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Schott to Close Janaer Glas

SCHOTT Jenaer Glas finds itself compelled to terminate production of consumer glassware in Jena. It is planned to close down all business activities by March 31, 2005. The closure will affect 120 employees. SCHOTT inte...

2 Feb 2005

Cargill's Corn-Based Plastics Business to be Known as NatureWorks LLC

Effective Jan. 24, 2005, the company that makes the proprietary, corn-based plastic resins marketed under the NatureWorks® PLA and Ingeo™ fiber brand names will be known as NatureWorks, LLC. The name change fol...

2 Feb 2005

University of St Andrews Receives ₤60K Grant from BOC to Develop Fuel Cell Technology

The development of commercial fuel-cell powered applications could be one step closer for scientists at the University of St Andrews. A new project has been launched with the support of a £60,000 grant from The ...

2 Feb 2005

Wax Found to be the Perfact Material for Modelling Ocean Floors and Tectonic Microplates

Physicists in the US have proven that wax is a perfect model of the ocean floors. Using a tub of wax, geophysicists at Cornell and Columbia have produced a predictive model of tectonic microplates - one of the most impor...

2 Feb 2005

BigHead Bonding Fasteners Help Sunseeker Achieve Global Success in Yachting World

Sunseeker, famous throughout the yachting and boating world for the sheer beauty of its designs and the very high quality and performance built into each vessel at its extensive shipyards in Poole, has become the...

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Xstrata Offer AUD$8.4 Billion to Buy WMC

Xstrata plc (“Xstrata”) announces the increase of the existing cash offer by Xstrata Capital Holdings Pty Ltd, its subsidiary, of AUD6.35 per share (“the Offer”) for all the issued shares of WMC Resources Limited (...

2 Feb 2005

Fraunhofer USA Transfer Metal Foam Technology to Alulight

Fraunhofer USA, Inc. has transferred its metal-foam technology to Alulight of America, L.P.Developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Materials Research (IFAM) in Bremen, Germany and the Fraunhofer USA Center for ...

1 Feb 2005

Basell to Increase Polypropylene Capacity in Australia by 60000 tpy

Basell announced today that it will increase its polypropylene production capacity in Australia by 60,000 tonnes per year with an expansion project at its Geelong plant. “This is an important step that will enable Ba...

1 Feb 2005

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

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

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 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