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Hexion Increase Offer for Chemical Manufacturer

Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc., an Apollo Management L.P. portfolio company, today announced that it has increased its definitive proposal to acquire Huntsman Corporation to $28.00 per share, in cash (transaction value ...

9 Jul 2007

Hydro Decide to Close or Sell US Aluminum Operation

Norsk Hydro ASA will reduce operational costs in the United States in order to meet challenging market conditions. The measures, which include sale or closure of the remelting activities in Ellenville, New York, entail r...

9 Jul 2007

Hexion's Offer for Chemical Manufacturer Huntsman Determined to be Superior to Basell's Offer

Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc., an Apollo Management L.P. portfolio company (“Hexion”), today announced that the Transaction Committee (comprised of Huntsman independent directors) and the Board of Directors...

9 Jul 2007

ArcelorMittal Announce Reorganisational Changes

ArcelorMittal, the world's leading steel company, today announces senior organisational changes. Mr Roland Junck, a member of the Group Management Board (GMB), has retired from this executive role effective July 31st...

9 Jul 2007

Ultrafast Lasers Reveal New Collective Electronic Behavior of Semiconductors

Like crowds of people, microscopic particles can act in concert under the right conditions. By exposing crowd behavior at the atomic scale, scientists discover new states and properties of matter. Now, ultrafast lasers h...

9 Jul 2007

New Findings Represents a Major Contribution to the Field of Superconductivity

Like the surface motif of a bubble bath, the spatial distribution of a magnetic field penetrating a superconductor can exhibit an intricate, foam-like structure. Ruslan Prozorov at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ame...

9 Jul 2007

Koppers Sell Share in Timber Preservative Chemicals Joint Venture

Koppers Holdings Inc. today announced the sale of its 51% ownership interest in Koppers Arch Investments Pty Ltd. ("Koppers Arch") to Arch Chemicals, Inc. , its joint venture partner. Koppers Arch sells timber ...

9 Jul 2007

Lion Copolymer Complete Acquisition of EPDM Chemical Foaming Agents Assets of Chemtura

Lion Copolymer, LLC (LCP) has completed its acquisition of the Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM) and chemical foaming agent (CFA) assets associated with Chemtura's plant in Geismar, Louisiana. The acquisition w...

9 Jul 2007

New Device Measures and Counteracts the Imperfections of Any Optical System

A team of scientists from the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) and the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC) in Spain has created a device that measures and counteracts the imperfections of any optical system and, conseq...

9 Jul 2007

Timken to Supply Indian Steelmaker with Bearings for Cold-Rolling Mill

The Timken Company will supply JSW Steel Ltd. of India with bearings for its new cold-rolling steel mill as well as provide its MILLTEC(TM) rolling mill maintenance services after construction is completed. The two new c...

From The Timken Co. 9 Jul 2007

General Dynamics Win $44m Contract to Suppply US Army Small Caliber Ammunition

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a $44 million modification to an existing contract for production of small-caliber ammunition by the U.S. Army Field S...

9 Jul 2007

Intersil's pinPOINT™ Line Launches World's Lowest Power Op Amp

Intersil's pinPOINT™ Product Line's New Family of Nano-Power, Single-Supply Precision Op Amps and Comparators Achieves Industry's Best Supply Current Consumption at 450nA (Max) MILPITAS, CA, July 5,...

9 Jul 2007

Alcan Endorse United Nations Climate Change Statement

Alcan Inc. announced today that it has signed the UN Global Compact's "Caring for Climate: The Business Leadership Platform" statement. The official statement, which was announced in conjunction with the Gl...

9 Jul 2007

Open Workshop to Assist Companies Who Die Press Powders

Companies who die press powders have a unique opportunity to gain an overview of the results of some new research, which has enhanced current understanding of the technology. ‘Engineering the Green State of Powd...

9 Jul 2007

Materials World to Cover Energy and Precious Metals This Month

Materials World is the monthly publication of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3). This month’s issue focuses on energy and precious metals, and includes: Fuel of promise – With fuel ...

9 Jul 2007

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

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Hexion Increase Offer for Chemical Manufacturer

Hydro Decide to Close or Sell US Aluminum Operation

Hexion's Offer for Chemical Manufacturer Huntsman Determined to be Superior to Basell's Offer

ArcelorMittal Announce Reorganisational Changes

Ultrafast Lasers Reveal New Collective Electronic Behavior of Semiconductors

New Findings Represents a Major Contribution to the Field of Superconductivity

Koppers Sell Share in Timber Preservative Chemicals Joint Venture

Lion Copolymer Complete Acquisition of EPDM Chemical Foaming Agents Assets of Chemtura

New Device Measures and Counteracts the Imperfections of Any Optical System

Timken to Supply Indian Steelmaker with Bearings for Cold-Rolling Mill

General Dynamics Win $44m Contract to Suppply US Army Small Caliber Ammunition

Intersil's pinPOINT™ Line Launches World's Lowest Power Op Amp

Alcan Endorse United Nations Climate Change Statement

Open Workshop to Assist Companies Who Die Press Powders

Materials World to Cover Energy and Precious Metals This Month

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

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What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

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A Platform Approach to Scientific Data Flow Management: Everything You Need to Know

Advancing Laboratory Collaboration - Connexus®

Discussing Market Expansion and Business Strategy with PerkinElmer

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