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Market Report on Future of German Construction Materials Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Future of the Construction Materials Market in Germany to 2015" report to their offering. During the review period, the German construction materi...

2 Dec 2010

PPG’s Interactive Window Systems Honored in Aviation Week Suppliers’ Challenge

PPG Industries’ aerospace business has been honored for its ALTEOS(TM) Interactive Window Systems in the Suppliers’ Innovation Challenge of Aviation Week & Space Technology and Defense Technology International magazines.

2 Dec 2010

BASF's Acquisition of Cognis Approved by European Commission

The European Commission today approved the acquisition of Cognis Holding GmbH by BASF SE. The approval is subject to the divestiture of businesses that accounted for sales of significantly less than euro 100 million, which is less than 3% of Cognis' total sales.

From BASF Corporation 2 Dec 2010

Kobe Steel and United States Steel to Produce High-Strength Steel for Use in Automobiles

Kobe Steel, Ltd. and United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) have reached agreement for their equal partnership joint venture, PRO-TEC Coating Company, to build a continuous annealing line to produce high-strength stee...

2 Dec 2010

Linde LienHwa to Establish China’s First Ammonia Plant for LED Production

Linde LienHwa (LLH) today announced a further strengthening of its commitment to the needs of LED manufacturing with the establishment of an ultra high-purity Ammonia plant in Xiamen City, south-eastern China. This is...

2 Dec 2010

Sud-Chemie and Ashland Combine Activities in Foundry Chemical Sector in Europe

Sud-Chemie AG, Munich, and Ashland Inc. with headquarters in Covington, Kentucky (USA), today completed the combination of their worldwide activities in the foundry chemical sector, thus expanding the partners' long-term existing alliance in Europe.

2 Dec 2010

Applied Nanotech Releases Replacements for ITO Coated Substrates at USA Conference

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:APNT)announced the introduction of EXCLUCENT™ , one of the most suitable potential replacements for ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) coated substrates currently used for multiple applic...

2 Dec 2010

New Diagnostic Platform for Fast Sepsis Treatment Using Nanoparticles

Blood poisoning can be fatal. If you suffer from sepsis, you used to have to wait as much as 48 hours for laboratory findings. A new diagnostic platform as big as a credit card will now supply the analysis after as little as an hour. This system is based on nanoparticles that are automatically guided by magnetic forces.

2 Dec 2010

Market Report on Russian Reinforced Concrete Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Russian Market for Reinforced Concrete" report to their offering. Information about the market of reinforced concrete and its state in 2010. The purpo...

2 Dec 2010

CWRU Researcher Receives $2.25 Million Grant to Design Energy Storage Capacitor

Need has caught up with Gerhard Welsch's ideas. Welsch, a professor of materials science and engineering at Case Western Reserve University, began patenting designs for a small, light, powerful and reliable capacitor...

2 Dec 2010

Researchers Find Graphene as Potential DNA Sequencing Material

Genome sequencing will have a profound effect on our understanding of genetic biology and could usher in a day when doctor and patient are able to review individual genome sequences to fully personalise medical treatment.

2 Dec 2010

Superconductivity Center Graduates to Participate in TcSUH's Student Symposium

A high school math teacher in India sparked Debtanu De's interest in physics. Ibrahim Kesgin was inspired by his father to pursue an undergraduate, then graduate degree in mechanical engineering. Melissa Gooch&#39...

2 Dec 2010

New Scientific Phenomenon to Understand Non-Coalescence Behaviors of Specific Fluid

An illustration showing a scientific phenomenon that defies common intuition has garnered Sunghwan (Sunny) Jung, assistant professor of engineering science and mechanics at Virginia Tech, and his doctoral student, Navish Wadhwa, of Blacksburg, Va., the international Milton Van Dyke Award.

2 Dec 2010

Analysis on Future of Yellow Phosphorus Market in China

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Future of Yellow Phosphorus in China" report to their offering. Yellow phosphorus, the second largest consumer of phosphorus ore, an irreplaceable...

2 Dec 2010

Lion Chemical Sells Excel Polymers to HEXPOL AB for $220 Million

Lion Chemical Capital, LLC, with offices in Houston and New York, is pleased to announce the closing of the sale of its portfolio company Excel Polymers, LLC to HEXPOL AB for approximately $220 million after adjustments....

2 Dec 2010