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NEW ORLEANS — You can make a package from recycled material, reduce the weight by 50 percent and ensure that it’s reusable. But that’s not always enough to make it sustainable. True sustainability requires looking at everything and considering the entire life cycle, said Erica Ocampo, sustainability and advocacy manager at Dow...

KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Dow Chemical Co. said it will appeal the ruling by a Kansas City federal judge denying Dow's motion to decertify a price-fixing class action and ordering the company to pay $1.2 billion in damages to the plaintiffs.

CHICAGO -- DuPont Co. with its Teflon and Eastman Chemical Co. with its Tritan were busy at the International Home + Housewares Show, making their materials' names remained on retailers' lips.

MIDLAND, MICH. -- Dow Chemical Co. is joining the growing list of resin makers that are adding polyethylene capacity in North America.

AKRON, OHIO — North American pricing moves on PVC, polystyrene and some grades of polyethylene are featured in this week's Material Insights video. Also this week are major news announcements from Dow Chemical.

MIDLAND, MICH. -- Dow Chemical Co. is seeking a buyer for two of its plastics-related businesses: polypropylene licensing, and catalysts and plastics additives.

MCHENRY, ILL. — The Plastics Pioneers Association has announced three new members: Dennis Paradise, a machinery sales veteran; John Perdikoulias, a veteran of blown film dies and computer-aided-engineering tools; and Dow Chemical Co. plastics extrusion expert Mark Spalding.

KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Dow Chemical Co. has clarified the basis of its disagreement with the verdict passed by U.S. District Court in Kansas City over a fine of $400 million for its role in fixing prices in polyurethane precursors.

MIDLAND, MICH. — The International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has released the final sum in the case between Dow Chemical Co. and Petrochemical Industries Co. of Kuwait (PIC) related to the K-Dow transaction.

Dow Plastics Additives has introduced a foam cell promoter for free-foam PVC sheet.The Philadelphia, Pa., subsidiary of Dow Chemical Co. says the acrylic additive provides higher expansion in combination with reduced density."By using Surecel T-60, extruders producing cellular vinyl sheet can benefit from combined lower cost foam sheet, a wider...