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RPC Manufacture Pail Using Reprocessed Polypropylene

RPC Containers Oakham has manufactured a 12.5 litre pail using reprocessed PP to provide Owens Nutrition with a ‘green’ solution for its animal feed supplements.

5 Apr 2010

Globe Special Metals Acquire Ferrosilicon Producer

Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSM) today announced its acquisition of Core Metals Group, LLC, one of North America's largest producers and marketers of high-purity ferrosilicon and other specialty steel ingred...

5 Apr 2010

Entangled Atomic Systems Could Improve the Accuracy of Atomic Clocks

The microcosm, the realm of quantum physics, is ruled by probability and chance. The behaviour of quantum particles cannot be predicted with certainty but only with certain probabilities given by quantum physics. This re...

5 Apr 2010

Russian Steel Maker Starts Rail Mill Reconstruction

Evraz Group S.A. (LSE: EVR) ("Evraz") announces the start of the rail mill reconstruction at NKMK, its Russian steel plant in Novokuznetsk, Siberia. Once the reconstruction has been completed in 2012, NKMK will...

5 Apr 2010

Air Products Extend Deadline for Acquisition of Airgas

Air Products (NYSE: APD) announced that it has extended the expiration date of its tender offer for all outstanding common shares of Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) for $60.00 per share all in cash. The offer and withdrawal rig...

From Air Products PLC 5 Apr 2010

Flexsys Rubber Patents Hold up in Court

Flexsys, a wholly owned subsidiary of Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), and a leading producer of specialty chemical products for the rubber and tire industry, is pleased to announce recent favorable rulings involving competitor...

5 Apr 2010

New Battery Technology with Higher Energy Density than Any Existing Battery

Lightweight batteries that can deliver lots of energy are crucial for a variety of applications — for example, improving the range of electric cars. For that reason, even modest increases in a battery’s energy-density rating — a measure of the amount of energy that can be delivered for a given weight — are important advances. Now a team of researchers at MIT has made significant progress on a technology that could lead to batteries with up to three times the energy density of any battery that currently exists.

5 Apr 2010

Environmentally-Sustainable Smart-ologic Corian Living Concept to go on Show at Milan Design Week 2010

“Smart-ologic Corian® Living” is a smart, environmentally-sustainable home concept designed by Karim Rashid, one of the world's most prolific and multi-awarded designers, based on the superior design versatility and renowned sensorial qualities of DuPont™ Corian® advanced surfacing material.

5 Apr 2010

Carbon Nanotube Discovery Could be Important to the Medical Industry

A team of Swedish and American scientists has shown for the first time that carbon nanotubes can be broken down by an enzyme - myeloperoxidase (MPO) - found in white blood cells. Their discoveries are presented in Nature...

5 Apr 2010

Polymers from Biomass and Pavers from Recycled Plastics Take Out Top Clean Technology Awards

The top awards in the third annual Clean Technology Business Forum and Competition went to Avantium, the developer of a technology for creating polymers and fuels from biomass, and VAST Enterprises LLC, creator of a new type of masonry based on post-consumer plastics, it was announced today by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE).

5 Apr 2010

Imatek Install Drop Weight Tear Tester at Ural Steel

Imatek have recently installed a 30,000J DWT40-30, Drop Weight Tear Tester (DWTT) at Ural Steel in Novotroitsk, Russia.

From Imatek Ltd. 1 Apr 2010

OIPT Wins Contract to Supply 5 Module Clsuter Tool from Leading Solar Cell Manufacturer

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) has just won a contract for a five module cluster tool from Robert Bosch, one of the world's leading manufacturers of solar cells. The System100Pro deposition tool is a...

From Oxford Instruments 1 Apr 2010

World's Largest Steel Producer Sponsors London Olympics in 2012

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Lakshmi Mittal, Chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal, today unveiled the artist and design chosen to create a spectacular new visitor attraction in the Olympic Park. The unveiling ma...

31 Mar 2010

LOT Oriel Becomes UK and Ireland Agent for Park Systems

LOT Oriel Ltd has been appointed as distributor for Park Systems in the UK + Ireland. Park Systems is the technology leader of nanoscale measurements and systems for both research and industry.

31 Mar 2010

Stork Materials Testing Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Accreditation under Aerospace Registration Management Program

Stork Materials Technology is pleased to announce that on March 19, 2009, Stork Materials Testing & Inspection in Rancho Dominguez achieved certification to ISO 9001:2008 by Det Norske Veritas Inc. Det Norske Veritas Certification, Inc. is accredited under the Aerospace Registration Management Program.

From Element Materials Technology 31 Mar 2010