Lubrizol details REACH.
* Cynthia S. Sullivan of The Lubrizol Corporation addressed the Personal Care Products Council (formerly CTFA) about Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restrictions of Chemicals (REACH) in a special workshop held Feb. 6-7 in Washington, D.C. Ms. Sullivan focused on REACH from a cosmetic industry supplier perspective and...

HYDROGEN CORP. SUCCESSFULLY STARTS UP FUEL CELL POWER PLANT.
HydroGen Corporation (Nasdaq: HYDG), Cleveland, Ohio, a designer and manufacturer of multi-megawatt air-cooled phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC) systems, has successfully started up its full scale 400 kilowatt (kW) commercial demonstration PAFC plant, located at the chlor-alkali facility owned and operated by ASHTA Chemicals, Inc. in Ashtabula, Ohio. The...

Ajinomoto U.S.A., Inc.
AJINOMOTO U.S.A., INC. U.S. Headquarters: 400 Kelby Street Fort Lee, NJ 07024 Tel: 201-292-3180 Fax: 201-346-5638 Email: specialty_chemicals_cst@ajiusa.com AJINOMOTO CO., INC. Japan Headquarters: 15-1 Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku Tokyo 104-8315, Japan Tel: 81-3-5250-8153 Fax: 81-3-5250-8259 ...

A call for green chemistry.
* The California Environmental Protection Agency's Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has released a report outlining recommendations for reducing toxic chemicals in products. The report constitutes the first phase of complying with the state's Green Chemistry Initiative. The Green Chemistry Phase 1 Options Report identifies several key elements...

Clariant International Ltd.
CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD. Rothausstrasse 61 4132 Muttenz Switzerland Tel: +41 61 469 5111 www.clariant.com DIVISION WEB SITES: Functional Chemicals www.fun.clariant.com Masterbatches www.clariant.masterbatches.com Pigments & Additives www.pa.clariant.com Textile, Leather, Paper...

Vertellus Performance Materials Inc.
VERTELLUS PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC. 2110 High Point Road Greensboro, NC 27403 USA Tel. 336-292-1781 Fax 336-834-4974 Email: info@vertellus.com Website: www.vertellus.com Founded Formed in 2006 through the merger of Rutherford Chemicals LLC--CasChem and Reilly...

Cognis GmbH.
COGNIS GMBH Rheinpromenade 1 40789 Monheim am Rhein Tel: +49-2173-4995-0 Email: care-chemicals.global-marketing@cognis.com www.cognis.com Key Personnel Antonio Trius, CEO Richard Ridinger, Executive Vice President Care Chemicals Company Description Cognis is a worldwide...

CVS unveils cosmetic safety policy.
* In its first corporate social responsibility report, CVS Caremark, one of the U.S.'s largest retail pharmacy chains with approximately 6,300 stores in 40 states, announced a new cosmetics safety policy in which it will remove chemicals linked to adverse health outcomes from its house-branded products and will replace...

The annual Happi buyer's guide.
Here is a comprehensive guide to suppliers of raw materials for the manufacture of soaps and detergents, cosmetics and toiletries, waxes and polishes, disinfectants and sanitizers, insecticides and other chemical specialties. The first section, starting below, covers chemicals. Listings for packaging and equipment follow. Names, addresses, phone and fax...

Defining toxic: federal agencies look to cells, not animals, for chemical testing.
Government scientists are launching an ambitious collaboration to shift the testing of potentially toxic chemicals away from animals to methods that use high-speed automated robots. The robots would test chemicals on human cells at various concentrations, generating data relevant to humans faster and more cheaply than current methods, researchers...