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Cabot Corp. Signs Joint Venture to Establish Fumed Silica Facility in China

Cabot Corporation announced today that its subsidiary, Cabot (China) Ltd., has signed a joint venture agreement with the China National Bluestar Group to build a facility for the manufacture of fumed silica in China. ...

17 May 2008

New Joint Venture Aim to Expand Bromine Industry in China

Albemarle Corporation and Weifang Sinobrom Import and Export Company, Ltd. (Sinobrom) have reached an agreement in principle to form a new joint venture that will combine the existing business of Sinobrom, a leading mark...

17 May 2008

Arburg Demonstrate Versatility of Modular Injection Moulding Machines

Arburg will impressively demonstrate the high performance of its injection moulding machines and its expertise in the field of plastic/metal combinations at the very first Proform trade fair

17 May 2008

New High-Capacity Electricity Conductor Regarded As Most Technologically Significant Product

BC Transmission Corporation (BCTC), the transmission system operator for the province of British Columbia, is the first Canadian utility to install 3M’s light-weight, high-capacity electricity conductor, 3M Aluminu...

17 May 2008

New Release Thin-Sheet Glass Offers Device Manfacturers Scratch-Resistant LCD Display Cover

Corning Incorporated announced today that it will be featuring its recently introduced Gorilla™ glass at SID Display Week 2008, May 19-23 in Los Angeles. This new thin-sheet glass was designed such that, upon c...

17 May 2008

Implantable Defibrillator Receives FDA Approval

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its COGNIS™ cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) and TELIGEN™ implantable cardioverter defi...

17 May 2008

Airbus Look to Increase Production of A380's

Airbus has completed the A380 programme review and is now informing customers about changes to its delivery schedule. The review assessed the programme status at the critical juncture of transitioning from low rate &quot...

17 May 2008

BHP Billiton to Divest Coal Mine

BHP Billiton announced that it has reached agreement to sell Optimum Colliery (a thermal coal mine within BHP Billiton's South African portfolio), together with 6.5Mtpa of Richards Bay Coal Terminal entitlement to an...

17 May 2008

New Low Cost Cellulosic Ethanol Production Developed by DuPont and Genencor

"With food and gas prices surging at double-digit rates, there is an imperative for sustainable biofuels technologies. This joint venture addresses this issue head on," said DuPont Chairman and CEO Chad Holliday.

17 May 2008

European Union Welcome Swedish Government Lifting Ban on Flame Retardant

The Swedish government faced with a legal challenge from the European Union, decided to lift its national ban on the use of the flame retardant Deca-BDE in textiles, furniture and some electronic cables. In doing so, ...

17 May 2008

Rosmar Packaging Completes Acquisition As Part of Expansion Plan

Rosmar Packaging Group Inc. today announced that it had acquired the business of Gibraltar Packaging Group, Inc. pursuant to an agreement and plan of reorganization, merger and dissolution. Under the terms of the agre...

17 May 2008

Ultra Thin Aluminium Oxide Shows Promising Results in Solar Cell

Physicist Bram Hoex (29) and colleagues at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), together with the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, have improved the efficiency of an important type of solar cell from 21.9 to 23.2 p...

17 May 2008

Joint Venture Expands Polyurethane Business into the Guld Region

BASF is strengthening its business with polyurethane (PU) customers in the Gulf region. The BASF subsidiary Elastogran and the Kanoo Group have agreed to create a joint venture (Kanoo 51%, BASF/Elastogran 49%) under the ...

17 May 2008

Viking Plastics Receive Supplier Excellence Award for Second Year Running

Viking Plastics, a VPI Acquisition Corporation company and global supplier of engineered, injection molded and assembled sealing solutions, received Delphi Corporation’s 2008 Pinnacle Above & Beyond Award &ndas...

17 May 2008