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Blackstone Completes Acquisition of Polymer Group Inc

Scorpio Acquisition Corporation, an affiliate of Blackstone Capital Partners V L.P. (NYSE: BX) ("Blackstone"), has completed its previously announced acquisition of Polymer Group, Inc. ("PGI"). The tr...

30 Jan 2011

mPhase Refines Design of Advanced Battery for European Car Manufacturer

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC.BB:XDSL - News) today said that it has refined the design of a new automotive product it has been developing with a major European automobile manufacturer that is based on advanced battery ...

30 Jan 2011

Guardian Building Products Releases New Fiberglass Insulation with ecoGuard Technology

Guardian Building Products (GBP) announces the launch of its new fiberglass insulation with ecoGuard™ technology.

29 Jan 2011

EcoStar Launches New Color Palette for Roofing Industry

EcoStar LLC proudly announces the introduction of a new color, Driftwood Brown.

29 Jan 2011

Blackstone Capital Partners Purchases Polymer Group

Scorpio Acquisition Corporation, an affiliate of Blackstone Capital Partners V L.P. ("Blackstone"), has completed its previously announced acquisition of Polymer Group, Inc. ("PGI").

29 Jan 2011

Huntsman Agrees to Invest in New Magnesium Sulfate Fertilizer Plant, France

The Pigments division of Huntsman Corporation today announced that it has agreed in principle to an investment of circa EUR 30 million to build a new magnesium sulfate fertilizer manufacturing operation at the division's titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigments manufacturing plant in Calais, France.

From Huntsman International LLC 29 Jan 2011

GA Telesis Completes Acquisition of Florida-Based Ultimate Aircraft Composites

GA Telesis, LLC ("GAT"), today announced conclusion of the acquisition of assets and certain liabilities of Ultimate Aircraft Composites, LLC, a Fort Lauderdale, Florida based component MRO (“UAC or the Company”).

29 Jan 2011

Global Forecast Report on Active and Smart Packaging Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Active & Smart Packaging Market Trends, Forecast & Applications in Food and Beverage Industry" report to their offering. Active and sma...

29 Jan 2011

Dow Chemical to Exhibit at European Coatings Show 2011

The Dow Chemical Company’s presence at this year’s European Coatings Show in Nürnberg, Germany, March 29 -31 – will take the form of a ‘competence centre’.

29 Jan 2011

Orbit International Wins Contract to Deliver Data Entry Panels for E-2 Hawkeye Aircraft

Orbit International Corp. an electronics manufacturer and software solution provider, today announced that its Orbit Instrument Division received an order in excess of $600,000 for data entry panels for the mission control in the E-2 Hawkeye, the all weather carrier-capable Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft, designed to give long-range warning of incoming aerial threats.

29 Jan 2011

Berkeley Scientists Create More Efficient Photocatalyst for Use in Clean Technologies

A little disorder goes a long way, especially when it comes to harnessing the sun's energy. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) jumbled the atom...

29 Jan 2011

INM Research Group Investigates Ways to Train Metalstructures for Switchable Properties

Structured surfaces have special properties. It would be desirable to make these properties switchable.

29 Jan 2011

New Report on Lead-Acid Battery Market in Europe

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "European Lead Acid Battery Market" to their offering. Increasing Focus on Renewable Energy Powers the Growth of the ...

29 Jan 2011

Key Plastics Announces Intention to Close Manufacturing Facility in Indiana

Key Plastics L.L.C., a global leader in engineered plastics and assemblies for the automotive industry, today announced its intention to close its operations in Hartford City, Indiana consolidating that business into its other North American manufacturing sites during 2011.

29 Jan 2011

GlueArts Launches New Rolled Adhesive Products at CHA Winter 2011

GlueArts (Booth #2952) will expand its line of adhesive cartridges for the GlueGlider PRO and introduce new rolled adhesive products at the 2011 Craft and Hobby Association (CHA) Winter Conference and Trade Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center on January 29-February 1, 2011.

29 Jan 2011