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Dow Chemical reports decline in 2Q profit
AP Business WriterDow Chemical Co. said Thursday that despite record sales and two double-digit price increases unveiled in the second quarter, its profit for the period fell 27 percent, in large part because of sharply higher costs for energy and raw materials. The...Tags: Prices, Engineering, Kevin McCarthy, Sales, Dow Chemical Company
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Aerospace, Medical Device Firms See Potential Gain In Collaborating
Special to The CourantIt was only by accident that a Connecticut company best known for building equipment to test and service helicopters found itself working with one of the planet's biggest medical device makers. HabCo Inc. of Glastonbury at first turned down the chance to...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Glastonbury, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Engineering, Instrument Engineering
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IBM will invest $1.5B to expand NY operations
Associated Press WriterIBM Corp. will invest $1.5 billion to promote nanotechnology research and to create and retain jobs in New York, Gov. David Paterson said Tuesday. The state is giving IBM $140 million in economic development grants to support creation of as many as 1,...Tags: Computing and Information Technology, Engineering, David A. Paterson, Research, Charles King
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IBM to invest $1.5B for high-tech NY State projects
ALBANY - IBM Corp. will invest $1.5 billion for nanotechnology research and to create and retain jobs in New York, Gov. David A. Paterson said yesterday. The state is giving IBM $140million in economic development grants to support creation of up to 1,...Tags: Computing and Information Technology, Engineering, David A. Paterson, Research, Electronics
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Garden plastics recycling takes a step in the green direction
Chicago Tribune reporter"This is one of the most irresponsible industries I've ever seen," said Andersonville gardener Cai Gushak. "I'm almost ready to stop going to the garden center." What has him fuming? Pots. Plastic pots, flats and trays that he can't recycle, all from...Tags: Home Depot Incorporated, Oregon, Agricultural Research and Technology, Illinois, Engineering
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Colchester Teacher Learns Hands-On Manufacturing
Courant Staff WriterAs large molding machines clunked out pieces of plastic car parts, Bacon Academy teacher Christopher Petersen cupped a small piece of plastic in his hand and meticulously cleaned off the excess material. Wearing a Bacon Academy T-shirt, shorts, a...Tags: Schools, Engineering, Employees, Metal and Mineral, Consumer Electronics Industry
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Events This Week
The Virginia GazetteWednesday/9 18th Century Play—``Great Theatrical Disaster of 1790’’ presented at 7:30 p.m. at the Kimball Theatre. Tickets are $12 and $6. Archaeological excavation at the Ravenscroft site—9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. daily,...Tags: Michael Clark, Panera Bread Company, Engineering, Gardens and Parks, Defense
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Atlantis Plastics, Henderson, Ky.
The CEO of a company that operates a western Kentucky plastics plant where an employee opened fire after an argument says a sixth person has died. Atlantis Plastics CEO Bud Philbrook says the killings are just a "total shock." Philbrook says the...Tags: Engineering, Atlantis Plastics Incorporated, Kentucky, Space Programs
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KY Plant Reopens After Deadly Shooting
Associated PressHENDERSON, Ky. -- Work has resumed at a western Kentucky plastics plant where an employee shot five people dead and killed himself. Plant manager Dean Jorgensen says the plant in Henderson began running limited production Wednesday night. Police say 25-...Tags: Injuries, Engineering, Murder, Atlantis Plastics Incorporated, Kentucky
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Feeling oil's trickle-down effect
Sentinel Staff WriterHave skyrocketing gas prices got you down? The same crude oil that is refined into fuel is also used to make plastics, fertilizers, roofing material and asphalt for roads. You might be surprised to see some of the many ways rising oil prices are affecting...Tags: Apopka, Building Material, Engineering, Credit Ratings, Natural Resources
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