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KBR Awarded Project Management Contract for Aramco/Dow Chemicals and Plastics JV

Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical Company Thursday announced the selection of KBR as the project management contractor for the proposed world-scale chemicals and plastics production complex in Saudi Arabia, named the Ras Tan...

13 Jul 2007

Ecologic Coating on Roof Tiles Scrubs the Atmosphere

The leading roofing manufacturer Marley Eternit has launched what it describes as a ground-breaking new roof tile coating that will absorb asthma-causing pollutants from the air. The new coating, EcoLogic, contains a ...

13 Jul 2007

Status Report on World's Larget Fusion Experiment

The second meeting of the Interim ITER Council (IIC) took place on 11 and 12 July in Tokyo, under the Chairmanship of Sir Christopher Llewellyn Smith, CCE-EU Chairman (EU). The meeting came about half a year after its fi...

13 Jul 2007

ADS Begin Production of Polyethylene Plastic Pipes at New $12 Million Plant

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (ADS), the world's largest manufacturer of high-density polyethylene pipe, has begun production at its largest U.S. manufacturing plant to help meet the growing demand for HDPE product...

13 Jul 2007

Goodrich and Rolls Royce to Work on More Environmentally Friendly Gas Turbine Aerospace Engine

Goodrich Corporation is partnering with a multi-company/university team, led by Rolls-Royce, on a research project focused on developing technology to reduce the environmental impact of gas turbine aerospace engines. The...

13 Jul 2007

New Electron Microcopy Equipment to be Unveiled at EMAG Exhibition

Hitachi High Technologies will be making a number of new product announcements at the EMAG Exhibition, University of Glasgow, 3-7 September 2007. Details will be available on a new high resolution 300kV field emission TE...

13 Jul 2007

Plasma Panel Patent Infringement Case Settles

Competitive Technologies, Inc. announced today that CTT, its client, the University of Illinois, and all Fujitsu defendants have reached a settlement in the long-standing patent infringement suit regarding US Patent Nos....

13 Jul 2007

Solid State Lighting Market to Grow by 21% by 2011

The Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound Semiconductor Technologies (GaAs) service release, "Solid State Lighting Market 2006-2011," projects 21 percent market growth for solid-state LED lighting through 2011. ...

13 Jul 2007

DuPont SentryGlas Protects Roman History

A piece of ancient Roman history in northern Italy can now be viewed within its architectural context, thanks to DuPont™ SentryGlas® Expressions™ decorative safety glass. During recent restoration of the 18th century ...

13 Jul 2007

DuPont and NASA Develop Urethane Foam Insulation

DuPont has signed a Space Act Agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to jointly develop urethane foam insulation reinforced with DuPont™ Kevlar® fiber for use in a variety of fu...

13 Jul 2007

SGL Carbon and Benteler form Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composite JV

The SGL Group – The Carbon Company – and Benteler Automobiltechnik, Paderborn, intend to set up a joint venture for the development, manufacturing, and marketing of components using carbon fiber reinforced co...

13 Jul 2007

Polyurethane Adhesives Used in Modern Wood Constructions

The use of wood in the construction industry is currently experiencing a renaissance. New joining methods and construction principles, not to mention the discovery of the classic material for modern architectural solutio...

13 Jul 2007

Borealis and Borouge to Showcase Plastic Solutions at K 2007

Borealis and Borouge, leading providers of innovative, value creating plastic solutions, will showcase exciting new developments at K 2007. Customers from the entire value chain are invited to their high profile stand, C...

From Borouge 13 Jul 2007

Texas Petrochemicals Commissions New Facility

Texas Petrochemicals, Inc., a leading petrochemical company specializing in the production of valued added products derived from C4 and C3 hydrocarbons, today announced it has started the commissioning of its new nonene ...

13 Jul 2007

NOx Storage Reduction (NSR) Catalytic Equipped Cars are More Efficient

Dutch researcher Karen Scholz from Eindhoven University of Technology has taken a careful look at the properties of a new type of catalytic converter found in cars. For this so-called NOx Storage Reduction (NSR) catalyti...

13 Jul 2007