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Market Research Forecasts Plastics Additives Market at $55 Billion by 2018 0

ROCKVILLE, MD — (Marketwire) — 06/04/12 — MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of the new report "Global Markets for Plastics Additives," to their collection of Specialty Chemicals market reports. For more information, visitThe total market for plastics additives is projected to increase from $39.6 billion in 2011, to $41.3 billion in 2012, to more than $43.1 billion in 2013, and to nearly $54.7 billion in 2018 yielding a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.9% for a p

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GlyEco Completes Acquisition Agreement With Renew Resources, LLC. 0

PHOENIX, AZ — (Marketwire) — 05/31/12 — (OTCBB: GLYE) announced today it has completed a preliminary agreement to acquire certain assets of ., a leading provider of recycling services in Rock Hill, SC. The transaction is scheduled to close July 31, 2012.Renew Resources is a privately held company founded in 1999 by owner Todd M. Bernard. The business provides recycling services for multiple types of industrial waste, including antifreeze, used oil filters, e-scrap, light bulbs, plastics and

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Alexander Tretyakov Joins PCI as VP of Research and Development 0

NEWBURYPORT, MA — (Marketwire) — 05/30/12 — PCI Synthesis, Inc. (), a 12-year-old custom chemical manufacturer of new chemical entities (NCEs), generic active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), and other specialty chemical products, today announced that industry veteran Alexander Tretyakov has joined the company as Vice President of Research and Development.In this role, Tretyakov will provide technical leadership across the company, specifically in creating de novo synthetic schemes and ap

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Market Research Forecasts Consumption of Thermoformed Plastic Products at 8.5 Billion Pounds by 2017 0

ROCKVILLE, MD — (Marketwire) — 05/29/12 — MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of the new report "Thermoformed Plastics: Technologies and Global Markets" to their collection of Plastics market reports. For more information, visitThe global market for thermoformed plastic products was 6.8 billion pounds in 2011, and consumption is expected to increase from 7.0 billion pounds in 2012 to 8.5 billion pounds by 2017, a 4.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR).The packaging segm

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GlyEco Announces Acquisition Agreement With Enviro-Cool, LLC. 0

PHOENIX, AZ — (Marketwire) — 05/24/12 — GlyEco, Inc. (GLYE is listed on ) (OTCBB: GLYE), , announced today a preliminary agreement to acquire certain assets of Enviro-Cool, LLC., a waste glycol recycler located in Norcross, GA. The transaction is scheduled to close August 31, 2012.Founded in 2009 by owners Michael Adams and Carl Gardei, Enviro-Cool provides waste glycol recycling services and top quality recycled antifreeze to the automotive and trucking industries in the greater Atlanta ar

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Total Safety Recognized by the Houston Business Roundtable 0

Nominated by Customers for the "Best in Category" Safety Award

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Circle Star Energy Announces $750K Equity Raise 0

FORT WORTH, TX — (Marketwire) — 05/16/12 — (OTCBB: CRCL) (the "Company" or "Circle Star") is pleased to announce the raise of $750,000 in equity financing.Circle Star issued 500,000 units at a price of $1.50 per unit for gross proceeds of $750,000. Each unit consists of one share of common stock of the Company and one half share purchase warrant. Each full warrant may be exercised to acquire one share of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $2.75 through M

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Agrium to host Investor Day in Chicago 0

CALGARY, ALBERTA — (Marketwire) — 05/16/12 — Agrium Inc. (TSX: AGU) (NYSE: AGU) announced today it is hosting an investor conference in Chicago (Rosemont), Illinois the morning of June 13th, 2012 with an associated tour of an Agrium Retail Farm Center in the afternoon. Management will be hosting a dinner the evening prior (June 12th) with a guest speaker from the Chicago Board of Trade.Presentations will take place on the morning of June 13th and include an introduction and overview by Mike

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As Demand for Chemicals Shifts to Asia, Industry-s Dealmaking Follows 0

Chemical Companies Will Pursue a Variety of Deals in 2012 to Reach Voracious Asian Markets, Counter Aggressive New Low-Cost Competition, and Assure Supplies of Raw Materials, BCG Says

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