The Coca-Cola Company and NatureWorks are the 2 newest sponsors of the 6th annual Biopolymers Symposium 2011, joining Cereplast and Specialty Minerals. This year's conference is scheduled for September 26-28, 2011 at...
World demand for rare earths is forecast to expand 7.1 percent per year to 180,000 metric tons in 2015. In dollar terms, sales are expected to more than triple from $3.0 billion in 2010 to $9.2 billion in 2015. Consumpti...
The Innovative Plastics strategic business unit of SABIC today announced that it is adding new production lines of the company’s world-renowned Lexan* polycarbonate (PC) resins and films in Shanghai and Nansha, China.
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement under which Dow's global Polypropylene business will be divested to Braskem for a total enterprise value to Dow of $340 m...
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments is improving the efficiency of network operations for the Nexera UHPLC and Prominence HPLC systems by enabling system control and monitoring via an iPad®.
NOVA Chemicals, a developer and manufacturer of plastic resins, chemicals and end-products, and Statoil Marketing and Trading (Statoil) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for ethane supply from the Marcellus Shale Basin
Thermal Technology has expanded its manufacturing capacity with the addition of a new production facility to meet the growing demand for the Model K1 sapphire crystal grower.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Jul 2011
EcoLogic has signed an agreement with Letica to supply the Eco-One brand of organic plastic additives. Letica, a manufacturer of rigid plastic containers and foodservice packaging, will utilize the Eco-One products to produce thin-walled, biodegradable food containers and plastic cold beverage lids and cups.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Jul 2011
Cortec, a pioneer in bioplastic innovations, has partnered with Telles to launch new film products made from Mirel bioplastic. Both the companies have jointly developed unique processing and extrusion methods and this leads to the creation of the first commercially feasible flexible film products.
The ECO-RUBBER consortium has released the initial results of its industrialization process project at the Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia (IBV) in Spain. IBV and AIMPLAS - Technologic Institutes along with RECIPNEU and BERLÁ have set up the consortium.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Jul 2011
Scientists are developing plowshares with diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating to save fuel while plowing.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Jul 2011
Researchers at the University of Oviedo in Spain have designed an ultra-sensitive method to detect the concentration of titanium in human blood, which helps to measure the difference in the levels of titanium in the patients treated for titanium orthopedic implants and in the untreated people.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Jul 2011
Michael Lawler, a physicist at Binghamton University, and his colleagues are investigating the electronic structure of cuprates to understand the phenomenon of high-temperature superconductivity.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Jul 2011
Lignol Energy, a Canadian company engaged in the development of biorefining technologies, has entered into a five-year joint development and commercialization contract with FPInnovations, a not]for]profit R&D firm, to develop high-value commercial applications for cellulose made using Lignol's biorefining process.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Jul 2011
Applied Plastics, a pioneer in the development of electrostatically applied powder coatings, announced that the company offers motor stator stacking service.