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Vedanta Acknowledges Discussions for Potential Steel Plant in Orissa

Vedanta Resources plc (“Vedanta”), the London-listed metals and mining group, acknowledges today’s supportive statement from the Orissa State Government and confirms that preliminary discussions have ta...

26 Aug 2004

Asahi Kasei to Close Indonesian Fibre Plant

It has been concluded with deep regret that it will be necessary for Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation (hereinafter “AKF”) to withdraw from fibres production in Indonesia at the end of this year, thus bringing t...

26 Aug 2004

Dow Corning to Expand Silicones Capacity at UK Plant

In response to a surge in global demand for its silicon-based products, Dow Corning Corporation has increased its overall volume more than 15 percent at the end of the first half of 2004 when compared to the same time pe...

25 Aug 2004

Nano-Proprietary Completes Nanotube-Based 14-Inch Colour Television Proof Of Concept

Austin, Texas based Applied Nanotech, Inc. (“ANI”), a subsidiary of Nano-Proprietary, today announced that it completed its proof of concept of a high resolution, full color, 14-inch diagonal carbon nanotube ...

25 Aug 2004

RTP Open New Sheet Extrusion Division

RTP Company, a world-leader in specialty compounds, announces the opening of their new Sheet Extrusion Division, headquartered in Winona, Minnesota. State-of-the-art production sheet extrusion equipment has been insta...

25 Aug 2004

Altair Nanotechnologies Begin Work on Next Generation Capacitors

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., today announced that it has begun work on a development project entitled “SBIR Phase l: Carbon-Coated Nano-Structured Electrodes for Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Ultra Capacitors.&rdquo...

25 Aug 2004

Bomb and Impact Resistant Buildings Developed by Uni of Missouri-Rolla

If terrorists strike again, lives and buildings could be spared with bomb- and impact-resistant buildings constructed using concepts being developed by researchers at UMR. “Such designs will reduce, and in some ...

24 Aug 2004

Microwave Drying of Timber Could Revolutionise Industry

The development of a new microwave technology for drying wood could revolutionise the timber industry and lead to cheaper wood in the future. The revolutionary wood drying technology, which has been developed by scien...

24 Aug 2004

Akzo Nobel Divest Part of Their Liquid Coatings Business

Akzo Nobel has agreed to divest part of its liquid coatings activities in the agricultural and construction equipment (ACE) segment to BASF. In a separate deal, Akzo Nobel will acquire BASF Coatings’ Wood Construct...

24 Aug 2004

DuPont Acquires Powder Coatings Distributor

DuPont Poland last month acquired Pol-sver Lakiery Proszkowe, located in £odz, Poland. For more than a decade, Pol-sver has been a distributor of DuPont Powder Coatings and today is the leading importer in the Poli...

24 Aug 2004

Chesapeake Corp and Friedrich Sanner Form Chinese Alliance for Pharmaceutical Packaging

Chesapeake Corporation and Friedrich Sanner GmbH & Co. KG today jointly announced the formation of a strategic alliance between their subsidiaries in China to manufacture and market specialty plastic containers to th...

24 Aug 2004

Argonne National Lab Researchers Devise A Range of Innovative Materials Solutions

Argonne's Energy Technology Division (ET) provides innovative materials and engineering solutions to national energy challenges that range from energy production and conservation to transportation. Researchers also f...

24 Aug 2004

Chemical Sensors Made from Nanomaterials

New types of chemical sensors for environmental monitoring, food safety or security applications could be based on nanotechnology, according to Frank Osterloh, an assistant professor of chemistry at UC Davis. "Na...

24 Aug 2004

Cornell University Find Complex Oxides are an Alternative to Silicon Insulators

Time is fast running out for the semiconductor industry as transistors become ever smaller and their insulating layers of silicon dioxide, already only atoms in thickness, reach maximum shrinkage. In addition, the thinne...

24 Aug 2004

Sybron Dental to Acquire Dental Implants Company Innova Lifesciences

The Boards of Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc., and Innova LifeSciences Corporation announced today that they have reached an agreement whereby Sybron will make an all-cash offer to purchase all of the issued and outstand...

24 Aug 2004

Materials Science News

Vedanta Acknowledges Discussions for Potential Steel Plant in Orissa

Asahi Kasei to Close Indonesian Fibre Plant

Dow Corning to Expand Silicones Capacity at UK Plant

Nano-Proprietary Completes Nanotube-Based 14-Inch Colour Television Proof Of Concept

RTP Open New Sheet Extrusion Division

Altair Nanotechnologies Begin Work on Next Generation Capacitors

Bomb and Impact Resistant Buildings Developed by Uni of Missouri-Rolla

Microwave Drying of Timber Could Revolutionise Industry

Akzo Nobel Divest Part of Their Liquid Coatings Business

DuPont Acquires Powder Coatings Distributor

Chesapeake Corp and Friedrich Sanner Form Chinese Alliance for Pharmaceutical Packaging

Argonne National Lab Researchers Devise A Range of Innovative Materials Solutions

Chemical Sensors Made from Nanomaterials

Cornell University Find Complex Oxides are an Alternative to Silicon Insulators

Sybron Dental to Acquire Dental Implants Company Innova Lifesciences

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