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OAKLAND, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 10/03/13 -- The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) today unveiled its updated strategic growth plan during a Clorox Analyst Day event and live webcast at its new research and development campus in Pleasanton, Calif. The 2020 Strategy, which focuses on delivering long-term, profitable growth through the year 2020, is an evolution of the company's recently completed Centennial Strategy. "Our Centennial Strategy guided the company during one of the toughest economic recessions the world has experienced since World War II," said Chairman and CEO Don Knauss. "Despite that, during the past five years, our strong brands, experienced management team and top-tier capabilities have enabled us to deliver total stockholder returns in the top third of our peer group." In the past five fiscal years (July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2013), Clorox delivered ... (more)

Air Products Wins Bharat Petroleum Supply Contract for Hydrogen and Other Gases

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Oct. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE: APD), the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced it has signed a long-term agreement with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) (NSE: BPCL) and will build, own, and operate several new industrial gas production facilities in Kochi, Kerala, India. The new industrial gas complex will provide hydrogen, syngas, nitrogen and oxygen for BPCL's Kochi Refinery and its proposed petrochemicals complex. The facilities will support India's largest-ever outsourced hydrogen requirement and will result in Air ... (more)

Quest Diagnostics Again Listed on Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America Indices

MADISON, N.J., Oct. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, has again been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for both World and North America. This marks Quest Diagnostics' tenth consecutive year on the World Index (since 2004) and its ninth consecutive year on the North America Index (since 2005). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130717/NY48934LOGO ) "Quest Diagnostics is committed to empowering better health with diagnostic insights and our continued inclusion on the Dow... (more)

Ecologically Sensitive Cast Stone Products

BROOKLYN, N.Y., Oct. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As an innovative leader in the cast stone industry, Architectural Stone LLC has taken a profound role in manufacturing a sustainable line of cast stone products. With the global concern for sustainable building on the rise, we understood the importance of this issue prompting us to reduce our carbon footprint. We view the current renaissance of the construction industry as an opportunity to transform conventional methods and materials into sustainable alternatives. Through unique characteristics, our ecologically sensitive cast stone p... (more)

LightPath Technologies, Inc. Secures $2,000,000 Line of Credit Facility from Avidbank Corporate Finance

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LightPath Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPTH) ("LightPath," the "Company" or "we"), a leading vertically integrated global manufacturer and distributor of proprietary optical components and high-level assemblies, announced today that it has secured a $2,000,000 line of credit facility with Avidbank Corporate Finance, a division of Avidbank. The facility will be used as follows: $1,000,000 for working capital flexibility and $1,000,000 for equipment acquisitions. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130122/FL45558LOGO ) "We are ver... (more)