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RTP Expands French Facility and Grows European Distribution Network

RTP Company, a global leader in specialty thermoplastic compounds, today announced the expansion of its European operations and distribution network. The expansion reflects the company's continued worldwide growth in...

1 Feb 2005

Dynatec Receive $5m Payment for Licencing Metallurgical Technology

Dynatec Corporation today announced that the Company’s Metallurgical Technologies Division has received from Minara Resources Limited, Glenmurrin Pty Ltd and related companies a final license payment of US$5.0 m...

1 Feb 2005

Acumentrics Ships Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System To Sumitomo Of Japan For Testing

Acumentrics Corporation, a leading developer of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Uninterruptible Power Supplies for the distributed generation market, announced today the shipment of a 5 kWatt Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) S...

1 Feb 2005

SGL Carbon and Mitsubishi Rayon Corp Form Carbon Fibre Alliance

SGL Carbon and Mitsubishi Rayon Corp. of Tokyo Japan (MRC) have agreed on a strategic co-operation in carbon fiber. Having recently signed respective long-term contracts, SGL will receive certain technologies, special ra...

31 Jan 2005

Hitachi Chemicals to Expand Photosensitive Dry Films Production Capacity at Chinese Plant

Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. has decided to expand the photosensitive dry film production capacity of Hitachi Chemical (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., with the aim of boosting the manufacture and sale of the films in China in the...

31 Jan 2005

Bayer Completes Spin Off of Lanxess AG

The separation of Lanxess AG from the Bayer Group was accomplished on Friday, January 28, 2005 with the entry of the spin-off of the new chemicals group in the commercial register for Bayer AG. This completes t...

31 Jan 2005

Mitsubishi Chemicals and Tokai Carbon to Dissolve Carbon Black Alliance

Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation today agreed to revoke the agreement on Alliance of Carbon Black Business disclosed on July 12, 2004 and to withdraw the relevant application for close examina...

31 Jan 2005

Arkema Group Announce €300M Euro Plan to Maintain Competitiveness in Vinyl Market

Arkema confirms its wish to remain a leading European player in the activities covered by its Vinyl Products business segment, and today presented the Central Works Council with a draft consolidation plan to secure its l...

31 Jan 2005

Polyurethanes That Release Nitric Oxide Could Form Blood Vessels that Do not Clog

A plastic that releases nitric oxide could be used to make artificial blood vessels that do not clog. Plastic tubes can be used to replace blood vessels, for example in coronary-artery bypass surgery. But tubes smalle...

31 Jan 2005

Hydro to Upgrade Canadium Magnesium Smelter Increasing Capacity by 7000 tpy

Hydro is to upgrade its magnesium plant in Becancour, Canada. The program will see a production increase of 7,000 tons to 58,000 tons of cast primary metal per year. Work to expand the plant will start immediately...

31 Jan 2005

Hydro Sells Last of Its High Pressure Die Casting Operations to AE Group

A Hydro has sold its last remaining facilities for high pressure die-casting of aluminium engine blocks to German AE Group AG in Bebra. The deal is part of Hydro's downstream strategy to focus on key processes whe...

31 Jan 2005

Cornell University Researchers Make Polymers from Citrus Fruits and Carbon Dioxide

A Cornell University research group has made a sweet and environmentally beneficial discovery -- how to make plastics from citrus fruits, such as oranges, and carbon dioxide. In a paper published in a recent issue of...

31 Jan 2005

Shin-Etsu Chemical to Boost PVC Output from Netherlands Plant by 100,000tpy

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. has announced that Shin-Etsu PVC B.V. in The Netherlands, will expand PVC production capacity at its Pernis Plant from 350,000 tons/year to 450,000 tons/year. Shin-Etsu PVC is Shin-Etsu Chemi...

28 Jan 2005

Petcore Endorse Two Barrier Coatings for PET Beverage Containers

Petcore announces new test results for recyclable barrier technologies Petcore’s Expert Evaluation Committee, which includes experts from a number of national collection agencies, gave full endorsement to: Plas...

28 Jan 2005

Malvern To Launch New Particle Shape Analyzer At Pittcon 2005

Malvern Instruments will launch a new generation image analysis system for the fully automated characterization of particle shape and size at Pittcon 2005 (27 Feb – 4 Mar 2005; Orlando, USA). The company will also ...

28 Jan 2005