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Project Looks at Using Sheet Moulding Compound Composites over Sheet Metal for Automotive Panels

Research stemming from recent EUREKA project E! 2373 SURFAS hopes to contribute to the increased use of Sheet Moulding Compound (SMC) composites in the automotive industry. SMCs are a cost-effective and lighter alternati...

9 May 2007

Layered Composite Material to Increase the Capacity and Stability of Lithium Ion Batteries

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new approach to increasing the capacity and stability of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. The technology is based on a new...

9 May 2007

European Powder Metallurgy Association Elects New President

The 2007 EPMA General Assembly took place at the Richmond Hotel in Istanbul and was attended by nearly 40 people from some 35 companies. The two-day event, which was the first time EPMA has held a formal event in Turkey,...

9 May 2007

Golden Star Expect to Commission Bogoso Sulfide Expansion in Q2 2007

Golden Star Resources Ltd. today confirmed that it continues to expect its Bogoso sulfide (BIOX(R)) expansion project to be commissioned in the second quarter of 2007. The new 3.5 million tonne per annum sulfide proce...

8 May 2007

Masking Tape and Cellophane Tape Inventor Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame

Richard Drew, 3M’s legendary inventor of masking and clear cellophane tapes, was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio, on May 4. Drew, hired by 3M as a lab technician in...

8 May 2007

Viaspace Receives First Humidity Sensor International Order

VIASPACE Inc., a company commercializing proven technologies from NASA and the US Department of Defense into hardware and software solutions, announced that it has received its first international order for its VIASENSOR...

8 May 2007

Corn Leaves and Stalks to Fuel Cars

A new variety of corn developed and patented by Michigan State University scientists could turn corn leaves and stalks into products that are just as valuable as the golden kernels. Right now, most U.S. ethanol is mad...

8 May 2007

New Layered-Composite Materials for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries

8 May 2007

Evraz Take Stake in Highveld Steel and Vanadium

Evraz Group S.A. announced the purchase of a 29.2% stake in Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation (“Highveld”) from Anglo American plc (“Anglo American”) for US$238 million, thus exercising an o...

8 May 2007

Alcoa make US$33 Billion Offer to Acquire Alcan and Create Aluminum Giant

Alcoa Inc. announced today that it will be making an offer to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Alcan Inc. (TSX: AL; NYSE: AL) for US$58.60 in cash and 0.4108 of a share of Alcoa common stock for each outst...

8 May 2007

Alcan Recommend Shareholder Defer Making Decisions Following Alcoa's Offer

Alcan Inc. today announced that it has received from Alcoa notice of intent to file an unsolicited offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Alcan for US $58.60 in cash and 0.4108 of a share of Alcoa common stock...

8 May 2007

Patented Technology from Davis-Standard Reduces Leakage and Scrap During Elastomer Extrusion

A recently patented leakage-free feed roll assembly from Davis-Standard, LLC helps minimize the leakage and scrap created during elastomeric extrusion processes. Known as the ELF (Elastomer Leakage Free) system, the inve...

7 May 2007

AEP Industries Explores Strategic Alternatives for Its Subsidiary

AEP Industries Inc. today announced that it is exploring strategic alternatives for its subsidiary in the Netherlands, AEP Industries Nederland B.V. AEP has hired investment bankers from ABN AMRO to assist the company wi...

7 May 2007

Ampac Packaging Acquires Fully Integrated Flexible Packaging Manuacturer

Ampac Packaging LLC has acquired privately-held, Mohawk Northern Plastics, Auburn, WA for an undisclosed amount. Mohawk is a fully-integrated flexible packaging manufacturer providing products to the food, beverage, h...

7 May 2007

ThyssenKrupp Steel to Concentrate Slab Logistics at Rotterdam Port

As part of its forward strategy for profitable growth, ThyssenKrupp Steel is carrying out significant investment to expand its capacities on both sides of the Atlantic. From 2009 the steel mill it is currently building i...

7 May 2007