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DuPont Showcase Latest in Packaging and Industrial Polymers at Chinaplas 08

A DuPont booth showcases the company latest innovations and solutions for the packaging industry. Biomax TPS, a renewably sourced thermoplastic starch for packaging applications, was highlighted as a sustainable offering to the industry. DuPont Entira Antistat was the focus of DuPont industrial polymer offerings at the booth.

26 Aug 2008

NASA Opens Door for Visitor to the "Moon"

Reporters will have a unique chance to experience lunar life, including driving across and touching a simulated moonscape, on Monday, Sept. 8, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Lunar Exploration Work...

26 Aug 2008

First Nickel Announce Commencement of Surface Mapping and Sampling Program

Pacific North West Capital Corp. (PFN) and First Nickel Inc. ("First Nickel"or the "Company") are pleased to report the commencement of surface mapping and sampling programs, designed to verify the se...

26 Aug 2008

LyondellBasell Launch New Production Technology for Specialty LDPE and EVA Products

LyondellBasell Industries announces the launch of Lupotech A technology for the production of specialty low density polyethylene (LDPE) and ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) products. This high-pressure autoclave process ...

26 Aug 2008

General Dynamics Awarded with U.S. Army Contract to Provide Information Technology Services

General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics , has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to provide information technology (IT) engineering and professional services within the 1st T...

26 Aug 2008

New Manganese Catalyst for Photooxidation of Water Help in Development of Hydrogen Fuel

Hydrogen will be one of the most important fuels of the future. It would be ideal to obtain hydrogen by splitting water instead of from petroleum. However, the electrolysis of water is a very energy intensive process...

25 Aug 2008

BASF Donate Interceptor Malaria Nets to Cyclone Victims

The company channeled 75,000 nets through the well-known U.K. based emergency response agency The MENTOR Initiative and another 25,000 nets through the Thailand Red Cross.

25 Aug 2008

Report Details Global Market Trend for Thin Films in Energy Applications to Reach $3.9 billion

According to a new technical market research report, THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR THIN FILMS IN ENERGY APPLICATIONS (EGY060A) from BCC Research, the global market for thin films in energy applications was worth $1.1 billion in ...

25 Aug 2008

Veeco Introduces New Web Coating System for Manufacturing Thin Film Solar Cells

Veeco Instruments Inc. , announced today the introduction of its FastFlex(TM) line of Web Coating Systems ideally suited for manufacturing CIGS solar cells (those using copper, indium, gallium and selenium). Veeco&#39...

From Veeco 25 Aug 2008

DuPont Arms World Atheletes with New Kevlar Incoporated Racquet with Crack and Shatter Resistance

This is the second in a series on DuPont innovations in materials science that are helping the world's best athletes compete in Beijing, China, and how they play a critical role in delivering maximum performance.

25 Aug 2008

BASF Prepares to Showcase Award-Winning Thermoplastics and Polyurethanes at Upcoming Plastic Processing Conference

From October 14 to 18, at the International Trade Fair for Plastic Processing in Friedrichshafen, Germany, BASF will showcase its innovations for plastic processors.

25 Aug 2008

Balli Steel Reports on Global Steel Prices and Production Market

Balli Steel has reported that in the last 12 months, global steel prices have increased by 100% and now range from around $1,000 to $1,500 per tonne. The company highlights that global annualised steel production has rea...

25 Aug 2008

Trelleborg Finalized Acquisition of Brake-Lining Manufacturing Company

Trelleborg’s acquisition of the privately owned Swedish company PressoNova AB has been finalized. The company has about 30 employees and sales of approximately SEK 35 M. PressoNova is currently a subcontractor t...

25 Aug 2008

Siemens Awarded Contract to Supply Steel Producer New Ultra-Thick Slab Casting Machines

The Chinese steel producer Shougang Group Co. awarded Siemens VAI Metals Technologies projects for the supply of three new continuous-casting machines, including a caster capable of casting ultra-thick slabs of up to 400...

25 Aug 2008

Report on Outlook of Australian Resource Market

The Australian share market closed firmly in the black on last Friday, driven by a resurgent resources sector after the commodities index posted its biggest weekly gain in 33 years. US stocks rose on Friday as financial ...

From BHP 25 Aug 2008