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Plastic Films in Agriculture Extend Growing Seasons

Plastics may be getting a bad press in some areas, but in agriculture they are contributing to feeding the world. These films extend the growing season and raise yield, which is critical as the population grows but the a...

18 Mar 2009

New Market Report on the Solar Cell Market

Solar energy panel sales were up 48% to 5.6 Gigawatts (GW), but we need a stimulus package to create jobs in the U.S., according to a report Opportunities in The Solar Cell Market For Thin Film Technology, recently publi...

18 Mar 2009

Eastman Tritan Copolyester Approved for Use In Japanese Food Containers and Packaging

Eastman
Chemical Company announced today that the Japan Hygienic Olefin and Styrene
Plastics Association (JHOSPA), which publishes voluntary standards for certain
polymeric materials and products for use as food containers, packaging materials
and utensils, has amended its list of certified polymers to include the composition
of Eastman Tritan copolyester.

From Eastman 18 Mar 2009

Declining Global Aluminum Market Results in Temporary Closure of Alumina Plant

Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) has announced plans to temporarily shut
down production from May 15 due to the unprecedented fall in global aluminium
markets and corresponding drop in alumina demand.

From Hydro - Aluminium Alloys and Products 18 Mar 2009

Chemtura's US Operations File for Chapter 11

Chemtura Corporation (NYSE: CEM) today announced that it and 26 of its U.S. affiliates (together, the "Company") have filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code i...

18 Mar 2009

Making Photodetectors Truly Green Devices

Photodetectors -- devices found in cell phones, digital cameras and other consumer gadgets that utilize photoconducting materials -- are a green technology in performance (converting light into electricity), but the manu...

18 Mar 2009

Zirconia-Based Coating Helps Improve Performance of Turbocharged Subaru

An importer and modifier of Japanese performance cars has been so impressed with
a zirconia-based thermal coating that it has returned for more. Following the
success of its Type-25, Litchfield's new Subaru Impreza STI Type-20 is the
latest to benefit from Zircotec's
thermal coating, with the enhanced heat management helping the cars twinscroll
turbo spool up to speed 500-750rpm sooner than normal.

18 Mar 2009

Wacker Posts Record Financial Records Despite Tough Economic Climate

For fiscal 2008, Wacker Chemie AG posted new records for both sales and net income. The global economic crisis did, however, increasingly impede sales and earnings in the second half of the year. The result was also impa...

18 Mar 2009

Window Panes Detect Movement and Work as An Active Part of Security Systems

A novel

motion sensor developed by the Fraunhofer

Institutes for Applied Polymer Research IAP in Potsdam-Golm and for Computer

Architecture and Software Technology FIRST in Berlin could provide even more

security in future, enabling window panes and glass doors to detect movements

thanks to a special coating.

18 Mar 2009

Noted MIT Scientist Launches American Chemical Society Meeting

Angela M. Belcher, Ph.D., a noted scientist from Massachusetts Institute of

Technology (MIT), will deliver the Keynote Address in Nanoscience here today

at the American

Chemical Society's 237th National Meeting.

18 Mar 2009

Resonant Probe Microscopy Provides Imaging Beyond AFM

A new approach to microscopy is opening up the wonders of the molecular world, allowing researchers to examine organic molecules and delicate crystals as they grow, atom by atom. Dr Andrew Humhpris, co-founder of the ori...

18 Mar 2009

Launc of the Printable Electronics Technology Centre

Today marks the international launch of PETEC,
the UK's national Printable Electronics Technology Centre.

17 Mar 2009

Clariant to Present Composites Portfolio at JEC 2009

At the JEC 2009 in Paris from March 24 to 26, 2009, Clariant
will present its comprehensive portfolio for composites.

17 Mar 2009

Coatings Specialist Celebrates 40 Years of Success

MetoKote Corporation,
the industry leader in protective coating application services including electrocoating
(e-coat), powder coating and liquid paint, celebrates 40 years in the paint
and coatings industry.

17 Mar 2009

ArcelorMittal Refutes Capital Raising Rumours

In response to an article that was published in the Financial Times this morning, ArcelorMittal would like to state that the rumours mentioned within this article are not true. ArcelorMittal has a successful debt red...

17 Mar 2009