Bayer and French company Bourgeois SA are collaborating with the aim of drawing the attention of spectacle wearers to corrective lenses "Made of Makrolon®"
The polycarbonate material is noted for its hig...
DCM DECOmetal International Trading GmbH (DCM) and Southern Titanium NL have completed a Sales Agreement covering 100 percent of planned zircon, rutile, leucoxene and ilmenite production from the Mindarie Project in Sout...
Pratt & Whitney have just been awarded a 39 month contract to develop ceramic components for gas turbine engines. The work will be carried along with United Technologies Research Center.
The contract, awarded by t...
Ausmelt Ltd of Victoria, Australia have just been awarded the Victorian Export Award for Innovation Excellence, as well as the 2002 Governor of Victoria Minerals and Energy Export Award.
The awards were presented by t...
Altech is pleased to announce the receipt of an order from Nalco / National Aluminium Company Limited of Bhubaneswar, India for an Altech Metal Skimming System.
The Altech Metal Skimming System is fully automated equi...
Envirokare Tech has entered into a non-binding agreement to combine forces and merge with New Age Shelters. Under the terms, New Age will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Envirokare.
Envirokare is a marketer of sta...
Alcan, have announced that they will reduce green house gas emissions from its Quebec facilities by an average of 285,000 tonnes compared to 1999 levels based on equivalent production levels. They intend to achieve these...
Keith Company, manufacturers of thermal process equipment have just acquired KMI Industries and Recco Furnaces.
KMI Industries is a refractory distributor and designer of custom insulation systems, while Recco Furnace...
It was announced today that the Timken Company had reached an agreement with Ingersoll-Rand to acquire their Torrington subsidiary. The acquisition is valued at approximately $840 million, made up of $700 million in cash...
DuPont and Teijin have decided to dissolve their 50:50 nylon joint venture, Teijin DuPont Nylon K.K. located in Mihara, Japan. To minimise the impact to customers, the shutdown will be a gradual process, culminating in D...
Australian Magnesium Corp have secured an order for 15,000 tons of pure magnesium for its Stanwell project, which is still under construction. The new supply contract with an unnamed , major European metal group, will ru...
Alcoa have just received approval from the European Union for their acquisition of Fairchild Fasteners from Fairchild Corp. The transaction is now expected to be completed during the last quarter of 2002.
Fairchild Fa...
Despite recently made investments into the Moultrie (USA) aluminium extrusions plant, Norsk Hydro have decided to close the facility by the end of 2002 due to continued low levels of business. A weak market has been larg...
Today, the Solo Cup Company began construction of its new facility on the site that accommodated US Steels’, South Works, in Chicago.
The $100 million manufacturing facility will allow Solo Cup to increase its p...
Akzo Nobel has just purchased a 50% stake in Mexico’s Industrial de Acabados (INDA). Industrial de Acabados are Mexico’s leading powder coatings producer.
The joint venture will manufacture and market powd...
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