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Hydro to Showcase Integrated Solar Solutions

Hydro will introduce at Batimat 2007 in Paris a new way of using photovoltaics in its aluminium building systems, which can achieve significant savings in energy consumption. The prototype “solar systems” ...

6 Nov 2007

Hycast Win Contract to Supply Aluminium Casting Equipment to Qatalum

Hycast AS of Sunndalsøra has signed a letter of intent worth NOK 217 million with FATA of Italy for the supply of casting equipment for the new aluminium plant to be built in Qatar. The agreement includes design and...

6 Nov 2007

Making Cars Lighter Using Carbon-Fibre-Based Materials

Mondragon University in the Basque Country is leading a research project aimed at making the structure of cars lighter, employing new, carbon fibre-based materials. Involved in the project are 17 universities, technologi...

6 Nov 2007

Finding Use for the Biodiesel By-Product, Glycerine

The biodiesel production from vegetable oils or animal fats produces a large percentage (as much as 10%) of glycerine as a by-product. With a view to making the best use of this ever increasing by-product, the University...

6 Nov 2007

Report Outlines Recent Trends in the Ceramic Tile Market

Maintaining a CAGR of more than 8% over the analysis period, the global ceramic tiles market is forecast to reach over 102 billion square feet by 2010. Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), with a CAGR of 11.7% over the aforem...

6 Nov 2007

Novel Technique for Removing Iron from Ferritin

A new study led by Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute senior scientist, Elizabeth Theil, Ph.D., is the first to suggest that a small protein or heptapeptide (seven amino acids wrapped into one unit) cou...

6 Nov 2007

ArcelorMittal Shareholders Approve Next Stage of Merger

The Extraordinary General Meetings of shareholders of ArcelorMittal and Arcelor held today approved the merger of ArcelorMittal into Arcelor. 99.5 % of the votes cast at the ArcelorMittal Extraordinary General Meeting an...

6 Nov 2007

Rio Tinto Alcan Sell Stake in Two Aluminium Die-Casting Operations

Rio Tinto Alcan announced today that it has sold its share in two aluminium die-casting operations in Slovenia: wholly-owned Alcan Koper d.o.o., and Alcan Tomos d.o.o., of which Rio Tinto Alcan owned 67 percent. The Alca...

6 Nov 2007

Green Fuel Fossil Fuel Alternative Offers Massive Cost Savings to Skyrocketing Oil

Silverado Green Fuel Inc. is less than three years away from having a fully operational facility to demonstrate how its green fuel technology can replace many of the industrial applications for oil at a fraction of the c...

6 Nov 2007

DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions Attacks Global Marketplace

DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions (DPVS) recently exhibited a broad and growing portfolio of films, resins for encapsulants, encapsulant films, conductive pastes and more, at the 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Confe...

6 Nov 2007

Alcoa Increase Commitment to Conservation and Biodiversity

Alcoa announced today that it has strengthened its commitment to improving and maintaining high standards of environmental management, particularly in the conservation of biodiversity and plants by signing separate memor...

6 Nov 2007

Alcoa Sells Automotive Castings Business

Alcoa today announced it has completed the sale of its automotive castings business to Compass Automotive Group, LLC, a portfolio company of Monomoy Capital Partners, L.P. Compass Automotive Group is a leading provider o...

6 Nov 2007

Air Products to Inflate Tires with the Aid of Compressor Manufacturer

Air Products, a global leader in nitrogen technology, and Kaeser Compressors, Inc., a leading innovator of air system technology, announcedan agreement for Kaeser to be an authorized reseller of its UltraFill®99+ Hig...

6 Nov 2007

Dow Complete Acquisition of Polyurethane Systems Specialist

The Dow Chemical Company announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Edulan A/S, an independent polyurethane (PU) systems house specializing in rigid foam and elastomer formulation technologies. In addition ...

6 Nov 2007

Sigma Aldrich Company Looking to Expand Electronic Materials Manufacturing into South Korea

SAFC Hitech(TM), a focus area within SAFC(R), a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group, today announced that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gyeonggi Province of South Korea has been signed. The MoU signals the C...

From Sigma-Aldrich 6 Nov 2007