The Dow Chemical Company NYSEE: DOW) — which makes specialty materials and chemicals for electronics, automotive, water, energy and agricultural sectors — today announced that it aims to green its own operations, in part, by investing $100 million in internally pitched projects that will reduce the company's energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
It also produces specialty chemicals for electronics companies and equipment used in the energy sector.
MacDermid, based in Waterbury, Conn., makes chemicals for graphic arts, electronics and metals and plastics finishing.
Orthogonal hopes to sell chemicals for making organic electronics using conventional photolithography to companies that make displays and other devices.
Studies of manufacturing technology yield a common finding for electronics, chemical, and metalworking companies, among others, that certain conditions in a company, like its supervisory structure, product-line diversity, and utilization of technology, relate to characteristics of the manufacturing process.
While mixing chemicals to make new components for electronics in 2009, a graduate student created the compound, called YInMn after its chemical components yttrium, indium, and manganese oxides.
Clariant, which was spun off from Sandoz before it merged with Ciba-Geigy to create Novartis, makes chemicals for the pharmaceutical and electronics industries.
Orders rose 4.1percentt after falling 3.8percentt in April as demand increased for electronics, autos and chemicals, the Commerce Department said.
At present, industrial hydrogen (which is used as a feedstock for refining oil, as well as for making chemicals, electronics and foodstuffs) is produced by reforming natural gas with steam.
The company is the largest one-stop shop for gases and chemicals in electronics.
MacDermid, based in Denver, provides chemicals for the metal and plastic finishing, electronics and graphic arts industries.
