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Dow Corning Wins The Most Eco-Friendly Raw Material Supplier in China Award

Dow Corning has been named as “The most eco-friendly raw material supplier” in China by personal care manufacturers and readers of a leading Chinese cosmetic magazine.

From Dow Corning 21 Dec 2010

Grace Buys Assets and Associated Entities of RS Solutions

W.R. Grace & Co. announced today that it has purchased the assets and associated entities of RS Solutions LLC, a privately-owned technology company located in West Chester, Ohio.

21 Dec 2010

Univar Purchases Basic Chemical Solutions

Univar Inc., a leading global chemical distributor, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Basic Chemical Solutions, L.L.C. (BCS), a global distributor and trader of commodity chemicals.

From Univar 21 Dec 2010

BWAY Holding Acquires US-Based Producer of Steel Pails

BWAY Holding Company, a leading North American supplier of general line rigid containers, today announced that the Company has acquired Phoenix Container, Inc., a leading U.S. producer of steel pails, in a stock purchase transaction.

21 Dec 2010

Toray Plastics to Construct $2 Million Solar Photovoltaic Field in Rhode Island

Toray Plastics (America), Inc., the only United States manufacturer of precision-performance polypropylene, polyester, and bio-based films for packaging and industrial applications, is pleased to announce a plan to begin construction in Q2 2011 on a $2 million 446 kilowatt (kW) solar photovoltaic (PV) field on its 70-acre campus in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.

21 Dec 2010

Oxea Completes Phase I Capacity Increase at Carboxylic Acid Manufacturing Unit

Oxea, the global chemical company, has successfully completed the first phase of a three-stage capacity increase at its multi-purpose carboxylic acid production units in Oberhausen, adding 5% to its global carboxylic acid capacity.

21 Dec 2010

RISI Announces New Study on European Coated Papers Risk of Closure

Western European demand for coated papers has matured and the post recession rebound in demand is over.

21 Dec 2010

Shiner International Receives Three Honors from China Packaging Federation

Shiner International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEST) ("Shiner" or the "Company"), an emerging global supplier of anti-counterfeiting and advanced packaging products, today announced that it has received three ho...

21 Dec 2010

Los Alamos National Laboratory Names 2010 Top 10 Science and Technology Developments

Los Alamos National Laboratory has named its Top 10 science and technology developments of 2010 based on major programmatic milestones, strategic potential, scholarly accounts, and associated news coverage.

21 Dec 2010

UC Study Shows How Nanoparticles Biomagnify in A Simple Microbial Food Chain

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at UC Santa Barbara has produced a groundbreaking study of how nanoparticles are able to biomagnify in a simple microbial food chain.

21 Dec 2010

New Method to Observe Material Properties of Synthetic Polymer Molecules

Plastics-based materials have been in use for decades. But manufacturers are facing a serious hurdle in their quest for new developments: Substantial influences of the microscopic material structure on mechanical material properties cannot be observed directly. The synthetic polymer molecules are simply too small for microscopic observation in mechanical experiments.

21 Dec 2010

Frost + Sullivan Announces New Report on Green and Innovative Building Materials Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "2010 US Home Owners' Perception of Green and Innovative Materials in Buildings" to their offering. Overall, awar...

21 Dec 2010

Mears Technologies Partners with tei Solutions to Produce Silicon Solar PV Wafers

tei Solutions, an integrated foundry providing 100mm and 300mm R&D services, announces a collaboration with Mears Technologies, a US-based emerging materials technology company, to explore the use of the Mears Silicon Technology (MST) in the development and production of solar cells.

21 Dec 2010

mPhase Technologies Completes Work for Phase 2 STTR Award

mPhase Technologies, Inc. said today, that the technical work recently completed under a Phase 2 STTR award has resulted in a substantial intellectual portfolio (IP) covering its Smart Nanobattery.

21 Dec 2010