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Bruckner gets Chinese Plastic Film Manufacturers up and Running on Schedule

Throughout the international plastics film industry, Brückner is renowned for their absolute reliability when it comes to commissioning film production lines, thus ensuring customers an early return on investment.

From Brückner Group USA Inc. 13 Jun 2008

Malvern Particle Characterization System Grows in Popularity with the Abrasives Industry

Continued growth in sales into the abrasives industry is highlighting the value of the Sysmex FPIA-3000 particle characterization system from Malvern Instruments for products whose performance is sensitive to particle shape.

13 Jun 2008

American Polysteel and ARXX Merge to Provide More Solutions for Domestic and Commerial Builders

ARXX® Corporation, a leading provider of green building envelope solutions, announced today its merger with American PolySteel®, LLC. With the addition of PolySteel, ARXX will be able to expand into new marke...

13 Jun 2008

Ausmelt Open Metals Recovery Smelter

Ausmelt Limited has officially opened its new smelter in Whyalla, South Australia. The new smelter, known as a Resource Recovery Facility, is using Ausmelt technology to recover metals from waste materials. The plant&...

13 Jun 2008

BHP Billiton Forced to Rebuild Furnace at Nickel Smelter

BHP Billiton today announced that, as a result of a deterioration of the Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter furnace in Western Australia, it would bring forward the furnace rebuild. Planning and preparation for a major rebuil...

13 Jun 2008

Europe Leads the World in Production of Flexible Electronic Displays

Flexible electronic display technology developed by European researchers has allowed companies on the continent to make inroads in a market dominated by Asian firms.

12 Jun 2008

NIST Pioneer New Technique for Fabricating Nanoscale Fluidic Devices

While the results may not rival the artistry of glassblowers in Europe and Latin America, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Cornell University have found beauty in a new fabrication technique called “nanoglassblowing” that creates nanoscale (billionth of a meter) fluidic devices used to isolate and study single molecules in solution—including individual DNA strands.

From NIST Standard Reference Materials 12 Jun 2008

Dow Start Work on New Propylene Oxide Plant in Thailand

The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) announced today that the SCG-Dow Group, a joint venture between Dow and The Siam Cement Group (SCG), has broken ground on a propylene oxide (PO) facility in Thailand. The world-scale plant,...

12 Jun 2008

Rio Tinto Make Major Molybdenum Investment

Rio Tinto is to invest US$270 million in the construction of a new Molybdenum Autoclave Process (MAP) facility at its Kennecott Utah Copper (KUC) Bingham Canyon operation in Salt Lake City. This will enable lower-grade c...

12 Jun 2008

BASF Receive Environmental Award from Major Auto Manufacturer

BASF has received the “Group Award 2008” in recognition of its role as top supplier to Volkswagen (VW). Dr. Stefan Marcinowski, member of BASF’s Board of Executive Directors, was presented with the awar...

12 Jun 2008

Dow to Acquire Reinforced Thermoplastic Commercial Roofing Systems Business

Dow Building Solutions (DBS), a market-facing business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Stevens® Roofing Systems and Geomembrane Systems, a business of JPS ...

12 Jun 2008

Legendary Car Designer to Help BASF Develop Special Color Range

California native Chip Foose, car designer and host of the internationally known TV series Overhaulin’, is considered to be one of the world’s best-known and admired designers. And now, Foose will be developing an exclusive Line of special colors for BASF Coatings’ R-M automotive refinish brand, adding a special feature to the brand’s CARIZZMA Premium paints, which have just made their public debut.

12 Jun 2008