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Oxygen Sponge Saves Energy During the Production of Plastics

Dutch researcher Bart de Graaf has developed a solid oxygen carrier, a sort of oxygen sponge. The oxygen from the sponge reacts with hydrogen to produce water. With De Graaf's discovery a lot of energy can be saved ...

16 Feb 2005

Morgan to Form Ceramic Fibre Joint Venture with China's Hubei Kailong

Morgan's Thermal Ceramics division ('Thermal') has reached an agreement to enter into a Joint Venture in China with Hubei Kailong Chemical Group Co. Ltd by acquiring a 70% stake in Hubei Kailong's ceramic...

15 Feb 2005

Rexam Introduce Industry's First Resealable Aluminium Beverage Container for Jolt Cola

Lightning strikes twice. The original is back and better than ever. JOLT – the original exhilarating soda ahead of its time when it was first introduced in 1985 – is re-launching in an innovative new alumin...

15 Feb 2005

Ceralink Now Offering Microwave Assisted Materials Processing Technology

Ceralink Inc. is a materials engineering and technology commercialization service. We now offer CerMATTM, a patented microwave assist technology that brings materials manufacturers enormous potential for increased produc...

15 Feb 2005

Degussa to Expand Carbon Black Capacity at Brazillian Plant

Degussa AG, Dusseldorf, will increase the capacity of its carbon black plant in Paulinia, Brazil, to 100,000 metric tons per year. This investment has now been approved by the Management Board of Degussa, clearing the wa...

15 Feb 2005

Ceradyne Receives $2.8m for Ceramic Armor for use in Navy Vessel

Ceradyne, Inc. announced it received a $2.8 million order for the Company's lightweight ceramic armor for use on a Navy vessel. First of its kind for Ceradyne, the order was placed by the Naval Surface Warfare Center...

15 Feb 2005

Basell to Sell Share in Spanish Polypropylene Venture to Repsol

Basell announced today that it intends to sell to Repsol YPF its 50% share in the 160 KT per year polypropylene plant in Tarragona, Spain that is operated by Transformadora De Propileno A.I.E., a company jointly owned by...

15 Feb 2005

Image-Tek Promote High Temperature Labels at TMS Exhibition

Image-Tek are a leading US-based supplier of label printing and label laminating solutions. They have a comprehensive range of products which they are currently promoting at the 2005 Annual TMS Meeting and Exhibition a...

15 Feb 2005

European Consortium to Start Work on Steel Production Processes with Reduced CO2 Emissions

A consortium of 48 European companies and organizations has entered into an agreement to launch a cooperative Research and Development initiative aim-ing at searching for new steel production processes that would drastic...

15 Feb 2005

CERAM Prove that Mortar Fleece Protects Mortar in Newly Laid Brickwork

Tests carried out by CERAM’s Building Technology (CBT) Division have helped a great idea become a commercial success. Experts at CERAM were asked to test TDP’s Mortar FleeceTM, which is the first product ...

15 Feb 2005

Palladon Ventures Plans Steel Mill for Utah

Palladon Ventures Ltd. has never developed a major mining project, but that is not stopping the "junior mining" company from talking up its plans for southern Utah. Having secured a contract giving it the r...

14 Feb 2005

Eastman Chemicals Award PET Plant Contract to Lockwood Greene

Eastman Chemical Company announced today it has awarded South Carolina-based Lockwood Greene an engineering, procurement, and construction contract for the construction of the first commercial scale PET plant based up...

14 Feb 2005

James Hardie to Invest US$98million on Tenth Fibre Cement Plant in America

James Hardie today announced plans to spend an estimated US$98 million to build its tenth USA Fibre Cement manufacturing plant, in Virginia, to meet growing demand for the company’s products in the east-coast region of...

14 Feb 2005

Cree and Nichia Corporation in Patent Cross LIcencing Agreement

Cree, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a patent cross license agreement with Nichia Corporation relating to LED technology for solid-state white lighting. The new agreement complements the patent cross lic...

11 Feb 2005

High Purity BASF Chemicals Help Microchip Manufacturers

Modern computers have little room to spare, with as many as a billion transistors per square centimeter jostling for position on their processors and memory chips. Imagine the entire population of India holidaying in W...

11 Feb 2005