Zionsville officials are working toward a late-May deadline for wrapping up a complicated plan to buy 91.3 acres of property from Dow Chemical Co.—clearing the way for commercial development worth an estimated $55 million.
Indianapolis-based Dow Agrosciences LLC and two other pesticide makers won a bid to overturn U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service proposals to protect salmon when an appeals court found the agency’s decision “arbitrary and capricious.”
Earnings rose 7.6 percent during the fourth quarter at Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences LLC as overall sales shot up 17 percent.
Joseph Kelsay, who had served as director of Indiana’s Department of Agriculture since 2009, is joining Dow AgroSciences’ government affairs team as senior manager of biotechnology affairs.
Strong demand from farmers boosted sales by 8 percent at Dow AgroSciences LLC in the third quarter, but continued investments in new technologies slashed profits by 16 percent.
The unsuccessful lawsuit filed by a subsidiary of Belgium-based Bayer Bioscience claimed that insect-resistant corn products from affiliates of Dow AgroSciences violated two of its patents.
The lawsuit, filed in December 2010 by Bayer CropScience SA, charged that Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences’ herbicide-tolerance technology infringed one of its patents.
A coalition of vegetable growers and food producers led by Indiana-based Red Gold Inc. will ease off their opposition to a new herbicide developed by Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences LLC.
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The Indianapolis-based division of Dow Chemical Co. posted record second quarter sales of $1.7 billion, up 12 percent from the year-ago period, due to a small increase in prices and the introduction of new products.
Sales at Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences grew 14 percent in the first quarter, to $1.8 billion, helped by an early planting season in North America and a buoyant agricultural market.
The Indianapolis-based unit of Dow Chemical Co. saw earnings grow to $142 million, a fourth-quarter record and double the $72 million reported for the 2010 period.
The school said the work, involving seven students, at Dow AgroSciences represents its largest cross-discipline installation to-date.
Kexue Huang was sentenced after pleading guilty in October to sending Dow AgroSciences trade secrets to China and Germany.
Federal prosecutors are recommending that Kexue Huang be sentenced to 87 months in prison for sending trade secrets worth millions to China and Germany.
Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences on Thursday reported record third-quarter sales of $1.2 billion, up 27 percent from the same period a year ago.
Kexue Huang faces up to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday morning to sending trade secrets worth millions to China and Germany.
A former Indiana scientist has agreed to plead guilty to charges of illegally sending trade secrets worth $300 million to China and Germany.
Second-quarter revenue for the Indianapolis-based company increased 18 percent, to $1.5 billion. The company attributed the gain to higher prices and stronger demand for its products.
Vi Shukla is a scientific leader at Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences LLC, focused on its Exzact Precision Technology tools for genetic engineering of plants and crops. Dow Agro used the technology in its own crop seed products, and has also been licensing for use in tomatos and trees.
