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AGC Invests 20 Billion Yen in New Float Glass Furnace in Japan

AGC announced today it is investing 20 billion yen (about $240 million USD) in a new float glass furnace in Japan to produce specialty glass for chemical strengthening, including newly developed Dragontrail™, to meet the rapidly growing demand worldwide for cover glass used in mobile devices.

10 Feb 2011

Waste Management, Genomatica Join to Enable Production of Higher-Value Chemicals from Syngas

Waste Management and Genomatica today announced a strategic joint development agreement to research and advance Genomatica's technology and manufacturing processes to enable production of intermediate and basic chemicals from syngas made from municipal solid waste.

10 Feb 2011

Swisher Hygiene Buys Puerto Rico-Based Total Services

Swisher Hygiene Inc. ("Swisher Hygiene") a leading full-service hygiene solutions provider, today announced that it has acquired IPABE, Inc. (d/b/a as Total Services) ("Total Services"), a Puerto Rico-based hygiene and chemicals company.

10 Feb 2011

Fox Petroleum Forms New Natural Gas Subsidiary

Fox Petroleum Inc. announced today that it is creating a new subsidiary that will be focused on acquiring, developing currently producing Natural gas mineral rights located on the Fayetteville Shale.

10 Feb 2011

LaBarge to Produce Cable Assemblies for Raytheon's Miniature Air Launch Decoy Program

LaBarge, Inc. has been awarded $2.2 million in contracts from Raytheon Missile Systems to continue to produce complex cable harnesses and electromechanical assemblies for the Miniature Air Launch Decoy (MALD®) program.

10 Feb 2011

BE Group Signs Agreement to Acquire Swedish Metal Processing Firm

BE Group has secured an agreement to acquire the Swedish metal processing group RTS.

10 Feb 2011

Unitel to Provide Basic Engineering and Design Services for Korea Gas' Dimethyl Ether Plant

Unitel Technologies, Inc. announced that the company has been awarded a contract by Korea Gas Technology Corporation to prepare the basic engineering and design package for a plant that will make 300,000 tons of DME per year.

10 Feb 2011

Epilight Places Multi-Tool Order for Veeco’s TurboDisc K465i Systems

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today that Shanghai Epilight Technology Co., Ltd placed a large multi-tool order for Veeco TurboDisc® K465i™ Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) systems during the fourth quarter of 2010.

9 Feb 2011

VISTAGY, Siemens Extend Partnership to Meet Growing Composite Material Needs

Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, and VISTAGY, Inc., a leading provider of industry-specific engineering software and services, today announced a significant upgrade and long-term extension to their partnership designed to meet the rapidly growing composite engineering and PLM needs of their customers.

9 Feb 2011