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FieldTurf Joins with Morton Extrusionstechnik to Develop Artificial Turf Fiber Technology

FieldTurf and Morton Extrusionstechnik GmbH (Morton) have formed a joint venture to develop and produce the most innovative artificial turf fiber technology in the world today.

24 Dec 2010

Worthington Industries Seeks to Acquire 60% Interest in Nitin Cylinders

Worthington Industries, Inc. announced today that its Worthington Cylinders segment has entered into an agreement to acquire a 60 percent interest in Nitin Cylinders Limited (NCL) located in Visakhapatnam, India, to expand Worthington’s presence in the growing alternative fuels cylinder market.

24 Dec 2010

Molycorp Partners with Hitachi Metals to Produce Rare Earth Alloys and Magnets

Molycorp, Inc. and Japan-based Hitachi Metals, Ltd. today jointly announced that they have entered into an agreement regarding the planned formation of joint ventures for the production of rare earth alloys and magnets in the U.S.

24 Dec 2010

Aleris International Closes Sale of Brazil Operations

Aleris International, Inc. has completed the sale of its operations in Brazil to MCN Empreendimentos e Participacoes Ltda.

24 Dec 2010

MarketPublishers Announces New Analysis on EU Chemicals Industry

MarketPublishers Ltd has recently enlarged European Union Market Reports Package 2010 containing research reports on a range of EU markets. European Union Market Reports Package 2010 has been complemented with Chemic...

24 Dec 2010

PRV Aerospace Acquires Arden Engineering

PRV Aerospace, LLC ("PRV Aerospace"), a portfolio company of Platte River Ventures, announced today that it had acquired all of the outstanding stock of Arden Engineering, Inc. ("Arden" or the "Company") in partnership with senior management of the Company. Located in Orange, California, Arden is a manufacturer of large, complex, precision-machined components and assemblies for the commercial and military aerospace industries.

24 Dec 2010

Flame Seal Restarts Sales to Spray Foam Insulation Industry

Flame Seal Products Inc. (Pink Sheets: FLMP), as a direct result of its market awareness campaign, has begun to see a major turn-around in sales as word spreads throughout the Spray Foam Insulation industry, verifying th...

24 Dec 2010

United Steelworkers Votes to Approve Labor Agreement with Century Aluminum of Kentucky

Century Aluminum of Kentucky, a wholly owned subsidiary of Century Aluminum Company announced today that the membership of United Steelworkers Local 9423 has voted to ratify a five-year labor agreement covering approximately 500 hourly workers at the company's Hawesville, KY aluminum smelter.

From Century Aluminum Company 24 Dec 2010

Glass Packaging Institute Files Comments Regarding Revised Green Guides

In response to the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) request for comments, the Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) has filed its comments in response to the FTC's proposed changes to its "Green Guides." O...

24 Dec 2010

Market Research Report on Ceramic Tile Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Ceramic Tile Market. SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS The $2.0 billion U.S. ceramic tile market began to recover during 2010 and ...

From Report Linker 24 Dec 2010

SKF Receives Approval for Acquisition of US-Based Supplier of Lubrication Systems

SKF’s (STO:SKFA)(STO:SKFB)(LSE:SKFB)(Pink Sheets:SKFRY) acquisition of Lincoln Holdings Enterprises (below referred to as Lincoln Industrial), a leading supplier of lubrication systems and tools, has now been appro...

24 Dec 2010

Trelleborg Finalizes Acquisition of US Company Lutz Sales

Trelleborg’s acquisition of the US company Lutz Sales Inc. has been finalized.

24 Dec 2010

Evraz Group Closes Deal to Acquire Leading Metal Service Company in Russia

Evraz Group S.A. (“Evraz”) announces the closing of a deal to acquire 100% of the shares of Cassar World Investments Corp., which controls 99.9% of OAO INPROM, a leading metal service company in Russia.

24 Dec 2010

Hunt Global Resources, Carbon Green Launch Research Project for Industrial Biofuel Formulation

Hunt Global Resources Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tombstone Technologies Inc., (OTCBB: TMCI) announced today that its BioSolutions Division has launched an exclusive research and product development project with C...

24 Dec 2010

New Market Report on Aerospace Composites Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Aerospace Composites. This research service provides a detailed insight into the latest technology trends in the commercial a...

From Report Linker 24 Dec 2010