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Granite Energy Acquire Worldwide Licensing for Highly Efficient Catalytic Slurry Reactors

Granite Energy today announced the acquisition of a worldwide Licensing Agreement with the University of Utah. The agreement will complement the new “Green” division for Granite Energy offering its clients an...

31 May 2007

ThyssenKrupp Open Steel Service Center in Poland

ThyssenKrupp Stahl-Service-Center GmbH, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Steel AG, will serve important markets in Eastern Europe from a service center in Poland in the future. The center in the southern Polish town of Dabro...

31 May 2007

BASF Expands Portfolio to Offer Comprehensive REACH Services

Right on time for the rollout of the new REACH EU chemicals regulations, BASF is expanding its portfolio to include an important new service: Beginning 1 June 2007 as part of its Success sustainability service, BASF will...

31 May 2007

Stainless Steel Producers Introduce Low-Nickel and Nickel-Free Grades

The global stainless steel scene is changing rapidly. Customer backlash against the rising cost of nickel has been taken on board by the producers. Mills are now taking seriously market demand for low or non nickel grade...

31 May 2007

Automated Particle Size and Shape Analyzer from Malvern

With the development of wet chemistry methods for the production of print toners, information about particle shape as well as particle size is becoming increasingly important. The Sysmex FPIA-3000 automated particle size...

31 May 2007

Cognis Experience Organic Growth in Q1 2007

“We had a satisfactory performance in the first quarter both in sales and profit,” says Cognis CEO Dr. Antonio Trius. “Higher margin products and higher volumes at our strategic business units Care Chem...

31 May 2007

Steel Technologies Shareholders Approve Merger with Mitsui

Steel Technologies Inc. announced that its shareholders, voting at the special meeting convened today, have approved the Company's proposed merger with Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mi...

31 May 2007

BASF Coatings Present Intelligent Solutions for the Automotive Industry

“Intelligent solutions for the automotive industry” was the title of a conference sponsored by BASF and the Mexican Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) at the DaimlerChrysler headquarters in Mexico City. Ov...

31 May 2007

POSCO to Undertake Feasibility Study for an Integrated Steelworks in Vietnam

POSCO concluded Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on feasibility study of Vietnam Integrated Steelworks with Vina-shin Group, which is the largest state-run shipbuilding company on 23. With CEO Ku-Taek Lee ...

31 May 2007

Court Receivership Appinted for TFT-LCD Manufacturer BOE HYDIS

Court Receivership for TFT-LCD manufacturing company BOE HYDIS has been approved placing the company on more solid footing to pursue recovery efforts and management normalization. BOE HYDIS announced that its Corporat...

31 May 2007

EPA Slashes Sulfur Content of Diesel Fuel for Trains, Ships, and Nonroad Equipment

Harmful emissions from locomotives, most marine vessels, and land-based nonroad engines will be cut starting June 1 because of new standards for sulfur content in diesel fuel. Under a 2004 clean-air regulation establ...

31 May 2007

New Enviro-Friendly Flame-Retardant Synthetic Polymer

Scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have created a synthetic polymer - a building block of plastics - that doesn't burn, making it an attractive alternative to traditional plastics, many of which ...

31 May 2007

World's Largest Portable Hurricane Wind and Rain Simulator

It will huff, and puff, and blow the house in - but only for research purposes. Two days before the June 1 start of the 2007 hurricane season, University of Florida wind engineers unveiled the world's largest port...

31 May 2007

Sandia and Boeing Collaborate on Hydrogen-Powered Fuel Cells as Backup Power in Aircraft

Sandia National Laboratories and Boeing are collaborating on a project looking at the feasibility of using a hydrogen-powered fuel cell for providing backup power in aircraft. Commercial and military aircraft use a va...

31 May 2007

Magnetic 'Handedness' Could Lead to Better Magnetic Storage Devices

Better magnetic storage devices for computers and other electronics could result from new work by researchers in the United States and Germany. Their findings demonstrate that chirality – a spiral-like "han...

31 May 2007