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Chemicals Manufacturer Chemtura to Axe 500 Jobs

Chemtura Corporation (NYSE:CEM) advised today that in light of the change in economic conditions, it is implementing a new restructuring program to reduce fixed costs. Like many companies, Chemtura has seen order volu...

14 Dec 2008

Teknor Apex Signs Licensing Agreement for Unique Method of Blending Thermoplastic Starch with Synthetic Polymers

Teknor
Apex Company has signed a licensing agreement with Cerestech Inc. on a unique
method for blending relatively low-cost thermoplastic starch (TPS) with synthetic
polymers or other bioplastics while retaining high levels of key performance
properties, the companies announced jointly.

From Teknor Apex 14 Dec 2008

Moritex Release Affordable Digital Microscope

The affordable MSX-500Di Digital Microscope from Moritex incorporates a high quality CCD imaging system and adjustable high-intensity LED lighting enabling it to deliver sharp well-lit images from 1x to 500 x magnification without changing lenses.

14 Dec 2008

New Roofing Underlay Product from Techtex

Techtex, the fastest growing privately-owned non woven textile company in the UK, has launched a new product called 'Weathertight Durable Roof Underlay.' Based in Manchester, in the UK Techtex has launched th...

14 Dec 2008

New Monograph Explains the Theory, Functionality and Applications of Piezoresponse Force Microscopy

Asylum Research and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have released a detailed 24-page monograph explaining the theory, functionality and applications of Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM).

14 Dec 2008

New York Pass Legislation on Statewide Plastic Recycling Program

The American Chemistry Council today applauded New York Governor David Paterson's decision to sign legislation (A.11725/S.8643-A) that expands consumers' access to recycle plastic bags and product wraps statewide...

14 Dec 2008

Failure of Bailout Could Mean the End of Manufacturing in America

Congress¡¦s failure to pass a $14 billion emergency bailout proposal for the U.S. auto industry could mean the end of manufacturing in America, according to Dr. Kenneth Ragsdell, a professor of engineering m...

14 Dec 2008

STMicroelectronics and LG Announce Development of Improved Batteries for Hybrid Electric Vehicles

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), one of the world's leading semiconductor suppliers, and LG Chem, the largest Korean chemical company, have unveiled details of a new automotive battery pack that significantly extends the ...

11 Dec 2008

New Research Leads to Future of Specialty Plastics

Tomorrow's specialty plastics may be produced more precisely and cheaply thanks to the apparently tight merger of a theory by a University of Oregon chemist and years of unexplained data from real world experiments involving polymers in Europe.

11 Dec 2008

Air Liquide To Supply Australia with Oxy-Combution Solution for CO2 Reduction

Air Liquide has signed in Queensland, Australia, a contract to provide an Air Separation Unit (ASU) and a CO2 Cryogenic Purification Unit. Oxy-combustion is a promising solution for reducing CO2 emissions from heavy indu...

11 Dec 2008

Implementation of New Touch Sensitive Prosthetic Hands

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Lund University in Sweden have succeeded in inducing people with an amputated arm to experience a prosthetic rubber hand as belonging to their own body. The results can lead to the...

11 Dec 2008

New MIT Detector to Aid in Dark Matter Research

Several research projects are underway to try to detect particles that may make up the mysterious "dark matter" believed to dominate the universe's mass. But the existing detectors have a problem: They also...

11 Dec 2008

Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Use Online Particle Size Analyzers to Ensure Product Quality

A recent review of activity within the pharmaceutical industry has shown that
leading manufacturers are using Process Analytical Technology (PAT) tools such
as the Insitec online particle size analyzer from Malvern
Instruments, to implement Quality by Design (QbD).

11 Dec 2008

New Report Assesses Industrial Applications for Nanocoatings

Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Market Assessment on Nanocoatings" report to their offering. This new report provides an assessment of industrial applications for nanoscale coatings. Nanom...

11 Dec 2008

Thin Film Photovoltaics Market Estimated to be Worth $14 Billion by 2015

NanoMarkets, today announced it has released
an updated analysis of the thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV) markets. The firm
projects that after a few lean years in 2009 and 2010 for the TFPV business
higher growth rates will return in 2011. The firm’s new analysis and forecast
projects revenues of $4.6 billion in 2011 that will grow to just over $14 billion
in 2015.

11 Dec 2008