Mechel has purchased 100% shares of Donetsk Electrometallurgical Plant (DEMZ AO) during December, 2011. The plant acquisition was accepted by the Board of Directors of Mechal at the annual shareholders' meeting of the company.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Dec 2011
Orient Paper, which is the main producer and distributor of various paper products in North China, has finished all the testing functions and introduced the production of the latest corrugating medium paper line commercially.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Dec 2011
A Bloomberg News Service story dated 13 December 2011 has described the vast power costs required for cooling data centers across the world. According to Lightwave Logic, recent developments in its organic nonlinear optical material technology are capable of drastically decreasing the power usage of computing, datacom and telecom operations.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Dec 2011
Research and Markets has declared the inclusion of a report titled, ‘Packaging Industry Outlook in India: Market Size, Key Trends, Drivers and Challenges to 2016’ to its list of offering.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Dec 2011
The Pennysylvanian facility of Applegate Insulation has received the approval to commercialize and sell Stabilized Cellulose from Applegate in Canada. Through this, the Eastern Provinces will have access to this popular cellulose insulation that has been widely accepted for both manufactured and site-built homes.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Dec 2011
Janco, a plastic fabrication company based in Dover, NH, has enhanced its equipment and technologies to efficiently offer industries such as the foodservice and medical with improved foam fabrication.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Dec 2011
POS Supply Solutions has added ticket paper rolls for moving violation and parking citation tickets to its existing point of sale supply portfolio. The paper is offered in fan-folded and roll formats to satisfy a broad range of applications.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Dec 2011
Reportlinker.com has declared that it has added a new market research report to its offering. The report titled, “US Stretch & Shrink Film Industry” predicts that the Demand in the US for stretch and shrink films will reach $2.4 billion in the year, 2015.
Research and Markets has declared that it has added, "China Foam Plastics Mfg. Industry Profile - CIC3040" report to its catalog.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Dec 2011
A research team led by Xiuling Li, who serves as a Professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has developed a low-cost method to fabricate high-aspect-ratio, large-area III-V nanostructures for applications in advanced optoelectronic devices such as lasers and solar cells.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Dec 2011
ThyssenKrupp VDM and the Julich Research Center have created an enhanced high-performance material called Crofer 22 H for solid oxide fuel cells. The novel material is ready for commercial production through a multi-year project that includes other industrial partners.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Dec 2011
The Solar Atmospheres R&D team has formed a novel hot zone design concept to minimize power losses from the vacuum furnace by 50%. Vacuum furnace engineers have been always concerned about energy losses.
Kobe Steel has collaborated with Jiangsu ALCHA Aluminium, a key Chinese producer of aluminum rolled products in China, in order to expand its Chinese aluminum business. ALCHA and Kobe Steel have decided to form a joint venture in Baotou, Inner Mongolia to manufacture and market sheet and aluminum coil.
Laurel BioComposite finished its continuous initial 30-day production run at its novel pilot facility producing 90,000 lbs. of Bio-Res for customer tests scheduled for December 2011 and January 2012.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Dec 2011
Imec, a Leuven, Belgium-based nanoelectronics research center is collaborating with a subsidiary of Strategic Initiative Materials in Flanders to design innovative semiconductor materials for solar cells. As part of this partnership, innovative materials are screened as a choice for the normal solar cells made of copper indium gallium and selenium (CIGS).