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Made-to-Measure Semi-Rigid Polyurethane Foam for Laser Perforation

Instrument panel for the DaimlerChrysler A Class with integrated passenger airbag: Made-to-measure semi-rigid polyurethane foam for laser perforation High elongation at break and emission behavior requirements L...

7 Mar 2005

Lightweight Components Made of Polyurethane Fiber Composite Materials for the Automotive Industry

Greater freedom of design and improved component quality Manufacturing processes and materials optimized further Leverkusen - Their combination of light weight and high flexural strength has played a key role in the bre...

7 Mar 2005

BASF Plastics Competition - Tell Us Your Dreams

Over a period of six weeks, 189 specialists and amateurs entered the plastics competition "Tell us your dreams" sponsored by BASF and sent their dreams to Ludwigshafen, Germany. Upon the occasion of the K 2004 ...

1 Mar 2005

DSM to Invest US$50 MIllion to Increase Dyneema Fibre Production

DSM announced today that in view of continued increasing customer demand it will invest over USD 50 million to build a new fiber line in Greenville, North Carolina (U.S.), and boost production in Heerlen (The Netherlands...

18 Feb 2005

George W Bush Honours Corning Scientists for Catalytic Converter Technology

President George W. Bush today announced the winners of the 2003 National Medal of Technology, including a team of Corning Incorporated scientists for their invention of the cellular ceramic substrate. While working at C...

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

Ashland Specialty Chemicals Licence Flexcure Technology to SII for Selected Electronics Applications

Ashland Specialty Chemical, a division of Ashland Inc., and Schenectady International, Inc. (SII) have reached an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement that allows SII to manufacture and market Ashland's patented Fle...

10 Feb 2005

Cargill's Corn-Based Plastics Business to be Known as NatureWorks LLC

Effective Jan. 24, 2005, the company that makes the proprietary, corn-based plastic resins marketed under the NatureWorks® PLA and Ingeo™ fiber brand names will be known as NatureWorks, LLC. The name change fol...

2 Feb 2005

SGL Carbon and Mitsubishi Rayon Corp Form Carbon Fibre Alliance

SGL Carbon and Mitsubishi Rayon Corp. of Tokyo Japan (MRC) have agreed on a strategic co-operation in carbon fiber. Having recently signed respective long-term contracts, SGL will receive certain technologies, special ra...

31 Jan 2005

Nanotechnology To Harvest the Sun's Invisible Rays

Imagine a home with "smart" walls responsive to the environment in the room, a digital camera sensitive enough to work in the dark, or clothing with the capacity to turn the sun's power into electrical energy. Researcher...

10 Jan 2005

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