The M&G Group has planned to construct new polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plants in the U.S. PET, a thermoplastic polymer resin, is used for packaging a number of products such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products, fresh and frozen food products and soft drinks.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 May 2011
They're everywhere, although we hardly spare a thought for them in everyday life – precast concrete components. With X-Seed, BASF has succeeded in introducing an important innovation in this area.
Clean air technology developed to offer high levels of protection to operators from harmful, hazardous, toxic or sensitizing dusts generated and handled during manual power handling operations is now accepted as the norm...
Miyachi Unitek Corporation, a leading manufacturer of resistance welding equipment and laser processing systems, is pleased to announce the availability of its website in Spanish, Chinese and Portuguese. The company laun...
Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) has been selected by global engineering company Technip to provide pipe-in-pipe insulation for four subsea pipeline projects in the North Sea.
Technip will use Cabot's aerogel Compre...
A new aqueous polyamide dispersion now available from Michelman is designed for use as a fiber sizing in fiber reinforced nylon composites.
Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) are being developed for the next generation of displays and light sources. The 308 FPD™ microscope spectrophotometer , from CRAIC Technologies, is designed to measure and compare the spectral output, intensity and color consistency of each of the microscopic pixels commonly found in OLED devices.
The New Model 10500 from Abet Technologies is a low cost solar simulator providing an attractive alternative to more fully featured and expensive solar simulators for applications that do not require a large area illuminated field.
The Linde Group, a major supplier of CO2 in the U.S., has signed a multi-year deal with Sapphire Energy to jointly produce a cost-effective carbon dioxide (CO2) delivery system.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
Calgon Carbon, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, announcd that it has secured a $1.35 million funding from Ohio Third Frontier’s Energy Program to develop and market advanced activated carbons for the energy storage industry.
Klaus Kleinfeld, Chairman and CEO of Alcoa, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Jiang Chaoliang, Governor of the China Development Bank (CDB), for a wide range of global aluminum and other projects.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
3M’s Optical Systems Division has developed an exclusive Uniformity Tape to meet the design flexibility demands of LCD manufacturers.
KiOR, a clean tech firm that has developed a proprietary technology to produce renewable crude oil from biomass, announced that it has entered into a contract with FedEx Corporate Services, one of the leading transportation companies, for supply of renewable diesel blendstocks.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
Albemarle, a global manufacturer and distributor of engineered specialty chemicals for use in petroleum refining, packaging, construction, pharmaceuticals, consumer electronics, crop protection, automotive, food-safety, utilities and custom chemistry services, announced that it has acquired an Iowa-based company, Catilin.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
Behr Process, a supplier of paint and coatings, has announced that two of its paint products have met the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) guidelines.