Metaleurop SA have announced the sale of their subsidiary Metaleurop Zinc Holding GmbH to Asturiana de Zinc SA, a subsidiary of Xstrata. The sale price of the business is US$100 million.
The deal which involves the No...
Textron Systems have just expanded the range of products they provide to the helicopter market by acquiring the skid shoes business of Carbide Technology Inc. The terms of the transactions were not disclosed.
The skid...
John Deere and Company announced to day that they are working with Canadian fuel cell manufacturer Hydrogenics Corp to develop a fuel cell powered commercial work vehicle.
The proposed vehicle will serve as a technolo...
Stuart Energy Systems and Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International have unveiled a jointly developed prototype hydrogen fueling system. The prototype was shown to at the Electric Transportation Industry Conference...
Bearings specialist, Timken has just received approval from the US Federal Trade Commission for its proposed acquisition of Torrington Company from Ingersoll-Rand Company.
Both parties are pleased with the outcome of ...
Simula have just completed their single up-front largest licensing transaction, successfully negotiating $750,000 for Cleargard™, a transparent polymer for use in helmets. They declined to name the other party invo...
Canadian-based Premier Tech Packaging have just announced the acquisition of the international activities of UK-based Chronos Richardson.
The acquisition ranks Premier Tech in the top 5 suppliers of flexible industria...
Saab has just sold its advanced composite materials division, Applied Composites AB to British-based Chelton, manufacturers of Radomes.
Applied Composites manufactures and supplies composite materials for the aviation...
Borregaard have just completed their purchase of the Swiss company Atisholz. The acquisition which has cost Borregaard for CHF 130 million, free of liabilities and including working capital was first announced on Septemb...
The sale of Mt Isa Mines (MIM) German zinc smelting business MHD, announced on October 28 has been concluded. MHD was sold to Sudamin Investment GmbH. Sudamin is a subsidiary of Safeguard International LP, based in the U...
WMC Resources Ltd and Alumina Ltd, the business that used to make up WMC Resources, have agreed to acquire the Corridor Sands project located in Mozambique, from South African based Southern Mining Corp.
The acquisiti...
Libbey Inc have acquired all the assets of Traex, a division of Menasha Corp.
Traex manufactures and markets a range of plastic products for the food industry such as glassware, washing and storage racks, trays, dispe...
The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining is once more supporting the annual UK Plastics Industry Awards, now in their third year.
Entries are currently being invited for the 2003 awards, which are divided into ...
Portable, poster-like television screens and monitors made from a single polymeric sheet are a step closer thanks to research performed by Xerox Research Centre in Canada.
In a presentation given at the recent Materia...
Solutia have signed a definitive agreement with UCB S.A. to sell their resins, additives and adhesives businesses for US$500 million. To this end, UCB have made an upfront payment of US$10 million for a short period of e...
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