Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Solutia has entered into a definitive contract for the acquisition of Southwall Technologies. Southwall Technologies is a specialist in glass products and energy-saving films that significantly enhance the energy efficiency of cars, homes and buildings.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
11 Oct 2011
BASF, one of the world’s leading chemical companies, has expanded its wide range of high efficiency defoamers used for industrial coatings.
Green Star Products, an environmentally-friendly public company engaged in the production of green sustainable solutions such as biodiesel, cellulosic ethanol and other products, as well as lubricants, additives and devices that reduce emissions and improve fuel economy in power plants, vehicles and machinery, has continued to expand its product lines used in a wide range of industries.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
11 Oct 2011
Dow Chemical has announced that it has entered a shareholders’ agreement with Saudi Aramco for the Sadara Chemical joint venture (JV) in Saudi Arabia. The agreement represents advancement in the Sadara JV complex, which will include 26 manufacturing units.
A research report titled, “Polycrystalline Silicon: A Global Strategic Business Report,” has been released by Global Industry Analysts (GIA).
By Dr. Cameron Chai
11 Oct 2011
Dr Nichola Coleman, a Senior Lecturer in Materials Chemistry at the University of Greenwich’s School of Science, has developed an easy method to transform waste glass into a valuable material.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
11 Oct 2011
BASF Coatings, a developer, producer and marketer of a premium range of innovative automotive refinishes, automotive OEM coatings, industrial coatings and decorative paints, has planned to divest the RELIUS COATINGS’ decorative paints business.
MTM®57 Series prepregs and ZPREG® product formats from Advanced Composites Group Ltd, (ACG), a member of Umeco Composites Structural Materials – a division of Umeco plc, are being used to build the collector dishes for ALMA’s antennas. ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, is one of the largest ever ground-based astronomy projects.
B&W Tek, an advanced instrumentation company producing optical spectroscopy and laser systems, is proud to introduce the NanoRam, a new class of small, handheld instruments for materials identification and verification within cGMP compliant facilities.
The New Talyrond 500 Series by Taylor Robson range enables measurement of three critical performance elements, Roundness, Surface finish, and now Contour, exactly as they were produced.
The Pittsburgh Conference and its sponsoring societies, the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh (SSP) and the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP), are now accepting proposals for the 2012 Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grants (PCMNCG) Award Program.
University of Houston, USA, researchers have recently developed and verified a new route for synthesizing superior forms of entangled or knotted polymers with pre-designed characteristics for use in applications such as drug delivery and smart coatings.
A Model 440 CHN Analyser from Exeter Analytical is being used by the Environmental Research Group (ERG) at the University of East London to help characterise renewable building materials.
Altuglas International, a subsidiary of ARKEMA group, today launches its R&D department's very latest innovation: the Altuglas® ShieldUp nanostructured acrylic sheet. This acrylic glass is “meshed” and structured at the scale of a billionth of a metre to maximize its properties.
Solvay, an international chemical Group, has commissioned the world’s largest hydrogen peroxide (HP) facility. The new plant is located in Map Ta Phut, Thailand and it has an annual production capacity of more than 330,000 t of HP at 100% concentration.