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Comprehensive Analysis of Bioenergy

The UK government and European demand that by 2020 at least ten percent of all car fuel will be derived from biological sources. However, according to research from Australia, water supply in those countries capable of t...

15 May 2007

Plastics Compounding Experts Coperion Get New Owner

The Stuttgart Coperion Group is getting a new owner. Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, Frankfurt, and the funds managed by that company, will buy a 100 % share in Coperion from the British associated company Lyceum Capital. T...

14 May 2007

Dow and Shenhua Consider Building Coal-to-Chemicals Plant in China

The Shenhua Group (Shenhua) and The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) today will sign a cooperation agreement and announce plans for a detailed feasibility study, bringing the two parties one step closer to building a world-sca...

14 May 2007

Kennametal Take Full Control of Their Spanish Affiliate Kenci

Kennametal Inc. announced today that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of the remaining ownership interest in its Spanish affiliate, KENCI, S.A. As Kennametal's sales and service affiliate in ...

14 May 2007

Extensive Atomic and Molecular Spectral Emission Take Plave During Mechanoluminescence

Researchers at the University of Illinois report that a new study of mechanoluminescence revealed extensive atomic and molecular spectral emission not previously seen in a mechanoluminescence event. The findings, which a...

14 May 2007

Design for Earthquake Proof Bridges

Bridges that "dance" during earthquakes could be the safest and least expensive to build, retrofit and repair, according to earthquake engineers at the University at Buffalo and MCEER. The researchers recent...

14 May 2007

Tiny Device Could Better Stabilize Optical Communication Channels

A tiny device for calibrating or stabilizing precision lasers has been designed and demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The prototype device could replace table-top-sized instrument...

14 May 2007

New Technique to Quickly Test Adhesive Properties

With a nod to one of nature's best surface chemists—an obscure desert beetle—polymer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have devised a convenient way to construct test...

14 May 2007

Could Biomass be a Viable Alternative to Fossil Fuels?

European countries are looking for alternatives to fossil fuels and gas. Biomass has potential to be an important source of bio-energy in the future. After all, today the majority of forest residues, such as branches and...

14 May 2007

Rockwood Buy Global Pigment Business for $140m

Rockwood Holdings, Inc. today announced that Rockwood has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the global color pigments business of Elementis plc (LSE: ELM) for approximately $140 million. The business had sales of ...

14 May 2007

Radleys Release Information on Tough Tags Labels for Laboratory Materials

Radleys, specialists in the supply of scientific and laboratory equipment for over 40 years, have released informative new literature describing their Tough-Tags™ range of chemically inert polyester labels. Avai...

14 May 2007

Occidental to Sell Stake in Lyondell Chemical

Occidental announced that it plans to sell all of its 20,990,070 share (8.3%) holdings in Lyondell Chemical Company. Occidental has sold 6,990,070 shares of Lyondell common stock to a single purchaser in a private transa...

14 May 2007

Heidtman Steel to Build Ultra High Strength Steel Production Facility

Heidtman Steel Products Inc. - an industry leader in steel sales and processing with direct and joint venture production facilities totaling over two million square feet and serving over 1,200 customers in a variety of i...

14 May 2007

Boeing Takes Delivery of Composite Fuselage Sections for 787 Dreamliner

Three large composite fuselage sections arrived in Everett today for the all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The all-composite forward section -- known as section 41 and shown here wrapped in white -- is manufactured by S...

14 May 2007

AK Steel Announce Scholarship Recipients

AK Steel is continuing a longstanding tradition this year by awarding college scholarships to 20 sons and daughters of company employees. The awards recognize outstanding academic achievement, leadership and community in...

From Cleveland-Cliffs 14 May 2007