Formica Corp. has created a strategic alliance with Lowe's Companies, Inc. of Wilkesboro, N.C., a home improvement retailer.

Clorox Co. streamlines manufacturing in an effort to bolster stock prices strained by a major acquisition and slowing markets.

Solutia Inc. announces plans to cut up to 800 jobs.

Dow Chemical Co. and Diversa Corp. name their 50/50 joint venture Innovase LLC.

Maytag Corp. has issued a warning of disappointing quarterly profits, in the second such forecast by an industry leader in two days...

FacilityPro.com, an e-procurement marketplace for the commercial real estate industry, and Zeborg Facilities, Zeborg's procurement service for the real estate industry, have entered into a strategic alliance to provide a comprehensive purchasing solution for all facilities-related goods and services.

Armstrong World Industries Inc. has implemented a two-year bonus program for top managers that will cost the company $8.2 million.

Several men posing as janitors “reported to work” at the downtown Minneapolis campus of St. Thomas University, and stole laptop computers, cell phones and purses.

The Dirt Devil Spot Scrubber was recently named a 2001 Good Buy Award Winner by the Good Housekeeping Institute.

David T. Buzzelli has elected to retire from The Dow Chemical Co. Board of Directors.