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Uniboard Officially Launches Moncure MDF Mill in North Carolina

Uniboard®, a North American leader of manufactured engineered wood products, is pleased to celebrate the official launch of its Moncure MDF mill in North Carolina to be held on October 28. In February 2010, Uniboa...

29 Oct 2010

Oregon Shepherd Launches Alternative to Traditional Insulation Products

Oregon Shepherd, a leading Attic Insulation company is proud to announce its alternative to traditional insulation products.

29 Oct 2010

New Two-Component System from Momentive Can Enhance Performance of Crosslinked Polyethylene Pipes

Momentive Performance Materials, a global leader in specialty chemicals and materials, has introduced a two-component system that can help improve the mechanical properties and service life of crosslinked polyethylene (PE-X) potable water pipes used for plumbing, heating and drinking water.

From Momentive Performance Materials, Inc. 29 Oct 2010

Australian Cutting Tool Manufacturer to get Heavy Duty High Temperature Dual Chamber Furnace

Lucifer Furnaces is supplying a heavy duty high temperature dual chamber furnace to a leading designer and manufacturer of specialized cutting tools and tooling equipment in Victoria, Australia.

From Lucifer Furnaces 28 Oct 2010

Songwon and Tangshan Baifu Form Antioxidants Joint Venture

Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. and Tangshan Baifu Chemical Co. Ltd. announce that they have reached a definitive agreement to establish a joint venture to manufacture and sell Thioester antioxidants.

From Songwon 28 Oct 2010

DuPont Deminstrate Commitment to Healthcare and Food Industries

DuPont Performance Polymers is committed to providing sustainable and innovative solutions based on its high performance polymers and elastomers. This is reflected by the recent commercialization of products for the health care and food industries, to be presented at K 2010.

28 Oct 2010

Bruker Demonstrate WDXRF Can Determine Effectiveness of Catalysts on Polymerization

This application report will demonstrate that very low levels of Mg can easily be analyzed by means of the wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer S8 TIGER 4K. Bruker AXS’ modern sequential WDXRF spectrometer S8 TIGER applies an X-ray tube with up to 170 mA current at full 4 kW power. It proves to be an optimal solution for the enhanced accurate and precise analysis of light elements in extreme low concentrations.

28 Oct 2010

Micromeritics Schedule Webinar on Dynamic Vapor Sorption

The fifth in Micromeritics’ ongoing series of live webinars highlighting applications, theory, and instrumentation showcases an examination of the Dynamic Vapor Sorption materials characterization technique. This informative webinar will be broadcast at both 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM EST on Friday, November 19.

From Micromeritics Instrument Corporation 28 Oct 2010

New Nylon Resin Designed to Perform in Hot Harsh Environments

DuPont Performance Polymers adds a new DuPont™ Zytel® PLUS nylon resin and two Zytel® HTN PPA resins to its breakthrough family of products designed to provide the kind of long-term protection against aggressive environments that can – at minimum – double the life of a component.

28 Oct 2010

Innovative Use of Plastics Can Improve the Efficiency of Cars

Innovative materials and expert application development, aimed at enhancing the performance of vehicle systems, improving their sustainability and reducing their total cost, form the forefront of DuPont Performance Polymers in the automotive sector.

28 Oct 2010

NLMK Steel Acquires Scrap Processing Company

Novolipetsk Steel (LSE: NLMK), one of Russia's leading steel companies, today announced the acquisition of LLC VMI Recycling Group (hereinafter referred to as VMI) from a group of shareholders for a total of USD28.4 ...

28 Oct 2010

PolyOne to Unveil Sustainable Polymer Solutions at K 2010

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, will unveil a number of new innovations at the K 2010 exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany (October 27 – November 3).

28 Oct 2010

Global Material Handling Equipment Market Likely to Reach US$29 Billion by 2015

The global economic downturn affected all the segments across the material handling equipment market in 2009. The market, though showing signs of improvement, is estimated to register a negative growth for 2010 as wel...

28 Oct 2010

Groupe RCM Devises New Recycling Process for Juice Boxes and Milk Cartons in Quebec

Canada has made a leap forward in consumer packaging waste diversion. Today, a cutting edge recycling line was launched at Groupe RCM's recycling facility in Québec; a local project that's part of a larger i...

28 Oct 2010

Saint-Gobain Introduces Performance Plastics Suitable for Powertrain Solutions

RENCOL® tolerance ring and NORGLIDE® self-lubricating bearing technologies from Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, a global leader in the design, production and distribution of innovative, high performance materials and supplier to high volume international Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), offer powertrain designers decisive advantages including space savings and dependable maintenance-free operation throughout a long service life.

28 Oct 2010