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Dow Introduces Epoxy Tougheners

Dow Epoxy, a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Company and its affiliates (“Dow”), introduced FORTEGRA™ Epoxy Tougheners, low viscosity materials for use in amine, DICY,anhydride and phenolic cur...

23 Nov 2007

US Steel Challenge US ITC Decision on Antidumping of Welded Line Pipe from Mexico

United States Steel Corporation today announced its intention to challenge a recent determination by the U.S. International Trade Commission ("ITC") that revocation of an antidumping duty order on large-diamete...

23 Nov 2007

Innovia Adds to Its Range of Squeezable Label Films

Innovia Films is expanding its market leading range of "squeezable" label facestock films by launching two new grades of label film at LabelExpo Europe 2007, Brussels on stand 5A05 in Hall 5. These latest de...

23 Nov 2007

New Radiation Detector Made from Plastic

In applications ranging from hospital X-ray machines to instruments for astronomy, the standard way to measure the dose of radiation is to use a detector made from an inorganic semiconductor, such as silicon. It is not e...

23 Nov 2007

New Record Set for Shortest Chemical Bond between Two Metals

Chemists from the University of Delaware, in collaboration with a colleague at the University of Wisconsin, have set a new world record for the shortest chemical bond ever recorded between two metals, in this case, two a...

23 Nov 2007

TDI Awarded Patent for Manufacturing GaN-Based Semiconductors via HVPE

Technologies and Devices International, Inc. (TDI), a privately held Maryland corporation, announced today that it has been awarded a United States Patent, US 7,279,047 B2, the latest in a series of patents that cover ne...

23 Nov 2007

Reinhold Industries to Purchase Manufacturer of Specialty Core Materials

Reinhold Industries, Inc., an affiliate of The Jordan Company, L.P. has entered into a Letter of Intent for the purchase of Ultracor Inc. a manufacturer of specialty core materials. The parties expect to complete the tra...

23 Nov 2007

ArcelorMittal Respond to Rumours Involving China Oriental Group Limited

In response to media reports, ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel company, today confirmed it is in talks with the controlling shareholders in China Oriental Group Limited (COGL) about future co-operation and in...

23 Nov 2007

Mineral Analysis Solutions Provider Again Ranked in Australia's 50 Fastest Growing Technology Companies

For the second year in a row Intellection has been ranked amongst the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Australia. This year, Intellection has ranked 4th in Queensland (24th overall) sustaining better than 311 p...

23 Nov 2007

ArcelorMittal Provides Update on Indian Greenfields Project

ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel company, today announced that it has been allocated steam coal blocks for the first phase of its Indian greenfield projects in Jharkhand and Orissa. ArcelorMittal plans to...

23 Nov 2007

Corning Technology Wins Pioneers in Miniaturisation Prize

Manabu Tokeshi ha s been named as the 2007 winner of the Pioneers in Miniaturisation prize. The prize, first awarded in 2006, was established by two of the major players in the miniaturisation sector, Lab on a Chip and C...

23 Nov 2007

Biofilms for Water Purification

Scientists in Australia have discovered that the older the water filter the better when it comes to reducing the off-putting earthy taste of some tap water. Writing in the Inderscience publication International Journal o...

23 Nov 2007

World's First MBE Production Machine for GaN-Based Electronics Installed

Installation of the 1st nitride MBE production machine. The first MBE production machine to produce electronic components based on gallium nitride (GaN) has been successfully installed at an industrial site, and has sta...

23 Nov 2007

Superconductors and Insulators Share Electronic Similarities

Nearly a century ago, Dutch physicist Kamerlingh Onnes discovered that some metals transform into perfect electrical conductors when cooled to temperatures near absolute zero. Once started, their currents of electrons ca...

23 Nov 2007

Automotive Coated Sheet Steel Manufacturer Wins Prestigious Award

The U.S. Department of Commerce has selected PRO-TEC Coating Company, a provider of world-class coated sheet steel in coil form primarily to the quality-critical automotive industry, as a recipient of the prestigious Mal...

22 Nov 2007