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Novelis to Cease Foil Rolling Activities and Packaging Business in England

Novelis today announced that its foil rolling activities at Bridgnorth, England, and also part of the packaging business on the same site, will cease operations by the end of April 2011.

From Novelis Corp 15 Dec 2010

Dow Chemical Begins ENLIGHT Polyolefin Encapsulant Films Manufacturing in Ohio

The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) has begun commercial-scale manufacturing of ENLIGHT(TM) Polyolefin Encapsulant Films for use in photovoltaic solar panel modules at its state-of-the-art production line in Findlay, Ohio.

From Dow Chemicals 15 Dec 2010

INOX Air Products to Build Fourth Plant for Industrial Gas Supply to Saint Gobain

Air Products today announced that INOX Air Products Ltd., its joint venture (JV) in India, will construct three air separation units (ASU) and liquefiers for the merchant market and also will build a fourth plant for long-term industrial gas supply to Saint Gobain Glass India. The four facilities are scheduled to come on stream during 2012.

15 Dec 2010

BMI Announces Latest Report on Petrochemicals Industry in Colombia

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Colombia Petrochemicals Report 2011" report to their offering. Colombia Petrochemicals Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corpora...

15 Dec 2010

Dynasol Joins with Shanxi Northern Xing'an Chemical Industry to Produce Rubber

Dynasol, a subsidiary of Repsol and the Kuo Group, has signed an agreement with China's Shanxi Northern Xing'an Chemical Industry (Xing'an) to produce and market rubber in China.

15 Dec 2010

MISUMI Expands Fixed and Configurable Metric Sized Metal Plates Lines

MISUMI USA, Inc., a subsidiary of MISUMI Corporation, part of MISUMI Group, Inc. and a leading provider of fixed and configurable mechanical components for machine building and factory automation systems, has greatly expanded its lines of Fixed and Configurable Metric sized Metal Plates, adding new lines and a multitude of new dimensions and specifications to its existing array of Metal Plates, Blocks and Bars.

15 Dec 2010

New Book on High Quality Advanced Materials

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Characterization and Control of Interfaces for High Quality Advanced Materials III: Ceramic Transactions, Volume 219" t...

15 Dec 2010

Vertellus Specialties Becomes Operator of Nantong Reilly Chemical

Vertellus Specialties Inc. ("Vertellus" or the "Company") today announced a share purchase agreement the terms of which make it the sole owner and operator of Nantong Reilly Chemical Corporation (&quo...

15 Dec 2010

DuPont Releases Ti-Pure R-796+ Titanium Dioxide for Laminates Industry

New DuPont™ Ti-Pure® R-796+ titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment maximizes process flexibility and provides superior performance across a variety of decorative paper types and paper making chemistries.

15 Dec 2010

CalciTech Establishes Business Unit in Europe

CalciTech Ltd. (OTCBB: CLKTF) announces today the transfer of its business undertaking for Europe to a wholly-owned subsidiary, CalciTech Synthetic Minerals Europe Ltd. (“CSME”), recently established in the U...

15 Dec 2010

Cymbet Partners with X-FAB Texas to Start Advanced EnerChip SSB Production Unit

Cymbet Corporation today announced that it has reached an agreement with X-FAB Texas Inc., to open the world’s highest volume solid-state battery (SSB) production facility in Lubbock, Texas. This new advanced EnerChip™ SSB production facility significantly increases Cymbet’s manufacturing capacity to supply the growing global demand for Cymbet’s EnerChip devices.

15 Dec 2010

Schnitzer Steel Industries Signs Agreement to Buy All Assets of Amix Salvage + Sales

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Amix Salvage & Sales, Ltd. of Vancouver, Canada.

15 Dec 2010

New Market Analysis on Mexican Petrochemicals Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Mexico Petrochemicals Report 2011" report to their offering. Mexico Petrochemicals Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate an...

15 Dec 2010

Keyuan Petrochemicals Plans to Expand Design Production Capacity by 30%

Keyuan Petrochemicals, Inc. (Nasdaq: KEYP) ("Keyuan or the "Company"), a leading merchant manufacturer of various petrochemical products in China, announced a plan to expand its design production capacity ...

15 Dec 2010

LDK Solar Enters Contract with Lu'an Group to Provide Wafers and Polysilicon

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. ("LDK Solar") a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers and PV products, today announced that the Company has entered into a multi-year wafer and polysilicon supply contract with Shanxi Lu'an Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Lu'an Group, a leading Chinese energy enterprise.

15 Dec 2010