Three creditors are seeking to put North Side-based Reinhold Ice Cream Co. into involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy, claiming they are owed more than $2.1 million, according to filings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. LaSalle Brands Corp., an Arizona-based company that sells ice cream, branded coffee and imported cookies, bought the company's assets last year but the status of the company's North Side real estate is still being litigated.

Nordstrom Inc. will conduct job interviews beginning Sept. 3 for prospective employees for its Ross Park Mall store, which opens Oct. 24. The retailer said positions were open in sales and in support positions in alterations, housekeeping, the Nordstrom Cafe and Ebar Coffee Bar. Nordstrom said it planned to hire 250 local workers for the store. To apply online, visit www.nordstrom.com/rosspark.

German chemical maker Lanxess AG returned to second-quarter profit after it raised chemical prices to cover higher raw-material costs. Net income rose to 53 million euros ($80 million) from a net loss of 59 million euros a year ago, when the German company booked costs from exiting a polymers business. Sales advanced 2.2 percent to about $2.63 billion. Lanxess, spun off from Bayer AG in 2005, has its U.S. headquarters in Findlay.

The Pittsburgh Technology Council will present its Tech 50 awards on Oct. 16. The awards honor large and small technology companies in southwestern Pennsylvania that have demonstrated exceptional growth and advancement.

BMW AG said it was recalling the 2006 3 Series, the 2004-2006 5 Series, and the 2004-2006 X3 compact sport utility vehicles over concerns that the front passenger air bag may not deploy in a crash. The automaker said the recall involved 200,000 vehicles ... Sherwood Valve, of Washington, Pa., said it would close its Niagara Falls, N.Y., factory and move the work to plants in Washington, Pa., and Cleveland in the next three to six weeks. The company said it was consolidating the work to increase efficiency and reduce energy consumption. The Niagara Falls plant, which makes industrial, medical and scuba valves, employs 138.