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Kobe Steel Licenses Wieland to Produce CAC5 Copper Alloy for Terminals and Connectors

Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that it has licensed Germany’s Wieland-Werke AG to produce and sell Kobe Steel’s CAC5 copper alloy for terminals and connectors.

From Kobe Steel 19 Nov 2012

Intertronics Launches Polytec PT Range of Polyimide Adhesives

New from Intertronics comes the Polytec PT range of state-of-the-art polyimide adhesives. These polyimide-based chemistries provide excellent thermal resistance, superior to other typical organic adhesives.

From INTERTRONICS 19 Nov 2012

Graphic Packaging Signs Acquisition Agreement for Contego Cartons

Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE: GPK), a leading provider of packaging solutions to food, beverage and other consumer products companies, today announced an agreement to acquire Contego Cartons, a leading food and consumer product packaging company based in the United Kingdom. Contego is owned by Platinum Equity.

17 Nov 2012

Comprehensive Report on Global Aluminum Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Aluminum Industry 2012-2017: Trend, Profit, and Forecast Analysis" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 17 Nov 2012

Valspar Expands Global Consumer Paint Business with B+Q Deal

The Valspar Corporation (NYSE:VAL) today announced an agreement with B&Q, an operating company of Kingfisher plc, the world’s third largest DIY retail conglomerate, to supply a full selection of premium Valspar paint to all 350 of its locations in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

From Valspar Corporation 17 Nov 2012

Praxair Announces Acetylene Oxygen Company Acquisition

Praxair Distribution, Inc., a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX), announced it has acquired Harlingen, Texas-based Acetylene Oxygen Company (AOC). Financial terms were not disclosed.

17 Nov 2012

Specialty Chemicals Provider Albemarle Opens New Laboratory in Louisiana

Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) recently celebrated the grand opening of a new laboratory facility and expanded applications capabilities at its Process Development Center (PDC) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The new facility consists of a 5,400 square foot state-of-the-art laboratory complex designed to support R&D efforts for Albemarle's rapidly growing polyolefin catalyst portfolio.

17 Nov 2012

Dartmouth Scientist Explores Mystery of Polymers

"You look at the material world and see objects and how you can use them. I look at the material world and see a fascinating hidden life which is within our control, if we can only understand how it works," says Jane Lipson, the Albert W. Smith Professor of Chemistry at Dartmouth. Lipson looks at things from the point of view of both a chemist and a physicist. "What I do lies between the two sciences, and there is some engineering thrown in there, too," she says.

17 Nov 2012

New Anti-Icing Coating Can Help Planes to Fly Safely in Adverse Conditions

To help planes fly safely through cold, wet, and icy conditions, a team of Japanese scientists has developed a new super water-repellent surface that can prevent ice from forming in these harsh atmospheric conditions. Unlike current inflight anti-icing techniques, the researchers envision applying this new anti-icing method to an entire aircraft like a coat of paint.

17 Nov 2012

Air Products Inks Deal to Expand Syngas Separation Unit in Louisiana

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced the signing of an agreement to expand its existing syngas separation unit (SSU) in Geismar, Louisiana to increase the supply of carbon monoxide (CO). The increased capacity of CO is mainly for the supply of BASF’s publicly-announced world-scale formic acid plant to be built at BASF’s Geismar Verbund site.

From Air Products PLC 17 Nov 2012

BASF Announces Territory Expansion for Two Industrial Kaolin Distributors

BASF Corporation has expanded the territories of two exclusive distributors for its Industrial Kaolin Business, Brandt Technologies of Bensenville, Illinois, and Ribelin Sales, Inc. of Garland Texas.

From BASF Corporation 17 Nov 2012

Study Finding Paves Way to Design Innovative Materials

This finding, published in the journal Advanced Materials, could have significant ramifications for creation of novel materials with applications in energy and information technologies, leading to more efficient solar cells, batteries, solid oxide fuel cells, faster transistors and more powerful capacitors.

17 Nov 2012

Latest Product Developments From Lake Shore Cryotronics At The Materials Research Society Fall Meeting

See the latest product developments in materials characterization research from Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc, a manufacturer of scientific sensors, instruments, and systems for precise measurement and control, at the Mate...

From Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc. 16 Nov 2012

Oxea Commences New Specialty Esters Production Unit in Oberhausen

Chemical company Oxea today announced that after a construction period of approximately one year it has successfully started up its new unit “Ester 2” for the production of specialty esters in Oberhausen, Germany. This new facility will boost Oxea’s production capacity for specialty esters by over 50 percent. Oxea is currently producing specialty esters in three units worldwide, with a fourth being under construction in China.

16 Nov 2012

KEMET Features T550 Polymer Hermetic Seal Tantalum Capacitors at Electronica 2012

KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced it is featuring a variety of its most recent releases of tantalum capacitors this week at Electronica 2012 in Munich, Germany.

16 Nov 2012