Eastern Concrete Materials, a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Concrete, has inked a lease and marketing deal with Granite Ready Mix, Scara-Mix and associated firms situated at 707 Sharrotts Road in Staten Island, New York. The deal is effective from July 16, 2012.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Jul 2012
Research and Markets has included a new research report titled ‘Thin-Film and Printed Battery Markets - 2012’ to its catalogue.
By G.P. Thomas
17 Jul 2012
The first trona mine methane recovery facility of North America was commissioned by Solvay Chemicals in the presence of its US representative Cynthia Lummis and Chairman of the Board, Nicolas Boel. Methane released during mining is captured by the Methane Recovery System (MaRS), a closed loop, patent-pending design to avoid it from being vented into the atmosphere.
By Nick Gilbert
17 Jul 2012
A manufacturer of high-quality steel wire products in the People's Republic of China, Longhai Steel has declared that it has begun the first round of production of steel wire of superior quality in its second production facility at the end of Q2, 2012. The company intends to increase the production to full capacity by end of 2012.
By Nick Gilbert
17 Jul 2012
Research and Markets has included a new report titled ‘North America Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Industry Outlook to 2016 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts of All Active and Planned Plants’ to its catalogue.
By Nick Gilbert
17 Jul 2012
A new forecast report on the global petrochemicals market for the period 2012-2022 has been released by Reportlinker.com. According to an analysis performed by Visiongain, the worldwide petrochemicals market is expected to reach a value of $609.30 billion in 2012.
An Austin, Texas based private investment company, Owner Resource Group (ORG), has completed the acquisition of KMCO, a custom chemical processing and specialty chemicals manufacturing company. The acquisition includes KMCO and its affiliates, DOT Chemical and KMTEX.
By G.P. Thomas
16 Jul 2012
PPG Industries, a coatings and specialty products company, and Asian Paints, an Indian paint specialist, have received the necessary regulatory approvals to expand their existing 50-50 coatings joint venture (JV) in India and to establish a second JV in the country.
The annual results of the Industry Sales Survey published by the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute shows a 2.7% increase in the total US paver sales and a 7% increase from 2010 to 2011 in Canadian paver sales. The municipal/commercial market symbolizes 21.3% and residential sales is 78.7% of the total sales.
By Nick Gilbert
16 Jul 2012
NanoSteel, the provider of nano-structured steel designs, has bagged the R&D 100 Award for the development of a new nano-structured powder metal alloy for use in large-scale manufacture of industrial components. This award is the fifth such R&D award for NanoSteel. Dubbed as the “Oscars of Innovation”, The R&D 100 Awards is into its 50th year of recognizing and honoring the most technologically noteworthy products developed and launched in a given year.
By Nick Gilbert
16 Jul 2012
Researchers at Rice University have carried out a study to highlight the similarities in plasmonics and polymer behavior that could pave the way for building smaller and better computing systems and antennae.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Jul 2012
A research team comprising Drs. Takaaki Mano, Yoshiki Sakuma and Masafumi Jo from the Photonic Materials Unit of the National Institute for Materials Science is involved in the development of a sophisticated self-assembling technology known as droplet epitaxy for semiconductor quantum dots.
By Nick Gilbert
16 Jul 2012
The Paris-Est Créteil University in France hosted the Conference on Multiphase Polymers and Polymer Composites Systems: Macro to Nano Scales on June 7-10, 2011.
By Nick Gilbert
16 Jul 2012
Ryerson, a North American distributor and processor of metals operating globally in China, North America and Brazil, has declared that its service center based in Columbus, Ohio will be significantly expanded and renovated. The potential and capacity of the center will be further enhanced by its investment in sophisticated plate processing machinery.
Advanced materials company, AeonClad Coatings has reported the expansion of a new state-of-the-art research and development facility situated in Austin, Texas.
By Nick Gilbert
16 Jul 2012