Lubrizol Launches 10-year Investment Plan to Meet Demands of Additive Customers. (14187)
CLEVELAND,-- The Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE:LZ) to launch a 10-year phased investment plan to upgrade and increase global capacity in its additive business. This will be achieved through an extensive debottlenecking program at its existing facilities and a greenfield investment in China.

Dwyer Introduces NEW! Series A6 Durable Pressure Switch (14103)
The NEW Series A6 High Pressure Switches are designed to stand up to extended duty applications. This switch is factory set but capable of field adjustment. It features a brass or stainless steel base, a glass reinforced polyester switch body, silver alloy/gold plated contacts, and polyimide film diaphragm.

Quaker Chemical Corporation Expansion Appears to be On for Middletown (14073)
$44 million expansion project is back on track and expected to start in the 2nd qtr. 2008. Plans are to lease a 100,000 sq. ft. facility in Middletown, Ohio for a fluids production operation.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions launches a spring-energized PTFE based seal the Turcon Variseal Ultra-Clean (14003)
Fort Wayne, Iniana - In many applications the open spring of the standard seal is acceptable. However, in food, beverage and pharmaceutical processing where cleanliness is paramount, the area of dead space around the spring where bacteria can potentially be caught can pose a risk of contamination. Trelleborg Sealing Solutions recognized the need to offer an enclosed Turcon® Variseal® design requiring the spring to activate. Considerable research and development work has resulted in this unique design, thus ensuring cleanliness throughout the process.

Take-Home Toxins (13691)
Industrial workers can unknowingly carry hazardous substances home to their families

EPA notifies Dow of clean-air and hazardous waste violations (13390)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today notified Dow Chemical Co. that it has found potential clean-air and hazardous waste violations at the company's Midland, Mich., facility. EPA issued a finding of violation under the Clean Air Act and a notice of violation under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. It also issued requests for information under both acts.

Water IS NOT Waste or Waste Water; Waste Money (13287)
In the face of rapidly depleted fresh water supplies, the industrial sector is learning that reducing water usage and increasing reuse is an essential ingredient of productivity and profitability today. This is increasingly true in countries such as the US, where water usage for industrial purposes is 46% of all water consumption, says Dr. Peter Glieck, President of the Pacific Institute for studies in environment.

UCON™ Hydrolube Announces Price Increase (13195)
The Dow Chemical Company will raise all off-list prices of UCON™ Hydrolube fire resistant hydraulic fluids in North America effective December 1, 2007, or as contracts allow

Airlift Services International Inc 8201 N. St. Road 9 Alexandria IN 46013 (13118)
Has secured a significant investment from OptiLift Inc., a portfolio company of Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V. (STV Fund)). ASI has a state of the art pumping System that uses compressed gas to lift oil and other fluids to the surface. Since beginning testing the Airlift Pumping System has been used to lift 175,000 barrels of fluid from wells in Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, and Texas. The ASI Pumping system a unique downhole efficient technology, robust and no wear out parts. Adds value to producers of shallow oil and gas wells by reducing maintenance and downtime, and extending the life of their current wells

Airlift Services International Inc 8201 N. St. Road 9 Alexandria IN 46013 (13045)
Has secured a significant investment from OptiLift Inc., a portfolio company of Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V. (STV Fund)). ASI has a state of the art pumping System that uses compressed gas to lift oil and other fluids to the surface. Since beginning testing the Airlift Pumping System has been used to lift 175,000 barrels of fluid from wells in Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, and Texas. The ASI Pumping system a unique downhole efficient technology, robust and no wear out parts. Adds value to producers of shallow oil and gas wells by reducing maintenance and downtime, and extending the life of their current wells