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Platinum Equity Completes Acquisition of Dystar from BASF, Bayer and Hoechst

The acquisition of the Frankfurt-based manufacturer of textile dyes DyStar by the international financial investor Platinum Equity, Los Angeles, California, was completed on August 5, 2004. The relevant antitrust authori...

6 Aug 2004

International Steel Group Approve Plans to Expand Clevelend Works

International Steel Group Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the expansion of its operations at the Cleveland Works. The Company will add an automotive-quality hot dip galvanizing line by conve...

6 Aug 2004

PolyOne Completes Divestiture of Elastomers and Performance Additives Business

PolyOne Corporation announced today that it has completed the sale of its Elastomers and Performance Additives business to an entity formed by an investor group led by Lion Chemical Capital LLC and ACI Capital Co., Inc. ...

6 Aug 2004

Stealth Wallpaper Prevents Wi-Fi Signals Escaping without Blockling Mobile Phone Signals

A type of wallpaper that prevents Wi-Fi signals escaping from a building without blocking mobile phone signals has been developed by a British defence contractor. The technology is designed to stop outsiders gaining acce...

6 Aug 2004

Norway Makes Plans to Advance Materials and Nano technologies

A major foresight project on materials technology has been launched to put Norway's need for expertise in nano- and materials technology on the agenda. Norway hasn't had a general R&D strategy for material...

6 Aug 2004

Essel Propack Acquires Arista Tubes

Essel Propack, world’s largest manufacturer of laminated tubes, with manufacturing in 11 countries with 17 plants, has acquired 100% stake in Arista Tubes, UK. Arista Tubes is the leading manufacturer of plastic se...

6 Aug 2004

Nano-Proprietary Enter Joint Research Agreement with Alps Engineering

Texas-based Nano-Proprietary, Inc., through its subsidiary, Applied Nanotech, Inc. (ANI), today announced that it has entered into a research and development agreement with Alps Engineering Co., Ltd., a Japanese equipmen...

6 Aug 2004

Chrysler to Build Innovative Manufacturing Facility in Toledo That Will House Three Suppliers

The Chrysler Group today announced plans to pursue an innovative manufacturing project in the City of Toledo that will feature the most advanced use of supplier co-location yet in North America. Part of a $2.1 billion to...

6 Aug 2004

Spectra Premium Industries Acquires 90% Stake in Trimag

Spectra Premium Industries Inc. ("SPI"), a North American leader in the manufacture of automobile, light-truck and heavy-duty truck aftermarket parts, announces today the conclusion of the acquisition of 90% of...

6 Aug 2004

Intrinsic Semiconductor to Acquire Bandgap Technologies Inc

Intrinsic Semiconductor, a privately held manufacturer of wide bandgap materials, today announced that it is has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bandgap Technologies, Inc. (Columbia, SC). Bandgap Technolog...

6 Aug 2004

Cyclics to Introduce New Products at Plastics Show in October

Cyclics Corporation will be introducing a variety of grades of CBT® resin at the K Show in Dusseldorf, Germany this October (Hall 5, booth 5G19-3). CBT resins offer an unmatched combination of processing ease and hig...

6 Aug 2004

BP to Merge Japanese Automotive Lubricants Business

BP Japan and Petrolub International announced today that they have reached an agreement to merge their automotive lubricant businesses and create a new company called BP Castrol KK with combined total sales revenues of $...

5 Aug 2004

BOC to Increase Supplies to Corus in 15 Year Deal

BOC is set for a multi-million pound investment in South Wales following news of an increase in demand for industrial gases from one of the world's largest steel producers. The 15-year deal with Corus will see BO...

4 Aug 2004

ISG Begin Steel Production at Georgetown Steel Facility

International Steel Group Inc. announced today that its ISG Georgetown Inc. subsidiary has begun producing wire rod at its facility in Georgetown, South Carolina. ISG acquired the facility in June 2004 from the George...

4 Aug 2004

Abrasive Wear Task Group Begins Work on Chemical-Mechanical Polishing Standard

ASTM Committee G02 on Wear and Erosion has committed itself to standardizing the chemical-mechanical polishing process by creating a task group to develop a proposed new standard, tentatively titled Test Method for Wear ...

4 Aug 2004