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3M Acquire Flexible Static Control Packaging Businesses

3M announced today that it has acquired SCC Products Inc. and JJ Converting LLC. SCC Products is a sister company of Static Control Components Inc. and provides engineering, manufacturing and sales of flexible static con...

11 Jul 2006

PANalytical Introduces Oil-Trace Package for Complete XRF Analysis of Oil and Fuels

Leading analytical X-ray specialist, PANalytical, has launched Oil-Trace, an innovative new package that enables complete XRF analysis of all types of fuels, oils and oil derivatives. Running under PANalytical’s es...

11 Jul 2006

Syntax-Brillian Joint Venture Commences Production of LCoS-Based Light Engines

Syntax-Brillian Corp. has announced that Sino-Brillian Display Technology Corp. ("Sino-Brillian"), a joint venture with China South Industries Group Corp. ("China South"), has commenced operations at ...

11 Jul 2006

First Comprehensive Analysis of Biodiesel and Corn Ethanol

The first comprehensive analysis of the full life cycles of soybean biodiesel and corn grain ethanol shows that biodiesel has much less of an impact on the environment and a much higher net energy benefit than corn ethan...

11 Jul 2006

Smorgon Steel to Acquire 20% Stake in Suntech Metals Company

Smorgon Steel will acquire a 20% interest in Suntech Metals Company ("Suntech Metals"), a subsidiary of the listed Thai company Suntech Group. As part of the agreement with Suntech Metals, Smorgon Steel will ex...

11 Jul 2006

Leading Fuel Cell Membrane Provider Polyfuel Receives ISO 9001 Certification

PolyFuel has announced that it recently received the ISO-9001:2000 certification for the design and manufacture of its advanced fuel cell membranes. The ISO-9001 certification, issued by the Underwriters Laboratories, ma...

11 Jul 2006

Boeing Develops New Livery for 787 Dreamliner to Enhance Performance

Boeing has made a subtle but important change to the airplane's livery to enhance airplane performance. By developing a method for maintaining a smooth flow of air - called laminar flow - over more area on the 787 na...

11 Jul 2006

BOC Develops Cost-Effective Solutions Tailored to Improve Semiconductor Quality

Semiconductor manufacturers who need to improve productivity and performance in operations such as cleaning and soldering can work with BOC to develop cost-effective solutions tailored to improve quality, reliability and...

11 Jul 2006

Alcoa Announces Highest Revenue in Company History

Alcoa has announced second quarter 2006 income from continuing operations of $752 million, or $0.86 per diluted share, the highest quarterly profit in the company's more than 115-year history. Income from continui...

11 Jul 2006

New Understanding of Water Quality

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered new ways that ions interact with mineral surfaces in water, opening a door to new knowledge on how contaminants travel in the ...

11 Jul 2006

SunPower Announces Silicon Supply Agreement with DC Chemical

SunPower Corporation has announced that it has signed a multi-year polysilicon supply agreement with DC Chemical Co., Ltd. DC Chemical is Korea's leading chemical company with expertise producing gases used in polysi...

11 Jul 2006

Novel Materials that Grow Stiffer as they Grow Longer

Microtubules, essential structural elements in living cells, grow stiffer as they grow longer, an unexpected property that could lead to advances in nano-materials development, an international team of biophysicists has ...

11 Jul 2006

Carnegie Mellon Scientist Discovers New Material for Next Generation Supercapacitors

A research team led by Carnegie Mellon University Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering Professor Prashant Kumta has discovered a nanocrystalline material that is cheaper, more stable and produces a higher quality...

11 Jul 2006

Coca Cola, Boots and Marks and Spencer Demonstrate Ability to Use Recycled Plastics in New Packaging Applications

Three leading high street names have demonstrated the potential to use recycled plastic in new packaging for both food and non-food products and have committed to using it in the future. The development reflects increasi...

11 Jul 2006

Saudi Aramco Select Dow Chemical as Potential Joint Venture Partner for Chemicals and Plastics Plant

The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) has selected The Dow Chemical Company as its potential partner to engage in exclusive negotiations concerning a joint venture company to construct, own and operate a world-sca...

11 Jul 2006