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Cabot Buys Superior Micropowders

Cabot Corp have just acquired the assets of Superior Micropowders for approximately $16 million. Superior Micropowders, based in New Mexico, USA is in the business of manufacturing and developing advanced materials an...

3 Jun 2003

CERAM Search for Industry Backing to Develop Speckle Inferometry

In January, CERAM Research submitted an outline proposal under the Sustainable Technologies Initiative (STI) regarding Speckle Inferometry, a technique that has the potential to reveal internal faults such as voids and i...

3 Jun 2003

Goodrich to Commercialise Fireproof Material

Goodrich’s Engineering Polymers division have developed a new composite material technology. The material called FyreRoc ™ originally developed for military applications possesses fireproof qualities. Init...

3 Jun 2003

BASF Sell ABS Trademark

BASF have sold their ABS specialty trademark Ronfalin® to British company JGP Perrite, part of Vita Thermoplastics. BASF bought this trademark from DSM in 1999, but continued to have it manufactured in their Geelan (...

2 Jun 2003

ATK Awarded $17.6m Rocket Contract

Composite manufacturer ATK have been awarded a $17.6 million contract to build components for the Israeli Arrow II Rocket by Boeing Air and Missile Defence Systems. Some of the components to be supplied by ATK include...

2 Jun 2003

Solvin to Close PVC Plant

Solvin, the joint venture between Solvay and BASF, will cease production on January 1, 2006 at the Ludwigshafen, Germany operation. The joint venture was established in 1999, with Solvay holding a 75% stake and BASF the ...

30 May 2003

Sybron Dental to Acquire Spofa Dental

Sybron Dental, through their subsidiary Kerr Corp, have entered into an agreement to acquire Spofa Dental, a Czech based company. They are a significant player in the eastern European region. Spofa manufacture dental ...

30 May 2003

Samsung and TotalFinaElf Form Petrochem JV

TotalFinaElf and Samsung General Chemicals have just signed off on a $1.55 billion petrochemical joint venture. The deal is aimed at the rapidly increasing Asian market, in particular China. The 50:50 joint venture wi...

29 May 2003

Kerr-McGee Production Suspended Due to Cheap Imports

Just a week after announcing the closure of its Alabama, USA, synthetic rutile plant, Kerr-McGee have announced that will be placing its manganese dioxide plant in Nevada, USA on standby indefinitely. The reasons give...

29 May 2003

Xstrata A Step Closer to Acquiring MIM

Switzerland based Xstrata have received approval from Australian authorities for their proposed acquisition of MIM Holdings, the Australian based mining and mineral processor who specialise in copper, coal, lead, zinc, s...

29 May 2003

Aust Magnesium Plant on Shaky Ground

The magnesium plant currently being built at Stanwell, Queensland, Australia has run into more problems. The plant owners, Australian Magnesium Corp are currently looking for a new strategic investor after the project co...

28 May 2003

Quaker Acquires Steel Chemical Product Lines

Quaker Chemicals has just acquired steel chemical product lines from KS Chemie of Germany. The products include cleaners, wet temper fluids and other products used in the steel industry. The product lines have been we...

28 May 2003

BHP Steel to Expand NZ Coating Plant

BHP Steel have announced that they will be spending AUD$14 million to upgrade their wholly owned metal coating plant in Glenbrook in New Zealand. The money will be used to increase production of premium metallic coate...

27 May 2003

Sri Lankan Rubber Production Hit by Floods

Sri Lanka’s rubber production has been hard hit by flooding. They have received the worst rains for 50 years, which have also killed hundreds of people and affected rice and tea crops. Traders expect to see rubb...

27 May 2003

Aussie's to Pay for Plastic Bags

Following on from legislation introduced in other countries such as South Africa, Australian politicians are lobbying for a levy to be placed on the use of plastic shopping bags. The move follows on from retailers fai...

26 May 2003

Materials Science News

Cabot Buys Superior Micropowders

CERAM Search for Industry Backing to Develop Speckle Inferometry

Goodrich to Commercialise Fireproof Material

BASF Sell ABS Trademark

ATK Awarded $17.6m Rocket Contract

Solvin to Close PVC Plant

Sybron Dental to Acquire Spofa Dental

Samsung and TotalFinaElf Form Petrochem JV

Kerr-McGee Production Suspended Due to Cheap Imports

Xstrata A Step Closer to Acquiring MIM

Aust Magnesium Plant on Shaky Ground

Quaker Acquires Steel Chemical Product Lines

BHP Steel to Expand NZ Coating Plant

Sri Lankan Rubber Production Hit by Floods

Aussie's to Pay for Plastic Bags

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