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Century Aluminum of Kentucky Enters Tentative Agreement with United Steelworkers

Century Aluminum of Kentucky, a wholly owned subsidiary of Century Aluminum Company announced today that it has reached a tentative agreement with the United Steelworkers on a five-year collective bargaining agreement.

From Century Aluminum Company 16 Dec 2010

Cereplast to Conduct Design Competition for Bioplastics Symbol

Cereplast, Inc. a leading manufacturer of proprietary bio-based, compostable and sustainable plastics, announced today that it will launch a nationwide design competition for a symbol that represents “bioplastics” on January 3, 2011.

16 Dec 2010

Berlin Packaging Announces Acquisition of Chicago-Based Packaging Company

Berlin Packaging, a leading full-service supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures, today announced the acquisition of Chicago-based Continental Packaging Solutions in a transaction designed to expand...

16 Dec 2010

KEMET Expands its Ceramic Chip Capacitor Array Portfolio

KEMET Corporation a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced that it has expanded its Ceramic Chip Capacitor Array portfolio with a two-capacitor array in EIA 0508 case size.

16 Dec 2010

New Report on Malaysian Steel Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Malaysia: Steel Report" report to their offering. Malaysia Steel includes an overview of the Malaysian steel industry, an industry that supports the c...

16 Dec 2010

CPI Aerostructures to Manufacture Gunner Window Assemblies for BLACK HAWK Helicopters

CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (“CPI Aero®”) announced today that it has received a schedule agreement from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. valued at up to approximately $2 million to manufacture gunner window assemblies for the BLACK HAWK helicopter. Sikorsky is a business unit of United Technologies Corp.

16 Dec 2010

TechPrecision Wins $1.0 Million Defense Order for Precision Fabricated Components

TechPrecision Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: TPCS) ("TechPrecision", or "the Company"), a leading manufacturer of large-scale, high-precision machined metal fabrications with customers in the altern...

16 Dec 2010

Schnitzer Steel Industries Agrees to Buy All Assets of Selkirk Recovery

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Selkirk Recovery, Inc., dba Steel Pacific Recycling, of Duncan, British Columbia.

16 Dec 2010

AU Optronics Opens AUO SunPower to Generate High-Efficiency Solar Cells

AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") today announced the inauguration of AUO SunPower Sdn. Bhd. ("AUO SunPower") in Malaysia.

16 Dec 2010

Innovative Book on Processing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Composites

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Processing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Composites II: Ceramic Transactions, Volume 220" to their offering. ...

16 Dec 2010

AC Plastiques Canada Purchased by Plasticon Europe

The management and shareholders of Plasticon Europe BV, Oldenzaal (Netherlands), and AC Plastiques Canada (1992) Inc wish to announce that agreement has been reached on the acquisition of AC Plastiques Canada (1992) Inc. by Plasticon Europe BV. AAC Capital Partners, which has a majority stake in Plasticon, fully supports the important strategic acquisition of AC Plastiques.

16 Dec 2010

Researchers Create Nanoparticles Comprising Two Metals

A new study from researchers at North Carolina State University sheds light on how a technique that is commonly used for making single-metal nanoparticles can be extended to create nanoparticles consisting of two metals ...

16 Dec 2010

Iron Nanoparticles Are Used to Create Catalytic Materials for Air Quality Problem

Fortified with iron: It's not just for breakfast cereal anymore. University of Illinois researchers have demonstrated a simpler method of adding iron to tiny carbon spheres to create catalytic materials that have the potential to remove contaminants from gas or liquid.

16 Dec 2010

U.S. Marines Buys Additional Sets of PrimaLoft Insulated Cold Weather Gear

PrimaLoft® Insulation Technology™, the research and development leader in high performance insulations used to enhance combat conditions for soldiers, has announced that the United States Marine Corps (USMC) has purchased 6,000 additional sets of the USMC Extreme Cold Weather Parkas, Trousers and Booties insulated with PrimaLoft® to equip U.S. Marines stationed in the coldest areas of Afghanistan and across the globe.

16 Dec 2010

Research Team Finds Copper Nanoparticles in Soil Can Be Absorbed by Earthworms

The manufacturing of nanomaterials has been steadily on the rise in the medical, industrial, and scientific fields. Nanomaterials are materials that are engineered to have dimensions less than 100 nanometers and have ...

16 Dec 2010