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Gurit Transfers Ownership of Its Ultra-Transparent Thermoplastic Film and Coating Business

Gurit has decided to transfer its business of ultra-transparent thermoplastic film and coating activity to its joint-venture company GuMa, before the end of this year. The main products of this business entity generating...

3 Oct 2007

ArcelorMittal Attempt to Take Complete Control of Argentinian Steel Subsidiary

ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel company, today announces its intention to launch a cash offer to acquire the 34.7% of outstanding shares in Acindar it does not currently own. The Company currently owns a 6...

3 Oct 2007

Kredit Automation Win Contract to Supply Post Extrusion Die Cleaning Equipment for One of the World's Largest Aluminium Extruders

Kredit Automation & Controls, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a contract for their unique post extrusion die cleaning equipment from Indalex Inc. The die cleaning equipment, to be installed as part of t...

3 Oct 2007

Teijin Form Enter Joint Venture to Produce Polymers from 100% Renewable Resources

Cargill and Teijin Limited of Japan today announced a joint venture in NatureWorks LLC, maker of NatureWorks® biopolymer, derived from 100 percent renewable resources. On Oct. 1, the two companies entered into an agr...

3 Oct 2007

Richardson Electronics and Nitronex Expand Partnership Agreement

Richardson Electronics announced today an expansion of its partnership with Nitronex, of Durham, N.C., to include distribution of Nitronex’s high-performance GaN on Si RF power transistors in the Americas and all o...

3 Oct 2007

Hydronika Adopt Stanless Steel for Boiler Construction

Hydronika announced today that it has converted all chiller boiler enclosure production to stainless steel. The overall life of the unit will be extended significantly with this upgrade from powder-coated carbon steel to...

3 Oct 2007

Nordic Collaborators to Demonstrate Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Technology

Five Nordic partners are now joining forces to further develop and demonstrate proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology suitable for operation in cold Nordic climate. The 2 year project is supported by the Nor...

3 Oct 2007

Polyolefin Additives 2008 Conference Programme Update

AMI’s Polyolefin Additives 2008 Conference is the place to network with top professionals from the polyolefin industry. There are technical experts from major companies such as Borealis, Carmel Olefins, BASF, Cytec...

3 Oct 2007

Recyclable Alternative to Foam for Surfboard Manufacture

The TXFOAM project, initiated by GAIA (the Association of Information Technologies’ Industries in the Basque Country), ESTIA (École Supérieure des Technologies Industrielles Avancées) and the Univers...

3 Oct 2007

State-of-the-Art Motorised Wheelchairs

Tekniker-Ik4, with the help of the Benevolent Fund of the Kutxa Bank, has created the NOA prototype of a wheelchair with state-of-the-art specifications. From the very, first special emphasis has been placed on the fi...

3 Oct 2007

Cookson Attempts to Takeover Foseco

Cookson notes the announcement regarding a potential offer for Foseco. Cookson confirms that it has made a conditional indicative proposal to the board of Foseco to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capita...

3 Oct 2007

Cookson Announce Three Expansion New Projects in China and Closure of a US Plant

Cookson Group plc (“Cookson”), a leading materials science company, today announces three new expansion projects in China and a further rationalisation project in the US, which will combine further to enhance...

3 Oct 2007

Liquid Crystal Polymer Patent Awarded to Jacket Micro Devices

Jacket Micro Devices, Inc. (JMD), a worldwide supplier of integrated RF modules for high performance wireless products, has received notification of issuance of a European patent for “liquid crystalline polymer (LC...

3 Oct 2007

Dow to Invest $50m in Silicon-Materials Plant to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Silicon-materials leader Dow Corning Corp. today announced a $50 million investment in new equipment for its Midland, Mich., plant that is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent, total emissions by 75 ...

2 Oct 2007

Flextronics completed Take Over of Solectron Corporation

Flextronics International Ltd. announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Solectron Corporation creating the most diversified and premier global provider of advanced design and vertically integrated electro...

2 Oct 2007