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BASF Acquires Styrene Catalysts Business of CRI/Criterion

BASF announced today that it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the styrene catalysts business of CRI/Criterion, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell based in Houston, Texas. Financial details of the transaction ar...

30 Nov 2010

DuPont Receives 2010 Premio ECO Award in Sustainability in Products

DuPont received the 2010 Premio ECO Award in the Sustainability in Products category for its role in a closed loop recycling process for agrochemical multilayer bottles. DuPont Latin America President Eduardo W.Wanick accepted the award during an international ceremony here last Friday.

30 Nov 2010

Applied Materials Ties Up Deal with Samsung Electronics

Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) announced today that it has entered into a settlement agreement (the "Agreement") with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. ("Samsung"). The Agreement resolves poten...

From Applied Materials Inc 30 Nov 2010

SomaFix Has Perfect Range of Surface Products for Construction Industry

From the SomaFix expanding foam to the kitchen and bathroom silicone white and wood adhesive, this brand has the perfect range of products that ensures surfaces are well treated, all the time.

29 Nov 2010

Keva Energy Saving Paint Reduces Energy Consumption

Keva Energy Saving Paint reduces the heat loading into a structure & reduces energy bills by up to 40% and reduces the temperature by up to 10˚ C in hot weather.

29 Nov 2010

IndiaMART.com Ties-up with Two Specialised Trade Events for Plastic and Packaging Sectors

Triggering future growth prospects for small and medium scale enterprises in the plastic machinery and the packaging sectors, IndiaMART.com, India's largest online B2B marketplace, has decided to partner with two spe...

29 Nov 2010

POSCO to Build Cold-Rolled Steel Production Facility in Maharashtra, India

POSCO (Pohang, South Korea), the world's third-largest steel producer, will build a 1.8 million-ton-per-year, cold-rolled sheet production facility in Maharashtra.

29 Nov 2010

US EPA Certifies Bayview Construction to Conduct Lead-Based Paint Renovation

Stuart, Florida based Bayview Construction Corporation has received certification from the United States Environmental Protection Agency to conduct lead-based paint renovation, repair, and painting activities in target h...

29 Nov 2010

IQS Creates Two Biocompatible Materials to Develop New Generation of Sanitary Devices

Two new biocompatible materials promise to help in the development of a new generation of sanitary devices for implantation and bone tissue regeneration techniques.

29 Nov 2010

Craic Releases 308 PV Microscope Colorimeter for Analyzing Colors of Microscopic Samples

CRAIC Technologies, the worlds leading innovator of UV-visible-NIR micro-analysis solutions, is proud to introduce the 308 PV™ microscope colorimeter. Designed to be added to an open photoport of a microscope or probe station, the 308 PV™ is a spectrophotometer that can non-destructively analyze the color of many types of microscopic samples.

From CRAIC Technologies 29 Nov 2010

Sigma-Aldrich Enters Distribution Agreement with Nanosys to Supply Nanowires

Sigma-Aldrich today announced a distribution agreement with Nanosys, Inc., an advanced materials architect. Under the agreement, Sigma-Aldrich, through its Aldrich Materials Science business, is now distributing Nanosys-created silicon nanowires to the global scientific research community for the development of new applications in technologies such as solid-state lighting, electronics and energy storage.

From Sigma-Aldrich 29 Nov 2010

Recycling Old Railroad Hardware for New Decorative Home Furnishings

Tim Leefeldt's Railroadware and insulatorlights combines glass insulators, traffic light lens and railroad parts for pendant lights, handsome door pulls or refrigerator magnets and cabinet pulls … that's a...

29 Nov 2010

CMT's 3rd Arabplast Summit to Feature Middle East Plastic Industry Developments

CMT will once again host its 3rd Arabplast Summit, in Dubai on 10-11 January 2011. The 3rd Arabplast Summit is held in conjunction with the 10th Arabplast 2011 show, organized by Al Fajer Information & Services at Du...

29 Nov 2010

Royal Coal Signs Coal Purchase Agreement with Sandstorm Metals and Energy

Royal Coal Corp. ("Royal Coal" or the "Company") announces that it has entered into a coal purchase agreement with Sandstorm Metals & Energy Ltd. ("Sandstorm Energy") to acquire 18% of the first six million tons of coal produced, and thereafter 12% of the life of mine coal produced from the Company's following surface coal mining projects in Eastern Kentucky, USA.

29 Nov 2010

Novadx Ventures, MCoal Sign Coal Purchase Agreement with Sandstorm Metals and Energy

Novadx Ventures Corp. is pleased to announce that it, together with its wholly owned subsidiary, MCoal Corporation (MCoal), has entered into a Coal Production Payment Agreement and an Additional Coal Purchase Agreement with Sandstorm Metals and Energy Ltd. (Sandstorm) to sell a production interest in three coal streams in return for a US$38 million advance payment and subsequent additional payments to be received on shipment of coal.

29 Nov 2010