Sometimes, solutions for hard problems can turn out to be pretty basic.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Robins & Morton's Power and Industrial Division has been awarded an $80 million membrane conversion project by Olin Chlor Alkali Products located in Charleston, Tennessee.

ASHTABULA, Ohio, March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Baxter Associates, Inc. (BAI) announced today the sale of ASHTA Chemicals Inc. (ASHTA), a leading producer of potassium related products and chlorine, to Bigshire Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Bigshire), a company incorporated in Mexico.

By substituting a single atom in a molecule widely used to purify water, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have created a far more effective decontaminant with a shelf life superior to products currently on the market.

Olin Corporation's (NYSE:OLN) senior management will make presentations at the KeyBanc Capital Markets' Basic Materials & Packaging Conference on Thursday, September 11, 2008 at noon Eastern Time in Boston, MA; the Credit Suisse Chemical and Ag Science Conference on Thursday, September 18, at 11:20 a.m.