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BASF Introduce Eco-Friendly Packaging for Crop Protection Products

Just in time for the start of the 2010 spring season, BASF Crop Protection will be launching its new, eco-friendly packaging for crop protection products in Europe. Developed with farmers to meet their needs, this novel ...

From BASF Corporation 30 Nov 2009

BASF Starts Production at Its New Intermediates Plant

After a two-year construction phase, BASF today (November 30, 2009) started up a new plant complex for the production of the chemical intermediates cyclopentanone (CPon) and cyclododecanone (CDon) at its Ludwigshafen Ver...

From BASF Corporation 30 Nov 2009

Hydro Sells Aluminium Extrusion Die Making Unit

Hydro has concluded the sale of the assets and technology of its aluminium extrusion diemaking unit in Michigan to WEFA Group, which will take over the operations from December 1. WEFA is a leading extrusion diemaker...

From Hydro Aluminium Extrusion 30 Nov 2009

Hisarna Technology Could Reduce CO2 Emissions from Blast Furnace Steelmaking by More than 50 Per Cent

Called "Hisarna", the technology has the potential to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide in the blast furnace steelmaking route by more than 50%. The €20 million project is one of the initiatives that ...

30 Nov 2009

LEDs and Wind Power Used to Create the World's Biggest Christmas Star

Quite a few people wondered if it would ever function. Yet right on time for the first Advent Sunday it is obvious to all: But still it moves! Siemens – together with multimedia artist Michael Pendry – has lighted up the world’s biggest revolving Christmas star. The lighting installation can be seen throughout December at the northern gateway to Munich – beginning at dusk every evening. “The Siemens Superstar is a pioneering technological project and an important symbol for the Global Climate Conference in Copenhagen.

From Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH 30 Nov 2009

Symphony Environmental Technologies Inks Deal with Superfos for Injection Mouldable Plastic Packaging Materials

Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc ("Symphony", "Company" or "the Group"), the environmental plastics and waste-to-energy Group, announces that it has signed a supply agreement, togethe...

30 Nov 2009

Tetra Pak to Purchase Renewable HDPE from Baskem

Tetra Pak has reached agreement with the largest Brazilian petrochemical company, Braskem SA, to purchase limited volumes of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) derived entirely from a renewable feedstock. The agreement rep...

30 Nov 2009

Home Builder Magazine Recognizes Weyerhaeuser's Superior Engineered Wood Products

iLevel by Weyerhaeuser has long been a leader in innovation and technology in the structural frame products industry. From products such as Weyerhaeuser 4-Square Lumber in the 1920s to Trus Joist company's invention ...

30 Nov 2009

Deadline Fast Approaching for Toxic Drywall Complaints

For 100,000's of thousands of US Citizens living with toxic Chinese drywall, this will not be a very good Thanksgiving weekend. According to Americas Watchdog's Chinese Drywall Complaint Center," there has n...

30 Nov 2009

Leading Urethane and Polyurethane Manufacturer Launches New Website

Sunray, Incorporated - one of the leading urethane and polyurethane manufacturing companies in North America - recently unveiled a completely revamped website: www.sunray-inc.com. The new site extends the company&#39...

30 Nov 2009

Leading Online Diamond Jeweller Bans Diamonds from Zimbabwe

DiamondGeezer.com, a leading online fine diamond jeweller has implemented an immediate trading ban on all diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields due to severe human rights violations. The ban does not apply ...

30 Nov 2009

Innovative Authorized Installer Program Offered by Metal Building Fabricator

VersaTube® Building Systems has announced the launch of a new Authorized Installer Program designed to link local contractors with building installation experience to its customers in need of installation services. For many licensed construction contractors and handymen, this program represents an opportunity to add a new revenue stream in an otherwise challenging economic market.

30 Nov 2009

Polymers Used to Clean Cooling Water from Nuclear Reactors

Nuclear Power could solve our energy problems but it has rather nasty by-products: radioactive waste. And this does not only concern the old core rods whose disposal causes a lot of problems. Reactor operation also bring...

29 Nov 2009

Multiferroics Make More Compact and Energy Efficient Digital Memory Possible

Is it possible to make even more compact digital memories for portable electronic devices and which consume even less energy? A team of CNRS and CEA researchers has recently demonstrated that it is feasible, thanks to a new class of materials known as multiferroics, which combine unusual electric and magnetic properties.

29 Nov 2009

Measuring Large Objects with High Degrees of Accuracy

Engineers at the University of Bath have opened a new state-of-the-art laboratory that allows them to measure very large objects, such as aeroplane wings, to within a fraction of a millimetre.

From Renishaw plc - Spectroscopy 29 Nov 2009