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Metabolix Win $2M to Develop A Commercially Viable Process for Producing Chemicals from Renewable Sources

Metabolix, Inc., a bioscience company focused on developing clean, sustainable solutions for plastics, fuels, and chemicals, announced today that it has received an Advanced Technology Program (ATP) award from the U.S. D...

1 Oct 2007

Husky Injection Molding Systems to be Acquired by Onex

Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. (“Husky”) and Onex Corporation (“Onex”) announced today that they have entered into a support agreement whereby Onex will offer to acquire all of the issued an...

1 Oct 2007

Eastman Chemicals Buy Methanol and Ammonia Production Facilities from Terra Industries

Eastman Chemical Company and Terra Industries Inc. announced today that Eastman has exercised its option to purchase Terra’s Beaumont, Texas assets, including methanol and ammonia production facilities. The two com...

1 Oct 2007

OPTIMA Release A New Grade of PEEK for Biomedical Applications

Invibio®, a leading provider of biomaterial solutions to the medical device market, has introduced an image contrast grade of its highly successful PEEK-OPTIMA® polymer. The new image contrast grade offers the su...

1 Oct 2007

Boeing, Air New Zealand and Rolls Royce to Conduct Biofuel Demonstration Flight

Boeing, Air New Zealand and Rolls-Royce today announced a Memorandum of Understanding to conduct a biofuel demonstration flight designed to help accelerate the development of viable and sustainable alternative fuels for ...

1 Oct 2007

ArcelorMittal and ThyssenKrupp to Close Online Steel Trading Platform

ArcelorMittal and ThyssenKrupp Steel today announce the closure, by the end of September 2007, of the e-commerce platform STEEL24-7 the two companies were running jointly. The decision to close STEEL24-7 was taken by...

1 Oct 2007

Using Carbon Nanotubes to Detect and Repair Cracks in Polymer Composites

Adding even a small amount of carbon nanotubes can go a long way toward enhancing the strength, integrity, and safety of plastic materials widely used in engineering applications, according to a new study. Researcher...

1 Oct 2007

Alcan Recognized for Transparency in Addressing Global Climate Change

Alcan Inc. announced today that it has been selected to the Climate Disclosure Leadership Index in recognition of its transparency and its work in addressing global climate change. Comprised of 68 Financial Times 500 com...

1 Oct 2007

Rio Tinto Shareholders Approve Acquisition of Alcan

The results of voting at the Extraordinary General Meetings of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited, held on 14 September 2007 and 28 September respectively, to approve the acquisition of Alcan are released today. Und...

1 Oct 2007

NIST Debuts Superconducting Quantum Computing Cable

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have transferred information between two “artificial atoms” by way of electronic vibrations on a microfabricated aluminum cable, demonst...

From NIST Standard Reference Materials 1 Oct 2007

Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Heads UOW's 5-Star Good Universities Guide Award

The independent Good Universities Guide earlier this year awarded the University of Wollongong a maximum five-stars for ‘research intensivity’ and that finding has now been reinforced with the Federal Governm...

1 Oct 2007

ThyssenKrupp Group Plans to Expand into China

The ThyssenKrupp Group intends to grow further in China. “In the coming years we aim to double our sales in China to two billion euros and invest half a billion euros. With our increased sales we aim to support China’s e...

1 Oct 2007

Freighliner Recognizes DuPont Performance Coatings with Master of Quality Award

DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) in Mexico recently received the "Master of Quality Award" from Freightliner for excellence in the services provided to three facilities in the Freightliner circuit -- Santiago ...

1 Oct 2007

Dow Introduces a New Grade of Chlorinated Polyethylene, TYRIN EXT 1000

The Dow Chemical Company today introduced TYRIN™ EXT 1000 Chlorinated Polyethylene (CM), a highly extendable material that helps to deliver a balance of cost savings and performance, making it a cost-effective alte...

1 Oct 2007

BASF, RWE Power and Linde Team up to Develop CO<sub>2</sub> Capture Technology for Coal-Fired Power Plants

BASF, RWE Power and the Linde Group have agreed today on the development of new processes for CO2 capture from combustion gases in coal-fired power plants. The cooperation will comprise the construction and operation of ...

1 Oct 2007