Dow AgroSciences reports record revenue
Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences on Thursday reported sales of $1.6 billion in its first quarter, up 17 percent from the same period last year due to higher volume and increased prices.
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Dow Agro thinks it has a winner
The Indianapolis-based company released more details this month about its Enlist Weed Control System, which would genetically modify corn, soybeans and cotton to be resistant to one of the most common weedkillers.
Dow Chemical moves toward engineered corn patent
Dow Chemical Co.'s agricultural division said it has taken the next step toward gaining international patent rights for its new strain of genetically engineered corn that it says will help farmers battle a new strain of “super-weeds.”
Dow Agro’s quarterly sales, profit climb
Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences on Thursday reported record fourth-quarter revenue of $1.3 billion, up 19 percent from the prior-year period.
Dow AgroSciences moves into new research facility
The division of Dow Chemical has a 15-year lease with Indianapolis-based developer Browning Investments on the two-story building near West 96th Street.
Dow Agro sales climb, but profit suffers
Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences improved revenue during the third quarter thanks to a 26-percent increase in volume, but it still recorded a loss for the period.
BioCrossroads helping laid-off life sciences workers land safely
Indiana firms have dismissed more than 1,400 life science workers over the last two years. Now BioCrossroads has launched a website that aims to keep that talent in the state.
Dow Agro acquires Colorado seed company
Grand Valley Hybrids has been growing and conditioning hybrid seed corn in the West since 1946.
Local economic espionage case full of intrigue
The government's allegations read like a spy novel: Dr. Ke-xue "John" Huang lands a job at Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences and over five years works himself into a position of trust, with access to trade secrets and processes the company has invested $300 million to develop.
Ex-Dow Agro scientist’s espionage indictment unsealed
A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday in Indianapolis charged 45-year-old Ke-xue "John" Huang
with theft and attempted
theft of trade secrets to benefit a foreign government.
Dow Agro boosts sales, profit in second quarter
Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences improved sales and profit in its second quarter thanks to higher volumes and lower costs,
the company said Tuesday morning.
Ex-Dow AgroSciences employee accused of stealing trade secrets
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Ke-xue Huang, a native of China’s Hunan province, of stealing trade secrets of
a Dow AgroSciences insecticide and giving them to the People’s Republic of China. Federal agents arrested the former Dow Agro
scientist July 13 in Westboro, Mass.
UPDATE: Commission approves City Market funding
The Metropolitan Development Commission voted Wednesday afternoon to release nearly $4 million to
improve
the historic building in downtown Indianapolis.
Dow AgroSciences’ profit rises despite lower revenue
The Indianapolis unit of Dow Chemical sees quarterly profit rise 6 percent, to $384 million, despite an 8-percent dip in revenue.
The parent company reports strongest quarterly results in more than a year.
Dow AgroSciences considered expansion elsewhere
Agricultural biotech firm hired a site-selection consultant and considered other cities around the world for its $340 million
expansion.
Dow Agro plans $340M expansion, 577 new jobs
The investment will greatly expand the company’s research and development capacity and is a major win for the Indiana
life sciences industry. Dow AgroSciences expects most of the positions to pay between $65,000 and $95,000 annually.
Dow Agro plans ‘major’ expansion announcement
Local Dow Chemical subsidiary expects to launch five new biotech products by 2012.
Dow Agro CEO says pipeline of products strong
Dow AgroSciences CEO Antonio Galindez told investors Wednesday morning that the company plans to launch five products
by 2013 that could increase annual revenue by $800 million.
Dow AgroSciences profit falls despite revenue increase
Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences said Tuesday it posted a profit of $69 million in the fourth quarter, down 19 percent
from the prior year because of increased research and development spending and higher administrative expenses. Revenue was
up 17 percent.
Dow Agro in legal skirmish over canola oil
Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences LLC has sued Cooper Industries Plc in an effort to clarify its rights to make a canola-based
fluid used in electrical transformers.