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Police call blaze unintentional

Commercial Insurance Knowledge (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Smoke from Monday night’s fire at Lubrizol in Paso Robles rises from the plant’s tank farm. Bookmark To:

The Lubrizol Corporation July 31 Earnings Teleconference

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008

CLEVELAND, July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE: ) will hold a teleconference with analysts and investors on July 31, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time to review the results for the second quarter of 2008. Participating in the teleconference will be James L. Hambrick, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer; Charles P. Cooley, Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief...

Lubrizol Declares Dividend

Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008

The Lubrizol Corporation is an innovative specialty chemical company that produces and supplies technologies that improve the quality and performance of our customers' products in the global transportation, industrial and consumer markets. These technologies include lubricant additives for engine oils, other transportation-related fluids and industrial lubricants, as well as fuel additives for gasoline...

Lubrizol to close acrylic emulsion unit at Avon Lake, Ohio

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Lubrizol Corp. plans to close its acrylic emulsion plant at Avon Lake, Ohio and transition production to other sites as a part of its effort to realign its U.S. manufacturing facilities amid increases in energy cost, the specialty chemical company said Tuesday. The company will also stop production of styrene butadiene latex at its Gastonia, N.C. plant. "Although these...

Lubrizol Continues Realignment of U.S. Coatings Manufacturing Facilities

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008

- Additional actions support new focus on targeted coatings applications - Restructured product line to enable sustainable and profitable growth CLEVELAND, June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE: ) announced today that after an assessment of selected product lines and assets, it is transferring or exiting some of its Performance Coatings product lines and market applications...

Lubrizol extends a helping hand to San Jacinto College

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008

The Lubrizol Corporation donated a plasma television and two Dell servers to the San Jacinto College Central process technology department June 9. The donation was an effort to enhance the training process and keep the college's graduates on the cutting edge.

NPIRI Deadlines are Approaching

Ink World Magazine Breaking News (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

The summer course on Printing Ink Technology will be held July 13-18, 2008 at Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, WI. 2008 Technical Conference abstracts for the poster board competition sponsored by Lubrizol and the NPIRI Lecture competition sponsored by Hexion are needed by the end of June. The 2008 Technical Conference will be Sept. 23-25 at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson, AZ. For more...

Lubrizol: Improvements Ahead

Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008

Vahan Janjigian ( Forbes ) submits: Lubrizol’s specialty chemicals enhance the quality and performance of a wide variety of products. North America, which generated 41.8% of 2007 revenues, is its largest geographic market. The company’s brands include Anglamol, Carbopol, Estane, and TempRite. The larger of the company’s two segments makes additives for engines and drivelines. The Additives segment...

Online Statistical Techniques in Batch Operations

Emerson Process Experts (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008

I was reading the great Control magazine article, Data Analytics in Batch Operations , by Lubrizol's Robert Wojewodka and Emerson's Terry Blevins . It describes the challenges in applying on-line analytics in batch production for early fault detection and prediction of end of batch quality parameters. If done right, this can help avoid out of spec batches, waste and rework and the opportunity cost...

Lubrizol Plays Hot Potato With Rising Prices

Forbes (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008

The specialty chemicals company said rising commodity costs forced it to raised prices by 12.0% to 20.0%.

Lubrizol to raise all product prices by up to 20%

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Lubrizol Corp. said Friday it plans to implement a global price increase for all product lines, effective June 16. The majority of the increases will be in the range of 12% to 20%, the Cleveland-based chemical maker said. Lubrizol CEO James Hambrick cited "unprecedented surge in crude oil and natural gas costs, both of which have increased over 40 percent since early 2008,"...

• Lubrizol Announces Price Increases for All Product Lines to Address Rapidly Escalating Raw Material Costs - PR News Wire

The Lubrizol Corp. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008

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Lubrizol posts higher first-quarter profit

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Lubrizol Corp. said its first-quarter net income rose to $73.6 million, or $1.06 a share, from $71.3 million, or $1.02 a share, a year earlier, due in part to increased volume and an improvement in the price and product mix. The Cleveland specialty chemical producer incurred after-tax restructuring and impairment charges of $2.9 million, or 4 cents a share, involving its...

• Lubrizol Announces Strong Earnings of $1.06 per Share for the First Quarter of 2008 - PR News Wire

The Lubrizol Foundation Announces Record Giving of $2.9 Million in 2007 Grants to Nonprofit and Educational Institutions

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008

CLEVELAND, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Lubrizol Foundation, the philanthropic arm of The Lubrizol Corporation, released today its 2007 Annual Report, which discloses the distribution of a total of $2.9 million in grants to a number of nonprofit organizations and educational institutions for programs that support education, health and human services, civic and cultural activities, among others....

The Lubrizol Corporation May 2 Earnings Teleconference

Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008

The Lubrizol Corporation is an innovative specialty chemical company that produces and supplies technologies that improve the quality and performance of our customers' products in the global transportation, industrial and consumer markets. These technologies include lubricant additives for engine oils, other transportation-related fluids and industrial lubricants, as well as fuel additives for gasoline...