It was announced today that Druck Holdings will be acquired by GE Industrial Systems, a division of General Electric Company.
Established in 1972, Druck manufacture precision pressure sensors and instrumentation, spec...
BHP Billiton has taken another step towards its goal of concentrating on minerals and petroleum by announcing that they will demerge BHP Steel.
The demerger will involve the offering of no less than 54 million shares ...
Troubled US steel manufacturer, Birmingham Steel could merge with one of a number of companies in the near future it has been revealed.
One contender is competitor Nucor who offered US$500 million for the company back...
It was announced today that Aveka Inc, known for its particle processing solutions and micron size materials expertise, will be constructing the first factory in the Rushford Institute for Nanotechnology industrial park....
Sunoco Inc intends to shut one of its polypropylene lines at La Porte, Texas in the third quarter of 2002. The closure has been deemed necessary as this line is inefficient compared to other plants and does not offer the...
Solvay today completed there acquisition of the Edison and Longside International, fluorinated specialties group, Ausimont. The purchase was Solvay’s largest to date, costing them 1.3 billion Euros.
The addition...
New Zealand based Nuplex Industries, via its wholly owned Australian subsidiary Nuplex Operations (Aust) Pty. Ltd. have made a US$25million take over bid for Australian, Asian Pacific Specialty Chemicals (APSC). Nuplex’s...
Amcor has just entered into an agreement to purchase Schmalbach-Lubeca’s (SL) PET container and closures assets, making it the worlds leader in PET packaging. The acquisition will cost Amcor 1.725 billion Euros and...
Micro-structured fuel cell developer Angstrom Power have raised US$2.85 million in first round financing. Amongst the contributors are Chrysalis Energy LP, Ventures West, OPG Ventures, Growthworks Capital and Micro-Gener...
RTI Europe Ltd, a subsidiary of RTI International Metals have secured a new contract for the supply of value added titanium parts and products to European Aeronautic Defence and Space (EADS) Company, Europe’s large...
The US Patent and Trademark office have issued a notice of allowance for Permastar ™. Permastar is a chrome plating technology developed by Goodrich Technology Corp.
The technology uses a combination of powder c...
Kennametal Inc has signed an agreement to purchase the Widia Group from Milacron Inc. for 188 million Euros, with the deal to be finalised within 3 months.
The Widia Group is a leading manufacturer and marketer of met...
The new home ground for the American Football (NFL) Houston Texans will feature a state-of-art 400,000 square foot Teflon(TM) coated fabric roof. The roof made from Ultralux(TM) (Saint Gobain Performance Plastics) will a...
The federal bankruptcy court has granted Bethlehem Steel the exclusive right to acquire sole ownership of Columbus Coatings Company and Columbus Processing Company.
Columbus Coatings Company and Columbus Processing Co...
Pechiney, Gove Aluminium Finance and Hydro Aluminium, the joint venture partners in the Tomago Aluminium project (Australia) have agreed to increase the output of the plant.
Current production capacity of approximatel...
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