The Renco Group’s affiliate, RG Steel has closed the share purchase of three steel companies from Severstal US. With this acquisition, RG Steel now has an annual production capacity of 7.5 million tons of flat-rolled steel.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Apr 2011
Supplier of specialty chemicals, Perstorp has displayed its new line of products for polyurethane dispersions (PUDs), including Oxymer polycarbonate diols, high-end Capa polycaprolactones and Ymer N120, an innovative non-ionic dispersing monomer, at the 2011 European Coatings Show conducted in Nuremberg, Germany.
Excellent Packaging & Supply, supplier of nature-based, biodegradable, eco-friendly packaging products for foodservice and other uses, has proclaimed that it now provides fully degradable paper bags, lids and cups to Blue Bottle Coffee, a coffeemaker based in Oakland, California.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Apr 2011
Provider of innovative sealing and adhesive technologies, Hernon Manufacturing has inked a joint venture deal with the ShenZhen Dover Technology, a China-based company, to establish a new joint venture called Hernon Dover.
Provider of ultra-performance plastic resins and compounds, A. Schulman has proclaimed that it will invest to include additional equipment at its production plant in China, Texas to meet the growing demand for its Specialty Powders business. The expanded facility is expected to be operational in the beginning of 2012.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Apr 2011
Thresher Industries has proclaimed that as a consequence of recently signed mutual nondisclosure deals with a first tier automotive supplier based in Detroit, Michigan, strategic plans are in progress to create a hybrid metal matrix composite (MMC) utilizing Thresher’s proprietary ThermaLite technology.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Apr 2011
High temperature superconductors from Woodhead Publishing summaries the material science and physics of all of the most important high temperature superconductors as well as discussing material growth, properties and applications.
The invention of the diamond impregnated floor pads was made by the founder of HTC, Håkan Thysell in 2005 and the invention was followed by an immediate patent application. The product, under the trade name Twister,...
Corrosion of magnesium alloys from Woodhead Publishing provides a comprehensive account of the corrosion of magnesium alloys incorporating both the performance and mechanism of mg alloys in conventional environments as well as behaviour in special media such as engine coolants.
Alphacan, a subsidiary of the Arkema Group, announces a plan to divest its pipes business in France to Pipelife France, a subsidiary of the Pipelife Group.
Alphacan, a major player in PVC converting in Europe, produc...
Titan Tire Corporation, a subsidiary of Titan International, Inc., closed today on the acquisition of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's Latin American farm tire business for approximately $98.6 million U.S. do...
The Fox Group, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a patent license agreement with a non-U.S. company for rights to patents in Fox Group's portfolio. This is the fifth non-exclusive and royalty-beari...
Micro-displays are currently being developed for the next generation of displays and feature ever smaller components. Component geometries have shrunk so much that standard metrology tools have difficulty accurately measuring color and intensity variations with the degree of spatial resolution required.
Ashland’s brand, Valvoline has introduced a new product portfolio of high-performance hydraulic oils, transmission fluids, gear oils and engine oils called UltraMax to enhance the operating life of off-highway devices and engines.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
2 Apr 2011
Yiqi Yang, an authority on biofibers and biomaterials at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Institute of Agriculture & Natural Resources, has reported about a new process that uses chicken feathers as raw materials for the production of thermoplastics at the American Chemical Society’s 241st National Meeting & Exposition.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
2 Apr 2011