DuPont, Wilmington, DE, has reported third-quarter 2011 earnings of $.69 per share, excluding significant items, versus $.40 per share in the prior year. Reported third-quarter 2011 earnings were $.48 per share versus $.40 per share in the prior year.
Clariant announced sales of CHF 1.865 billion in the third quarter of 2011, compared to CHF 1.709 billion in the previous year. This includes Süd-Chemie (SC) sales of CHF 356 million.
Davy Process Technology Limited (DPT), a Johnson Matthey company, and The Dow Chemical Co.’s (Dow) Oxygenated Solvents business announced that Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Co. Ltd. (Wison Energy), a member company of the Wison Group located in Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park in China, has selected LP Oxo(SM) SELECTOR(SM) 10 Technology for its new oxo alcohols plant in Nanjing, China.
DSM Coating Resins, a business unit of Royal DSM N.V., has outlined plans to align the organization to focus on its core coating and graphic arts resins markets.
Murdoch University nano scientists have discovered that a eucalyptus plant native to south west Western Australia has unique self-cleaning and water-repellent properties that could make it a gold mine for new nanotechnology applications.