Pactiv have completed their $60 million acquisition of the packaging assets of Rock-Tenn Company.
The purchase involves assets related to the manufacture of amorphous polyethylene terephthalate and polypropylene produ...
Spire Corp have received a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office for technology enabling the implantation of aluminium oxide in gallium arsenide and other group III-V semiconductor wafers for isolation of integr...
Nippon Steel is to increase its involvement with the privately owned British steel company, LNM. Through this alliance, they plan to increase their supply of sheet metal into the US automotive industry.
Nippon Steel w...
The Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) have developed the first plastic semiconductor transistor array entirely patterned using jet printing.
Jet printing provides an alternative to more conventional vacuum deposition a...
Australia’s Aldoga Aluminium smelter received a major boost today signing two agreements with China Nonferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign Engineering & Construction Co (NFC). The siging of the agreements co...
BASF will cease production of many of their polystyrene resin grades from their Ludwigshafen plant as of July 1, 2004. This will effectively reduce their sales volume from the compounds market by 100,000 metric tons.
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BHP Billiton have altered the status of their copper smelting and refining plant at San Manuel, USA from care and maintenance to permanent closure.
The plant has been idle since May 1999 when it entered into care an m...
Republic Engineered Products who are currently undergoing Chapter 11 reorganisation under the US Bankruptcy Code have announced that they have received a purchase offer from Perry Strategic Capital.
Republic Engineere...
The US Naval Research Laboratory have officially opened their Nanoscience Research Laboratory. The facility cost US$12.7 million to construct and was funded in conjunction with Military Construction (MILCON).
The Nano...
Alcan have signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture with Qingtonxia Aluminium Company and the Ningxia Power Development and Investment Co. This will see Alcan invest up to US$150 million, giving them a 50% s...
AvestaPolarit, a subsidiary of Outokumpu will close its stainless steel operation in Panteg, Wales at the end of March 2004 due to poor financial performance over the last few years.
The facility possesses cold rollin...
Scientists at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne have solved a 20 year puzzle, successfully creating gold nitride. This discovery could save the electronics industry millions of dollars every year.
Electronic devic...
Starfire Systems have begun work on a two year project to develop ceramic brake materials for sports utility vehicles and light trucks. The project received $150,000 of funding from the New York State Energy Research and...
Georgetown Steel followed the well-trodden path of many other American steel producers, filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy today.
Reasons for Georgetown Steel’s demise included the increased cost of natural gas an...
Nova Chemicals have announced that they will shut down their 275 million pounds per year liner low density polyethylene plant in Ontario, Canada. The shutdown is expected to become effective during the second quarter of ...
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