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US$2.85 Million Raised for Fuel Cell Technology

Micro-structured fuel cell developer Angstrom Power have raised US$2.85 million in first round financing. Amongst the contributors are Chrysalis Energy LP, Ventures West, OPG Ventures, Growthworks Capital and Micro-Gener...

9 May 2002

RTI Secure Titanium Supply Contract

RTI Europe Ltd, a subsidiary of RTI International Metals have secured a new contract for the supply of value added titanium parts and products to European Aeronautic Defence and Space (EADS) Company, Europe’s large...

8 May 2002

Patent for Goodrich Chrome Coating Technology

The US Patent and Trademark office have issued a notice of allowance for Permastar ™. Permastar is a chrome plating technology developed by Goodrich Technology Corp. The technology uses a combination of powder c...

7 May 2002

Kennametal to Purchase Widia Group

Kennametal Inc has signed an agreement to purchase the Widia Group from Milacron Inc. for 188 million Euros, with the deal to be finalised within 3 months. The Widia Group is a leading manufacturer and marketer of met...

7 May 2002

High Tech Roof for Sports Stadium

The new home ground for the American Football (NFL) Houston Texans will feature a state-of-art 400,000 square foot Teflon(TM) coated fabric roof. The roof made from Ultralux(TM) (Saint Gobain Performance Plastics) will a...

7 May 2002

Bethlehem Steel to Acquire Ownership of Columbus Coatings and Processing

The federal bankruptcy court has granted Bethlehem Steel the exclusive right to acquire sole ownership of Columbus Coatings Company and Columbus Processing Company. Columbus Coatings Company and Columbus Processing Co...

1 May 2002

Increased Aluminium Output for Tomago Smelter

Pechiney, Gove Aluminium Finance and Hydro Aluminium, the joint venture partners in the Tomago Aluminium project (Australia) have agreed to increase the output of the plant. Current production capacity of approximatel...

30 Apr 2002

Nucor to Build Steel Smelter in Australia

Nucor are looking to establish a commercial scale iron ore processing plant at Kwinana, Western Australia. Other joint venture partners in the project include Rio Tinto Group (60%), Mitsubishi Corp (10%) and Shougang Cor...

29 Apr 2002

Alcan Acquires Share in Aluminerie Alouette

Alcan have just completed a 20% acquisition of the Aluminerie Alouette consortium. Alouette is a first class aluminium smelter with facilities in Quebec, Canada. The plant has a capacity of 243,000 tons per year, with...

29 Apr 2002

Amcor to Acquire Spain's Tobepal

Australian based packaging company Amcor has reached an agreement to acquire Spanish flexible packaging company Tobepal Group. Tobepal has three plants in Spain that generate sales of 74 million Euros and give Amcor a...

26 Apr 2002

Biodegradable Polymers Manufacture to Commence Soon

The commercial production of biodegradable plastic bags, sacks and film has drawn one step closer. A joint venture between Anwil, a Polish chemicals company and Environmental Polymers Group (EPG) will see Anwil manufactu...

25 Apr 2002

BASF Transfers Ownership of Australian Compounding Plant

As of June 1st, BASF’s Australian compounding plant will come under the ownership of Engineering Polymers. Engineering Polymers is a new company owned by four directors of Marplex, the distributor for BASF in Austr...

25 Apr 2002

Ford to Supply Aluminium Engines to MG Rover

MG Rover will source engines from Ford for use in their supercar, which is due to start production some time next year. The production versions of the supercar are based on the concept coupe labeled X80, and will be powe...

23 Apr 2002

BASF to Build Massive Polymer Fibre Plant in China

BASF announced that it will build the largest production facility for the manufacture of polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF), a polymer fibre used in the textile industry. The plant will be built in the newly developed Shangha...

23 Apr 2002

Advanced Materials Take on World Cup

Bayer and Adidas have teamed up to use advanced materials to produce the latest revolution in soccer balls for use in this years World Cup. The new ball, called the “Fevernova” uses a multi layer polyureth...

22 Apr 2002