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Vattenfall Purchases 20% Share in Buchanan Renewables Fuel

Vattenfall and Swedfund acquire 30 percent of Buchanan Renewables Fuel. Vattenfall's share will be 20 per cent for MEUR 20, and Swedfund's 10 per cent for MEUR 10. Vattenfall already has a sourcing agreement with Buchanan Re-newables and is now becoming a partner to expand the operations and secure a significant biomass supply.

21 Jun 2010

Pinnacle Rubber Mulch Provides Safety Surfacing for Dynamite Mountain Ranch Development

The Dynamite Mountain Ranch Development in Phoenix, Arizona will feature high-performance, safety-driven Pinnacle Rubber Mulch at a neighborhood playground installed in conjunction with Pulte Homes, Exerplay Inc., and Valley Crest Landscape Development. Manufactured by LTR Products.

19 Jun 2010

Dow Chemical Announces Closing of Styron Divestiture

The Dow Chemical Company and Bain Capital Partners, a leading global private equity firm, announced jointly today that they have closed the sale of Dow’s Styron Division to an affiliate of Bain Capital.

From Dow Chemicals 18 Jun 2010

Global Demand for Specialty Silicas is Estimated to Rise 6.3% Annually

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: World Specialty Silicas Market (http://www.reportlinker.com/p0204909/World-Specialty-Silicas-Market.html) Global d...

From Report Linker 15 Jun 2010

Engineers Use Xiameter Sulfur Silanes to Create New Generation of Green Tires

As drivers look to improve fuel economy and road safety and reduce their environmental impact, tire engineers are using XIAMETER® brand sulfur silanes to create the next generation of "green" tires. "Green" ...

15 Jun 2010

PolyOne to Distribute Dow Corning Silicone Elastomers to Healthcare Device Manufacturers

Dow Corning Corp. and PolyOne Corp. have announced that PolyOne will distribute Dow Corning silicone products to healthcare device manufacturers and fabricators in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

15 Jun 2010

Momentive Showcases New Silicone Materials for Healthcare Industry

Extending its 70-year history of market firsts, Momentive Performance Materials featured a number of new silicone materials for healthcare applications at MD&M East, the world’s largest event for medical device manufacturing, which took place June 8-10 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.

From Momentive Performance Materials, Inc. 15 Jun 2010

Perlast to Unveil New Elastomers at Intersolar North America 2010

Leading high purity, semiconductor seals specialist, Perlast Ltd, a unit of IDEX Corp., is further lowering the cost-of-ownership of Etch and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process equipment with the launch of new ...

11 Jun 2010

Gates Incorporates High-Performance Rubber Compound in New Molded Notch V-Belts

The Industrial Power Transmission unit of Gates Corporation, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of belt drive systems, now constructs its entire molded notch V-belt line with EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer).

10 Jun 2010

Momentive Receives Recognition for StatSil Antimicrobial Elastomer

Momentive Performance Materials announced today that it has received the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation of the Year Award for StatSil antimicrobial elastomer platform technology in the North American antimicrobial materials market.

From Momentive Performance Materials, Inc. 10 Jun 2010

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