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Biological Adhesive Proves to be a Viable Alternative to Sutures

It is more convenient to glue parts together than to suture them. Even surgeons agree to that. They only need a good adhesive. Siberian researchers have created the third generation bio-adhesive and successfully tested i...

31 May 2004

Pipe Manufacturing JV Launched

Shanghai BSW Petropipe Co Ltd, a joint venture between China’s Baoji Petroleum Steel Pipe Company and Malaysia’s UMW Group was launched yesterday. The two companies own 51 and 49% of the US$19million joint ve...

31 May 2004

Ratification of Labour Agreement Clears Path for Allegheny Purchase of J&L

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI) announced today the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) represented employees at ATI Allegheny Ludlum and J&L Specialty Steel ratified a new labor agreement. Ratificatio...

31 May 2004

Nucor to Acquire Rolling Mill

Nucor Corporation announced that it has entered into an agreement with Worthington Industries, Inc. for the purchase of certain assets of their cold rolling mill in Decatur, Alabama for a cash purchase price of approxima...

31 May 2004

Moll Industries Buys Creative Plastic Molders

Moll Industries, Inc., a custom plastics injection molder and manufacturer in business since 1945, announced today it purchased the assets of Creative Plastic Molders, Inc. (CPM) in Lexington, North Carolina. Moll’...

31 May 2004

Platinum Equity to Purchase BASF/Bayer/Hoechst Textile Dye JV

BASF, Bayer and Hoechst today announced that Platinum Equity, a global investment firm based in Los Angeles, California, plans to acquire DyStar, the Frankfurt-based manufacturer of textile dyes. A sales and purchase agr...

28 May 2004

Praxair Sign 15 Year Deal to Supply Gas to Brazillian Steel Giant

White Martins Gases Industriais Ltda, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. announced today that it has signed a 15-year agreement with the giant Brazilian steel company, Companhia Siderurgica de Tubarao (CST), for ...

28 May 2004

Nanoparticles Used to Help Diagnose Brain Tumours

A research team from Oregon Health & Science University and the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center is demonstrating some of the world's first clinical applications for nanometer-size particles in the brain....

28 May 2004

STMicroelectronics, CEA-Leti and AIXTRON Develop Ultra-Thin Gate-Insulation Process for Advanced CMOS Transistors

STMicroelectronics today announced that ST, CEA-Leti and AIXTRON have developed an advanced process technology for the creation of ultra-thin transistor-gate-insulation layers for low-power applications at the 65nm and 4...

28 May 2004

Alcan Confirms Plans to Spin Off Rolling Company

Alcan Inc. confirmed that its planned strategic spin-off of its rolling operations to shareholders, as announced last week, will have the collateral benefit of achieving the separation of competing businesses that Alcan ...

28 May 2004

Bemis Acquired Flexible Packaging Assets of Masterpak

Bemis Company, Inc. today announced that, together with its Mexican joint venture partner, it has completed the purchase of certain flexible packaging assets of Masterpak S.A. de C.V., including a converting facility in ...

From Bemis 28 May 2004

Kendrion Agrees to Sell Automotive Plastics Group

Kendrion N.V. announces that it has entered into a pre-contract with an international group concerning the acquisition of the remaining Automotive Plastics activities of Kendrion. These activities are located in Germany,...

28 May 2004

DuPont Form JV to Create Products from Renewable Resources

DuPont and Tate & Lyle PLC today announced a joint venture to create products from renewable resources such as corn for numerous applications including clothing, interiors, engineered polymers and textile fibres. ...

27 May 2004

Guidant Report 12 Month Follow Up Results from Clinical Trials on Bioabsorbable Everolimus Eluting Stents

Guidant Corporation today announced results from two clinical trials evaluating everolimus eluting stents. Twelve-month results from the FUTURE II clinical trial will be reviewed by Beverly Lorell, M.D., Guidant vice pre...

27 May 2004

Metallic Heat Exchanger to Save Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Millions

Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation began using a new metallic heat exchanger on its No. 1 Blast Furnace on April 12. The device, which pre-heats blast gas used in the operation of the blast furnace, is expected to red...

27 May 2004

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Biological Adhesive Proves to be a Viable Alternative to Sutures

Pipe Manufacturing JV Launched

Ratification of Labour Agreement Clears Path for Allegheny Purchase of J&L

Nucor to Acquire Rolling Mill

Moll Industries Buys Creative Plastic Molders

Platinum Equity to Purchase BASF/Bayer/Hoechst Textile Dye JV

Praxair Sign 15 Year Deal to Supply Gas to Brazillian Steel Giant

Nanoparticles Used to Help Diagnose Brain Tumours

STMicroelectronics, CEA-Leti and AIXTRON Develop Ultra-Thin Gate-Insulation Process for Advanced CMOS Transistors

Alcan Confirms Plans to Spin Off Rolling Company

Bemis Acquired Flexible Packaging Assets of Masterpak

Kendrion Agrees to Sell Automotive Plastics Group

DuPont Form JV to Create Products from Renewable Resources

Guidant Report 12 Month Follow Up Results from Clinical Trials on Bioabsorbable Everolimus Eluting Stents

Metallic Heat Exchanger to Save Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Millions

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