheat in Oregon

30.05.2013 - A strain of genetically engineered wheat never approved for sale or consumption was found sprouting on a farm in Oregon, the U.S. government said on Wednesday, and grain traders...

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Judge Orders Dow Chemical to Pay $1.2 Billion in Price-Fixing Case

16.05.2013 - A federal judge in Kansas City, Kansas, ordered Dow Chemical on Wednesday to pay $1.2 billion in a price-fixing case involving chemicals used to make foam products in cars...

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USDA Says More Review Needed for New Monsanto, Dow GMO Crops

10.05.2013 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday that it will assess the environmental impact of controversial new biotech crops developed by Dow AgroSciences, a venture of Dow...

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EU to Ban Pesticides Blamed for Harming Bees

29.04.2013 - The European Union will ban three of the world's most widely-used pesticides for two years because of fears they are linked to a plunge in the population of bees critical to the...

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Dow Chemical Sees Farm Products Driving Profit This Year

25.04.2013 - Dow Chemical posted a better-than-expected 33% jump in quarterly profit as farmers in the Americas bought more of its seeds and pesticides, overshadowing a decline in European...

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Dow Starts Photovoltaic Film Production in Schkopau

27.03.2013 - Dow's Enlight Polyolefin Encapsulant Film production line in Schkopau, Germany, has been completed and the first commercial quantities have been shipped to customers. Since 2010...

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Dow Chemical to Build Specialty Plants on U.S. Gulf Coast

18.03.2013 - Dow Chemical said it plans to build several specialty material production plants on the U.S. Gulf Coast to take advantage of cheap shale-derived natural gas. Margins in Dow's...