Southwire Company has awarded a contract to Siemens VAI Metal Technologies to supply aluminium rod rolling mills to Beauty Sun Holdings through a new manufacturing facility, which will be located in Yixing, Jiangsu Province, China.
BASF and Colorcon have partnered to develop future film coating solutions utilizing Colorcon’s new pre-formulated additive and Kollicoat Smartseal 30 D.
US-based Eastman Chemical Company has been awarded the American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChe) Industrial Research and Development Award for the year 2011 for developing and commercialising the copolyester, Eastman Tritan.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Oct 2011
US-based renewable chemicals and fuels company, Amyris has signed an agreement with ETH Bioenergia specialising in the production of electric energy, sugar and ethanol to form a joint venture for the production of Biofene in Brazil.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Oct 2011
LANXESS and BioAmber will collaborate to develop plasticizers that are free of phthalate, renewable and are based on succinic acid. The main aim of this venture is to prove that these plasticizers have better performance levels than phthalates.
US-based durable thin film coatings manufacturer, Deposition Sciences has launched its new line of sputtered long wavelength infrared optical coatings. The company has released two versions of its proprietary brand, MicroDyn sputtering deposition platform.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Oct 2011
Researchers at the North Dakota State University’s (NDSU) Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) have developed a new wafer-to-product electronics manufacturing technology that can reduce the unit cost and size of microelectronic devices.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Oct 2011
Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) has partnered with Icynene, a provider of spray foam insulation products, for the promotion of enhanced home energy performance across the United States.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Oct 2011
Rubicon Technology, a manufacturer of sapphire products and substrates to the Optical, Semiconductor, RFIC and LED markets, has commenced on-site aluminum oxide processing for producing large-diameter sapphire wafers.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Oct 2011
BASF will exhibit its latest coatings solutions for automotive, industrial and architectural applications at the Western Coatings Conference and Show to be conducted from 24 to 26 October 2011 at the Mirage Hotel and Casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Momentive Performance Materials has declared that since customers are looking for inherent antimicrobial protection for their products, the company’s StatSil antimicrobial elastomer technology is being tailored for a wide range of healthcare industry applications.
According to a new market research report titled, ‘Global Green (Sustainable) Packaging Market 2010-2014,’ available from Research and Markets, the global green packaging market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 14% for the reporting period 2010-2014.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Oct 2011
CERATECH has revealed the test results that proved its KEMROK cement can bear acid attack. The innovative cement significantly reduces product downtime and maintenance expenditures.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Oct 2011
South Africa-based Technifin and Canadian company, Hydro-Québec have signed an intellectual property (IP) partnership deal to license their respective IP in lithium titanate spinel oxide (LTO) technologies, with focus on lithium-ion battery applications.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Oct 2011
Momentive Performance Materials has come up with a new liquid silicone rubber (LSR) material for use in the automotive industry, called Silopren 2171. The new material is a part of the Silopren series of LSRs, which is resistant to oil.