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Alcoa Announces Reorganisation and Formation of a New Global Extruded Aluminium Products Business

Alcoa today announced a reorganization of its management structure to better align itself with global markets. Alcoa will create a new global primary business, serving the aluminum and alumina markets, and a new global e...

25 Oct 2004

Recyclable Thermoplastic Panels that are Lighter, Stronger and More Durable than Wood

Following on from the success of EUREKA project E! 2534 THERMOPOLE, which developed thermoplastic lampposts that save lives by bending on impact, EUREKA project E! 2535 FACTORY PANELFORM has adapted the thermoplastic tec...

25 Oct 2004

Arizona State Researchers Win $1.23m Grant to Expand Understanding of Semiconductor Physics

A team led by Yong-Hang Zhang, professor of electrical engineering at Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, has been awarded a five-year, $1.23 million grant from the Department of Defense...

25 Oct 2004

Hydro Automotive to Lay Off 160 Staff During Operational Adjustments

Hydro Automotive Structures in Holland, Michigan, will lay off approximately 160 salaried and hourly employees as the company adjusts its operations. The layoffs are expected to take place in December 2004 and January...

25 Oct 2004

Pallets Made from Recycled Plastic Offer Advantages over Traditional Pallets

The Bizkaian company, Ekoplast Balenciaga, manufacturer of large, high-thickness plastic parts, has developed and patented, in collaboration with the Gaiker technological centre, a novel support for the handling and tran...

25 Oct 2004

BHP Billiton Approved $990m Copper Project in Chile

BHP Billiton today announced the approval of the US$990 million Spence Copper Project in northern Chile. The project will have a designed capacity to produce 200,000 tonnes of copper cathode per annum and will have a min...

25 Oct 2004

Timken Completes Sale of Kilian Bearings Business

The Timken Company today completed its sale of the Kilian Manufacturing Corporation and its affiliate, Kilian Canada ULC to an affiliate of Genstar Capital, L.P., a private investment firm. Timken announced the propos...

From The Timken Co. 25 Oct 2004

Polipropileno del Caribe to Increase Polypropylene Output from 120 to 200KTA

The Dow Chemical Company and Polipropileno del Caribe S.A. (Propilco) today announced in a signing cermony that they have reached an agreement for Propilco to expand its plant in Cartagena, Columbia, that uses UNIPOL&tra...

25 Oct 2004

St Lawrence Cement’s New Plant to Produce Substantially Less Emissions

St. Lawrence Cement has been engaged for the past several years in the process of obtaining the necessary permits for a replacement cement plant in Greenport, New York. The proposed Greenport plant would replace St. Lawr...

25 Oct 2004

Posco Conduct Corporate Sustainability Management to Stay Ahead of the Game

In an effort to continue its growth as a leading global company, POSCO is carrying out Corporate Sustainability Management (CSM) activities. On October 19, POSCO issued a CSM report that showed in detail the results ...

25 Oct 2004

Nano-Proprietary, Inc. and Shimane Masuda Electronics Look to Jointly Develop Carbon Nanotube Products

Applied Nanotech, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nano-Proprietary, Inc., and Shimane Masuda Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced the signing of a letter of intent to develop new products utilizing CNT (Carbon Nanotu...

22 Oct 2004

Ipsco to Build Continuous Heat Treatment Plant in Mobile, Alabama

IPSCO Inc. announced today it has selected Mobile, Alabama as the location to build its new continuous plate heat treating operation, which will be one of the most modern facilities of its kind in the world. In addition,...

22 Oct 2004

Fortescue Metals Signs Long Term Iron Ore Supply Contract with China’s Pingsteel

Fortescue Metals Group Limited is pleased to announce the signing of a binding sales agreement with Ping Xiang Iron & Steel Co. Ltd (“Pingsteel”) which is a large regional steel mill in China. FMG has...

22 Oct 2004

Borealis Develop Polypropylene with Improved Properties for Hot and Cold Water Pressure Pipes

Borealis has brought a major raw material innovation to the hot and cold water pressure pipe sector with the development of Beta-PPR™ RA7050. It delivers a clear improvement in the long term strength compared to cu...

22 Oct 2004

Hitachi Chemical Develop High Performance CMP Slurry

Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. has recently developed a high-performance CMP slurry product for STI (Shallow Trench Isolation) that can decrease scratches from polishing by two-thirds and provide a twofold increase of surfac...

22 Oct 2004