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Outokumpu Gets European Commission Approval for Inoxum Acquisition

The European Commission has today approved the acquisition of Inoxum by Outokumpu. The transaction makes Outokumpu the new global leader in stainless steel and high performance alloys. Outokumpu remains fully committed to the Inoxum transaction and targets to finalise it by the end of 2012.

From Outokumpu Stainless, Inc. 7 Nov 2012

Research and Markets Adds New Book Titled "Polymers in Cementitious Materials"

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Smithers Information Ltd's new book "Polymers in Cementitious Materials" to their offering.

From Research and Markets 7 Nov 2012

BASF Inaugurates Innovation Campus in Asia Pacific

BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, today inaugurated its first BASF Innovation Campus Asia Pacific and its new Greater China headquarters. The € 55 million expansion of BASF’s site in Pudong, Shanghai, where the new facilities are located, marks the company’s most important innovation investment in the region to date. Ultimately employing more than 2,500 employees, the site will be one of BASF’s largest outside of Germany.

From BASF Corporation 7 Nov 2012

Air Products to Supply Two Oxygen Plants to Kansanshi Copper Smelter Site in Zambia

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it has been awarded the contract to supply two oxygen plants at the site of a copper smelter being built in Zambia by Kansanshi Mining Plc.

From Air Products PLC 7 Nov 2012

EPMA Calls for Papers for Powder Metallurgy Event at Euro PM2013

The European Powder Metallurgy Association has issued a call for papers for a powder metallurgy event to be held at the Euro PM2013 International Powder Metallurgy Congress and Exhibition between 15 and 18 Sep 2013. The event will cover hard materials and diamond tools, PM structural parts, hot isostatic pressing, powder injection and molding and new materials and applications.

7 Nov 2012

Fairchild Semiconductor Awards Photomask Supplier of the Year Award to Photronics

Photronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:PLAB), a worldwide leader in supplying innovative imaging technology solutions for the global electronics industry, today announced that Fairchild Semiconductor has awarded the company its Photomask Supplier of the Year Award. This is the ninth time that Photronics has received this award.

7 Nov 2012

Sonoco POP Display and Packaging Services Awarded Four Design of the Times Awards

Sonoco Display and Packaging, the point-of-purchase (POP) display and packaging services business of Sonoco (NYSE: SON), has been awarded four Design of the Times awards, including a prestigious Platinum award, by the Path to Purchase Institute.

7 Nov 2012

BASF Invests in Building New Polish Emissions Catalysts Production Facility

BASF is investing approximately €90 million in the first step to build a mobile emissions catalysts production facility in Œroda Œl¹ska, a Special Economic Zone near Wroc³aw, Poland. Construction of the new 40,000 square meter facility – BASF’s largest in Europe – will begin before the end of 2012.

From BASF Corporation 7 Nov 2012

Soitec Doubles BSOS Substrates Production to Meet Increased Demand from Peregrine Semiconductor

Soitec (Euronext Paris), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, today announced it has more than doubled production of bonded silicon-on-sapphire (BSOS) substrates to meet increased demand from its strategic partner, Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: PSMI).

7 Nov 2012

Automobile Magazine Selects Tesla All-Aluminum Model S as Car of the Year

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today congratulated Tesla Motors on the Tesla Model S electric vehicle, an all-aluminum premium sedan, being named Automobile Magazine’s 2013 Car of the Year.

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 7 Nov 2012

Shurtape Unveils New Tape for Housewrap Materials Used in Construction Applications

Now, contractors sealing housewrap materials have a solvent-free housewrap tape option that holds strong and lasts strip after strip to prevent air and moisture infiltration. Shurtape®, with its commitment to exacting standards, introduces new HW 300 housewrap tape, a water-based closure tape for housewrap materials used in residential and commercial construction applications.

7 Nov 2012

BASF to Divest Wall Systems Business in Germany

BASF plans to divest its subsidiary BASF Wall Systems GmbH & Co. KG, together with the Marktredwitz site. Currently, BASF Wall Systems GmbH & Co. KG has approximately 190 employees, who will continue to be employed by the new owner.

From BASF Corporation 7 Nov 2012

Air Products to Exhibit Gases for Cutting and Welding at FABTECH

Air Products (NYSE:APD) will showcase its range of MAXX™ shielding gases—designed for improved welding safety, quality and productivity—as well as the company’s assist gases for high-performance laser cutting at this year’s FABTECH show in Las Vegas, Nev., from November 12-14.

From Air Products PLC 7 Nov 2012

Keeping an Eye on Heat Work Profiles in Technical Ceramic Manufacture

British technology innovator Mantec Technical Ceramics owns the world renowned Bullers™ brand – whose Bullers Rings were introduced in 1900, making them among the very earliest pyrometric devices for this industry.

7 Nov 2012

NTM Sensors to Create Monitoring Systems for Advanced Batteries

NTM Sensors, a division of NexTech Materials, Ltd., is pleased to announce that it has been awarded funding by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) to develop and demonstrate monitoring systems that improve the safety and extend the operating limits of advanced batteries.

From Nexceris 6 Nov 2012