Bayer have recently released Bayblend FR 3030, a flame retardant copolymer blend of polycarbonate and acrylonitrile butadiene (PC/ABS). This new product sets new standards in fire protection in fields such as electrical ...
Altair International and Ntera announced to day that they have filed a joint patent on lithium titanate spinel materials for rechargeable lithium ion batteries. It was also announced that the two party’s would cont...
AK Steel has launched AK Coatings, a spin off from the parent company and research and development to produce antimicrobial coated steel.
AK Coatings is offering a limited number of agreements to shop coaters, paint m...
Chemists at Bayer have succeeded in producing a waterproofing system for leather that requires no mineral salt containing fixing agents. Furthermore, the new product is claimed to exhibit good wear comfort, low water abs...
Bodycote International, the supplier of heat treatment, metallurgical coatings, HIP and materials testing products and services is set to restructure its business after a year of reduced profits. Poor performance was att...
It was announced today that NKK Steel and Kawasaki Steel have been involved with talks with German manufacturer ThyssenKtrupp Steel AG regarding automotive steel. Discussions commenced in April of 2001, between NKK Steel...
Have you ever thought of having a garden that stands out from the crows? Is so, have you ever thought of using coloured mulch? BayScape from Bayer is a pigment designed especially for wood chippings. It comes in a range...
In a strategic move to increase growth outside Europe and develop the organisations business in long stainless products, AvestaPolarit have formed a co-operation agreement with Allegheny Technologies Inc. Under the agree...
TRW may spin off its automotive division to form a separate public company. If the proposal goes ahead, it is likely to do so before the end of the year and will leave defence, aeronautical and electronics divisions as t...
Following on a poor performance and a loss of EUR 622 million for the Corus Group in 2001, they have decided to decided to divest their aluminium operations.
Corus is the fifth largest global producer of downstream al...
Australian Magnesium Corporation will employ Alcan Ex2 cell technology in its Stanwell Magnesium Project. This technology was chosen as it was viewed as the most energy efficient and productive electrolytic cell availabl...
James Hardie have announced that they have agreed to sell their US-based gypsum operations for US$345million to UK manufacturer BPB plc. This follows their decision to sell their Las Vegas gypsum mine for US$50 million l...
Neo Photonics, a developer and manufacturer of advanced planar optical devices has just completed its round of equity funding raising approximately $25 million. Dow Corning are amongst a long list of investors to contrib...
It was announced today that Pasminco today announced it had entered into an agreement to sell its mining operations and tenements at Broken Hill to Perilya Limited for A$90 million. The deal sees A$35 million payable in ...
Heraeus Holdings GmbH, via its subsidiary W.C. Heraeus GmbH & Co Kg is furthering its push into thin film technology by acquiring the company Unaxis Materials Deutschland GmbH from the Swiss Unaxis Group. They also have ...
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