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Cree to Buy Intrinsic Semiconductor

Cree, Inc., the world leader in the development and manufacture of semiconductor materials and electronic devices made from silicon carbide (SiC), today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately...

27 Jun 2006

ThyssenKrupp Plan to Restart Stainless Steel Cold Rolling Mill Shortly Following Fire

Investigations by fire experts have shown that the fire at the Krefeld plant of ThyssenKrupp Nirosta GmbH was caused by a technical defect in the annealing and pickling line. The fire broke out last Thursday in the stain...

27 Jun 2006

Allegheny Technologies Announces Phase III Expansion of its Titanium Capabilities

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated has announced a further expansion of its titanium sponge facility and melt capabilities in Albany, OR. This investment is aimed at increasing ATI's capacity to produce titanium and...

26 Jun 2006

Philips Aims for Minority Position in Semiconductors in 2006

Royal Philips Electronics has announced the intention of the company to reduce its ownership share in its Semiconductors division in the course of the second half of 2006 to a minority stake through an IPO of the company...

26 Jun 2006

Novel Forms of the Elements Predicted by Simulation

The Periodic Table of elements is the basis of chemistry. Yet, it is known that the behaviour of the elements - and their chemical properties - change significantly under pressure. Normally inert platinum and xenon becom...

26 Jun 2006

Advances in Aircraft Technology

Advances in aircraft technology have traditionally followed advances in propulsion technology; and because propulsion technology itself is the primary enabler, a look at where it is heading also gives us insight into whe...

26 Jun 2006

NIST Creates New Method to Evaluate Mechanical Properties of Soft Polymers and Gels

Buckling under pressure can be a good thing, say materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Writing in the June 13 issue of Macromolecules, they report a new method to evaluate the...

From NIST Standard Reference Materials 26 Jun 2006

Mitsui Chemicals Announces Joint Research Agreement with the Dow Chemical Company

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI) announced that it has entered into a joint research agreement with The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) to further the development of catalyst systems for the production of olefin block copolymers ...

26 Jun 2006

Alcan and Republic of Ghana Sign JV for Potential Bauxite Mine and Alumina Refinery

Alcan has announced the signing of a Memorandum Of Understanding (M.O.U.) with the Republic of Ghana for the creation of a joint venture between Alcan (51 percent) and Ghana (49 percent) to explore the feasibility of dev...

26 Jun 2006

DuPont Launches Production of Innovative Composite

Production of an innovative material, offering industry and consumers performance breakthroughs in a range of rubber-based products, was officially launched at the DuPont Research, Development and Engineering Center in K...

26 Jun 2006

Aditya Birla Group to Acquire Minacs Worldwide

The Aditya Birla Group has announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement with Minacs Worldwide Inc., Canada's leading business process outsourcing (BPO) provider, to offer CDN$5.50 per share in cash fo...

26 Jun 2006

Samuel Manu-tech Acquire Advanced Tubing Technologies

Samuel Manu-Tech Inc. today announced that it has acquired Advanced Tubing Technologies, Inc. ("Tube.tec"), a leading manufacturer of tight-tolerance structural tubing components and assemblies for the all-terr...

23 Jun 2006

Alcan to Close Iceland Potline Following Transformer Failure

Alcan Inc. announced today that its ISAL aluminum smelter is working to restore production in one of its three pot lines following a power interruption from a transformer failure. Initial estimates predict that it will t...

23 Jun 2006

Latest Advances in Particle Accelerators to be Presented in Edinburgh

Over 1,000 scientists from around the world meet in Edinburgh this week to discuss the latest advances in particle accelerators. These advanced scientific research machines underpin many improvements in our quality o...

23 Jun 2006

New Water-Based Fluoropolymer from Arkema

Kynar® AquatecTM is an innovative technology based on acrylic-modified Kynar® PVDF resin in a convenient emulsion form. Liquid coatings formulated with Kynar® AquatecTM deliver the durability and performance ...

23 Jun 2006