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TenCate Aerospace Provides Composite Materials for Superbus Construction

The Superbus by Prof. Dr. Ockels is officially presented at the start of the Millionaire Fair on Thursday 9 December in the RAI Congress Centre in Amsterdam.

From Toray Advanced Composites 13 Dec 2010

Global Analysis on Advanced Packaging Market for Food and Beverage Industry

The 'Global Active & Smart Packaging Market Trends, Forecast & Applications in Food and Beverage Industry' analyzes the advanced packaging market by technology and applications and studies the major market driver...

13 Dec 2010

Koppers to Acquire Portec's Rail Joint Business

Koppers Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Koppers Holdings Inc., announced that it has signed an Asset Purchase Agreement to acquire the Rail Joint business product line and related manufacturing facility of Portec Rail Products, Inc. ("Portec") for an undisclosed purchase price.

From Koppers Inc. 13 Dec 2010

ThyssenKrupp Inaugurate New Steelmaking and Processing Plant in Alabama

Following a three-year construction period, the new steelmaking and processing plant of ThyssenKrupp Steel USA and ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA in the southeastern USA was officially opened today. "With the startup of the plant in Alabama and the launch of the steel mill in Brazil in the summer

13 Dec 2010

Pyrroles Used to Contruct New Nanostructured Materials

Pyrroles, which are rings containing one nitrogen and four carbon atoms, are essential components of our red hemoglobin as well as the green chlorophyll in plants. Japanese researchers led by Hiromitsu Maeda at Risumeikan University have now also used this molecular motif in the construction of new nanostructured materials.

From John Wiley and Sons - Scientific Publishers 13 Dec 2010

BASF Completes Acquisition of Cognis

BASF successfully completed its acquisition of Cognis Holding GmbH from Cognis Holding Luxembourg S.à r.l. controlled by Permira Funds, GS Capital Partners and SV Life Sciences yesterday (December 9, 2010). The equi...

From BASF Corporation 13 Dec 2010

Appleton Does Not Use Bisphenol A to Manufacture Products

Appleton, the nation's largest manufacturer of thermal paper – the type often used in cash register and credit card receipts, as well as entertainment and transportation tickets; lottery and gaming tickets, and tags for airline baggage and retail applications, does not use the controversial ingredient bisphenol A (BPA) in any of its products.

10 Dec 2010

Air Products Increases Cash Tender Offer to Acquire Shares of Airgas

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it has increased its fully financed cash tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) to $70 per share. This is Air Products' best and ...

10 Dec 2010

Air Products to Provide Gases for Samsung's AMOLED Facility

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it has been selected to supply gaseous nitrogen, oxygen and argon to Samsung Mobile Display's (SMD) newest Active-matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) fab located in T...

10 Dec 2010

U.S. Green Building Council Awards LEED Silver Certification to Accredo's Production Facility

Accredo Packaging, Inc., a member of the API Group of Companies, has recently achieved a milestone in its quest to be the world’s lowest-carbon-footprint manufacturer of flexible packaging and extruded films.

10 Dec 2010

Air Products Provides Fueling and Hydrogen Infrastructure for Boeing

When the Phantom Eye takes to the skies, Air Products' hydrogen fueling capabilities will be put to another unique and advanced technological use.

10 Dec 2010

ArcelorMittal to Spin-Off Stainless Steel Business to Maximize Shareholder Value

Further to the announcement on 28 July 2010, the Board of ArcelorMittal confirms that it has concluded the assessment of a potential spin-off of the stainless steel business.

10 Dec 2010

SCF-III Conference to Focus on Syntactic Foams and Composite Foams Market

The first international conference on Syntactic and Composite Foams (SCF-I), under the auspices of ECI, Inc. was held in Banff, Canada in August of 2004 and was very successful. Manufacturers of syntactic foam compone...

10 Dec 2010

Rice Researchers Manufacture 3-D Microbatteries to Power Next Generation Devices

Rice University researchers have moved a step closer to creating robust, three-dimensional microbatteries that would charge faster and hold other advantages over conventional lithium-ion batteries.

10 Dec 2010

University of Warwick Researchers Use Blue Light for Platinum-Based Cancer Treatment

When it comes to health care blue lights, are usually most useful on the top of ambulances but now new research led by the University of Warwick has found a way to use blue light to activate what could be a highly potent platinum-based cancer treatment.

10 Dec 2010