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SUAL Group To Construct New Plant for Aluminium Non-Stick Kitchenware Production

SUAL Group is to construct a new ScovO plant for the production of aluminium non-stick kitchenware in Stupino (Moscow region). The production is expected to be launched at the beginning of the next year. The project is e...

15 Mar 2005

Rohm and Haas Announces Acrylic Acid Expansion

Rohm and Haas Company has announced plans for an acrylic acid expansion at the Marl, Germany plant. The Marl, Germany plant is operated through StoHaas, a 50-50 joint venture between Rohm and Haas Company and Degussa AG...

15 Mar 2005

Pirelli Awarded 21 Million Euro Cable Contract

Pirelli Energy Cables and Systems has been awarded a contract to provide a high-voltage cable within the project related to the new 380 kV link between Turbigo and Rho (Milan hinterland), developed by Terna (the listed C...

15 Mar 2005

Dow Corning’s Newest Conductive Grease Breaks Thermal Performance

Dow Corning Corporation has introduced DOW CORNING® TC-5022, a new thermally conductive grease that offers a step-change in thermal performance and cost of ownership for high-end microprocessor packages. TC-5022 is ...

15 Mar 2005

Degussa Headwaters Pilot Plant Validates New Technology

Degussa Headwaters, a joint venture between Degussa AG, Dusseldorf, Germany, and Headwaters, Inc., South Jordan, Utah, has successfully integrated its pilot plant for direct synthesis hydrogen peroxide (DSHP) into the pi...

15 Mar 2005

Corning Secures Long-Term Supply of Large-Size LCD Glass Substrates

Corning Incorporated have announced the execution of a long-term purchase and supply agreement for large-size liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrates with AU Optronics Corporation. Under the agreement, Corning D...

15 Mar 2005

BP And Kuwait Agree To Develop China Links

BP and Kuwait Petroleum International today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to investigate and develop opportunities for future joint investment in China and elsewhere in Asia. BP an...

15 Mar 2005

Borealis Appoints Ultrapolymers as European Rotomoulding Partner

Borealis has appointed Ultrapolymers as distribution partner in Europe for its full range of polyethylene and polypropylene rotomoulding (RM) resins effective March 14, 2005. The appointment of Ultrapolymers consolidat...

15 Mar 2005

BOC expands contract with steel manufacturer POCSO in Korea

BOC, one of the leading industrial gases companies in Korea and in Asia, will add hydrogen production capacity at its facility in Pohang, Korea, to supply gases via pipeline to Pohang Coated Steel, Co. Ltd. (POCOS), loca...

15 Mar 2005

Mittal Steel and ISG Announce Registration Statement of Proposed Merger

Mittal Steel Company and International Steel Group Inc. have announced that the registration statement on Form F-4 filed by Mittal Steel with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the proposed merger ...

15 Mar 2005

First Series Component Made from BASF’s New Ultradur

The first series component made from Ultradur High Speed, BASF’s new PBT (polybutylene terephthalate) with exceptional flow properties, is a plug-in connector for data media used as a counterpart for cables in lapt...

15 Mar 2005

New Technology Makes Explosive Detection 1,000 Times More Sensitive

Star Trek-like technology being developed at The University of Arizona might soon screen airplane passengers for explosives as they walk through a portal similar to a metal detector while hand-held units scan their bagga...

15 Mar 2005

Silver Contamination in North Pacific Waters

The highest levels of silver contamination ever observed in the open ocean turned up in samples collected during a survey of the North Pacific in 2002. Researchers from the University of California, Santa Cruz, measured ...

15 Mar 2005

The Western European Market for Industrial Wood Coatings

Research and Markets has announced the addition of The Western European Market for Industrial Wood Coatings, 5th Edition to their offering. This new fifth edition is a revision and expansion of the previous wood coati...

15 Mar 2005

Water Treatment Method Provides Universal Barrier Against all Problematic Contaminants

In its drinking water facility in Andijk, recently opened by Prince Willem-Alexander, PWN Waterleidingbedrijf Noord-Holland applies a new, innovative water treatment proces. The process combines UV light and hydrogen per...

15 Mar 2005