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GreenMan Technologies to Manufacture Roof Shingles from Recycled Tyres

GreenMan Technologies have signed an agreement to become the sole producer of FlexShake™ roofing shingles. FlexShake was developed and patented by US Century of the USA. They are hail proof shingles stamped from the t...

6 Sep 2002

GE to Acquire Advanced Ceramics Corp

GE Specialty Materials has entered into an agreement to purchase Advanced Ceramics Corporation and Advanced Ceramics International Corporation. The deal is set to close later this year and terms were not disclosed. Ad...

6 Sep 2002

Boeing to Build Fuel Cell Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Boeing has been awarded the contract to design a fuel cell-based propulsion system for an ultra long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) by the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The first phase of...

6 Sep 2002

BP Supply Solar Cells to Power Largest Solar Installation in the UK

BP have just supplied 87,000 state-of-the-art photovoltaic cells for the new TXU-Europe building in Ipswitch, UK. They will constitute the main part of the 200kW project, which is the largest solar installation in the UK...

5 Sep 2002

Chinese Nanotechnology Centre Established by Veeco and Chinese Academy of Sciences

Veeco Instruments and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have established the China Nanotechnology Centre in Beijing, China. The facility will be staffed by local scientists who will have access to Veeco’s latest a...

4 Sep 2002

Record Revenues for Memry Corp in FY2002

Memry Corp, manufacturers of shape memory alloy products and devices recorded a record result for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002. Over the last fiscal year, total revenue grew by 10% to nearly $33million, while n...

4 Sep 2002

Celanese Inaugurates Pilot Plant for Fuel Cell Technology

Celanese have inaugurated the worlds’ first pilot plant for the production of high temperature membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs). The plant is located in the Frankfurt-Hochst Industrial Park, Germany. MEAs fo...

4 Sep 2002

Sandvik Steel Set for Reorganisation

Owing to unsatisfactory profitability, Sandvik Steel is taking further measures to remedy the situation. The next stage of redevlopment will involve a review of the organisational structure at the main Sandviken facility...

3 Sep 2002

Praxair to Sell Polish Gas Business to BOC

Praxair have announced that they have signed an agreement with BOC Gazy (part of the BOC Group) for the sale of their Polish subsidiary Praxair Polska. The acquisition will cost BOC approximately $50 million. Poland i...

3 Sep 2002

Alcan Receive UNEP Award for Sustainability Initiative

Alcan have won a United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) award for excellence in sustainable development. The award was the result of a an original program promoting the benefits of recycling and fostering entreprene...

3 Sep 2002

AZoM.com Record Result

AZoM.com, the A to Z of Materials, hosted its largest number of visitor sessions ever in August 2002, with over 42,000 visitors setting yet another record for AZoM.com audience numbers. In the 12 months since launch, ...

2 Sep 2002

BASF Sell Luranyl Business to Romira

BASF have sold their Luranyl businesses in Europe and Asia. As of September 1, Romira GmbH will assume ownership of these businesses for an undisclosed sum. Lauranyl is a blend of polyphenylene ether (PPE) and high-im...

1 Sep 2002

Borax to Build New Boric Acid Plant

Rio Tinto has just announced its intention to invest US$2.6 million in the construction of a new boric acid plant. The operation will compliment existing operations in Campo Quijano in Argentina and be built adjacent to ...

30 Aug 2002

Bethlehem Steel to Close Its Pipe Facility

Bethlehem Steel has announced that it is closing its large diameter pipe manufacturing facility in Steelton, Pennsylvania. They sited lack of orders as the reason for the closure. The move was consistent with their st...

30 Aug 2002

Dyneon to Purchase Solvay Fluoropolymers

Dyneon LLC a wholly owned subsidiary of 3M have entered into a binding letter or intent to purchase Solvay Fluoropolymers a division of Solvay. Details of the sale have not been disclosed, although the deal is scheduled ...

30 Aug 2002

Materials Science News

GreenMan Technologies to Manufacture Roof Shingles from Recycled Tyres

GE to Acquire Advanced Ceramics Corp

Boeing to Build Fuel Cell Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

BP Supply Solar Cells to Power Largest Solar Installation in the UK

Chinese Nanotechnology Centre Established by Veeco and Chinese Academy of Sciences

Record Revenues for Memry Corp in FY2002

Celanese Inaugurates Pilot Plant for Fuel Cell Technology

Sandvik Steel Set for Reorganisation

Praxair to Sell Polish Gas Business to BOC

Alcan Receive UNEP Award for Sustainability Initiative

AZoM.com Record Result

BASF Sell Luranyl Business to Romira

Borax to Build New Boric Acid Plant

Bethlehem Steel to Close Its Pipe Facility

Dyneon to Purchase Solvay Fluoropolymers

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