Business
In a move state leaders are expected to tout as a sign of rising confidence in California’s economy and business climate, Air Products & Chemicals Inc. will announce plans today to spend $270 million to build six new plants and expand others in the Golden State over the next two years.
Feb. 2, 1994
California
Despite growing national efforts to reduce toxic air pollution, Orange County industries have had little success in weaning themselves from chemicals that emit hazardous fumes or damage the Earth’s protective ozone layer.
Dec. 1, 1991
Bankers Trust Agrees to Settlement of Derivatives Dispute: In its biggest settlement yet of risky investments in derivatives, Bankers Trust Co. agreed to pay $67 million to end the dispute with Air Products & Chemicals Inc. over the securities.
Jan. 25, 1996
Accident: One worker is in critical condition in the latest explosion involving a chemical used to make air bag igniters.
Sept. 2, 2000
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay $199,000 to settle the Environmental Protection Agency’s claim that the retailer violated clean air rules by selling “Glow-in-the-Dark Looney String.”
Oct. 10, 2008
Manufacturing firms in Southern California legally put about 50 million pounds of toxic compounds into the air in 1990, 10% less than a year earlier, according to reports filed by the companies.
Wynn’s International Inc. said Monday that its profit climbed 32% to a record $11.8 million for 1994 as the automotive market served by the company rebounded from a four-year slump.
Jan. 31, 1995
Woodworkers at an El Monte factory spray clear finishes onto smoothly sanded rectangles of maple to make them into kitchen cabinets with an elegant luster.
Accident: One worker is in critical condition in the latest explosion involving a chemical used to make air bag igniters. Firm moved from Santa Clarita in 1998.
Morton Thiokol Inc.’s second-quarter net income dipped about 1% from a year ago to $39 million.
Jan. 17, 1989