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Avantor Performance Materials Acquires RFCL from ICICI Venture

Avantor™ Performance Materials Holdings S.A. has completed its acquisition of RFCL Limited from ICICI Venture Funds Management Company Limited.

2 Mar 2011

Shale-Inland Purchases US-Based Stainless Steel Processing Firm

Shale-Inland Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Craig T. Bouchard, announced Shale-Inland's acquisition of 100% of the stock of Main Steel Polishing Company, Inc., which is based in Tinton Falls, New Jersey.

2 Mar 2011

Platinum Equity Buys Two Businesses from South Africa-Based Packaging Firm

Platinum Equity announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Nampak Cartons and Nampak Healthcare from South Africa-based Nampak Limited (JSE: NPK). Nampak Cartons produces cartons for the food and beverag...

2 Mar 2011

Analytik Jena Releases New Solid Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry Brochure

A new 16 page brochure highlighting the benefits of direct solid atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) is now available from Analytik Jena UK.

From Analytik Jena US 2 Mar 2011

Trends in World Viscose Fibre, Filament Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "World Viscose Trends in Demand and Suppy 2010" report to their offering. The World Viscose Fibre - Trends in Demand and Supply is the Sixth annual com...

2 Mar 2011

Lucifer Delivers Large Tempering Batch Oven to Grinding Equipment Manufacturer

Lucifer Furnaces, Inc. has delivered a large tempering batch oven to a leading East Coast manufacturer of precision grinding equipment.

From Airflow Systems, Inc. 2 Mar 2011

Master Bond Develops Chemically Resistant Epoxy

For applications demanding exceptional chemical resistance, especially to acids, fuels, and oils, Master Bond has developed EP21AR.

From Master Bond Inc. 2 Mar 2011

Volkswagen Acquires Stake in Carbon-Based Products Manufacturer

The Executive Board of SGL Carbon SE has been informed that Volkswagen AG has purchased an 8.18% stake in the equity of SGL Carbon SE on February 25, 2011.

From SGL CARBON SE 2 Mar 2011

Silgan Acquires Vogel + Noot's Metal Can Business

Silgan Holdings Inc. today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Vogel & Noot Holding AG's metal can business.

2 Mar 2011

Sandvik Materials to Deliver Zirconium Cladding Tubes to Westinghouse

Sandvik Materials Technology has concluded a multi-year supply agreement for the delivery of cladding tubes in zirconium, valued at more than SEK 3 billion. Deliveries will take place over a number of years commencing in the first quarter of 2011.

2 Mar 2011

Analysis on Worldwide Lactic Acid Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Lactic Acid Industry. This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Lactic Acid in Metric Tons by the following End U...

From Report Linker 2 Mar 2011

Veeco's TurboDisc K465i MOCVD System Chosen for GaN Power Electronics Research

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today that Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Korea has selected Veeco's TurboDisc(R) K465i(TM) Gallium Nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System for advanced GaN on Si research for power electronics.

2 Mar 2011

Bruckner Presents New Technologies for Plastics and Packaging Industry at Chinaplas 2011

At Chinaplas 2011 the members of the Brückner Group present forward-looking technologies for various applications in the plastics and packaging industries.

2 Mar 2011

PolyOne Sells its Stake in SunBelt Chlor Alkali to Olin

PolyOne Corporation announced today the sale of its 50% ownership interest in SunBelt Chlor Alkali Partnership to Olin Corporation.

2 Mar 2011

NIST Scientists Enhance Software for Materials Designers to Understand Stress Response

Before you can build that improved turbojet engine, before you can create that longer-lasting battery, you have to ensure all the newfangled materials in it will behave the way you want—even under conditions as harsh as the upper atmosphere at supersonic speed, or the churning chemistry of an ion cell.

2 Mar 2011