Corning Incorporated has commenced melting operations with a ceremony at its liquid crystal display (LCD) glass manufacturing facility in the Tainan Science-based Industrial Park, Taiwan. Joined by customers and governme...
STMicroelectronics, one of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers, today announced details of its leadership role in PolyApply, a new, four-year research project launched by the European Commission under its...
Alcan Inc. has won a Stevie Award for "Best Overall Company" in the first International Business Awards, an all-encompassing business awards program honouring great performances in the workplace.
The honour...
Bruker AXS Inc., an operating company of Bruker BioSciences Corporation, has introduced a new series of X-ray diffraction (XRD) systems for materials research applications, named SuperSpeedSolutions. Two novel technologi...
Sumitomo Chemical Company, has announced that it is to construct additional production lines for polarizing film at its plants in both South Korea and Taiwan. Both lines will be capable of fully-integrated production, fr...
The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has received an order from the Chinese company, Baoshan Iron & Steel Group Co. Ltd. (Baosteel), to supply all the automation and electrical equipment for ...
Ceradyne have received a further order for Small Arms Protective Inserts (SAPI) from the US armed forces. The order is worth $21.3 million, with delivery to commence in the first quarter of 2004, and final shipments to b...
Borden Chemicals have acquired Australian-based Fentak Pty Ltd for an undisclosed amount.
Fentak are a manufacturer of specialty chemicals for the engineered wood, laminating and paper impregnation markets. The sale i...
BASF have invested in Korean plastic film manufacturer I-Components. Through their venture capital investment company BASF Venture Capital GmbH, they will provide I-Components with 2.5 million Euros. STIC Ventures is ano...
Saint Gobain Technical Fabrics America have acquired the assets and technology of Gividi USA.
Gividi operate a state-of-the-art glass fine yarn plant located in South Carolina, USA. It supplies materials for a range o...