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Resource Polymers Expects Sales of Recycled Plastics to Grow by 150%

Fox Petroleum Inc. announced today its Canadian based subsidiary Resource Polymers Inc. has seen a huge increase in demand for recycling and the company expects year over year sales to grow by more than 150%.

28 Jan 2011

Holcim Signs LOI to Buy Remaining Interest in Texas-Based Ready-Mix Concrete Producer

Holcim (US) Inc. announced today that Holcim Participations (US), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holcim Ltd, has entered into a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire the remaining interest in Lattimore Materials Company, a Texas-based aggregates and ready-mix concrete producer.

28 Jan 2011

Researchers Create Touchscreens Using Mixture of Carbon Nanotubes and Polymers

Just touching it slightly with the tips of your fingers is enough. You can effortlessly write, navigate, open menu windows or rotate images on touchscreens.

28 Jan 2011

Nucor Receives Air Quality Permit for Direct Reduced Iron Making Facility in St. James Parish

Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) announced today that the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has issued an air quality permit for its direct reduced iron making facility that will be located in St. James Parish. ...

From Nucor 28 Jan 2011

Prime Coat Coating Systems to Exhibit at ACA Conference

The American Correctional Association (ACA) Winter Conference January 28th to February 2nd is the event that all wardens, sheriffs, detention center personnel, and general contractors attend to learn how to improve their work and facilities in the corrections industry.

28 Jan 2011

Reynobond Aluminum Composite Material Contributes to Sustainable Design of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Alcoa announced today that its Reynobond® aluminum composite material (ACM) contributed to the sustainable design of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, the first hospital in the Midwest to achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification.

28 Jan 2011

Geami Announces 2000th Installation of Protective Paper Packaging System in 2010

Geami, Ltd, a leading manufacturer of paper packaging machines and materials, announced that 2010 marked the 2000th installation of the company's protective packaging system.

28 Jan 2011

Visiongain's New Analysis on Aluminium Industry

MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of Visiongain's new report "The Aluminium Market Analysis, Financials and Forecasting 2011-2016" to their collection of Metals market reports. The Aluminium ...

28 Jan 2011

California-Based Materials Firm Expands into Larger Composites Markets

With its Super Sap^TM line of bio-derived epoxy systems, Entropy Resins, a California-based materials company, is enabling companies to create a new generation of environmentally friendly, high performance composite products.

28 Jan 2011

Dow Chemical Joins with Global Chemistry Leaders to Celebrate Official IYC Launch Ceremony

The Dow Chemical Company today joins leaders in chemistry from around the globe to celebrate the official global launch of the United Nations-designated International Year of Chemistry (IYC).

From Dow Chemicals 28 Jan 2011

Skeleton Technologies Receives Patent for Breakthrough Supercapacitor Material

Skeleton Technologies, an energy-storage start-up located in Tartu, Estonia, receives a US patent for breakthrough supercapacitor material.

28 Jan 2011

Global Forecast Report on Petrochemical Manufacturing Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2011 Worldwide Petrochemical Manufacturing Industry Report" report to their offering. The Petrochemical Manufacturing Industry report, published annua...

28 Jan 2011

AnchorBayTile Introduces Kaguya Collection of Bamboo Mosaic Tiles

AnchorBayTile continues to expand its collection of bamboo tiles by announcing the introduction of the Kaguya Collection of bamboo mosaic tiles.

28 Jan 2011

Garland’s New StressPly Max Membrane Provides High Tensile and Tear Performance

The Garland Company, Inc., manufacturer and distributor of high-performance solutions for the commercial building envelope, recently raised the roofing industry’s standards for tensile and tear performance with the introduction of StressPly® Max modified bitumen membrane.

From Garland Manufacturing Co. 28 Jan 2011

Ball Optimizes Beverage Can Manufacturing Footprint in North America

Ball Corporation announced today several actions to decrease the company's overall installed beverage can capacity in North America while better aligning Ball's manufacturing footprint to meet changing customer demand.

28 Jan 2011