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Arkema to Purchase Outstanding Interests in Vinyl Production Joint Ventures in France and Spain

Arkema and SolVin announce the conclusion of an agreement for the purchase, effective July 1st 2010, of their reciprocal minority interests within their joint production entities for VCM (Vinylfos and Vinilis) and PVC (V...

28 Jun 2010

Airbus Conclude Long Term Carbon Fiber Supply Deal with Toho Tenax

Toho Tenax, the core company of the Teijin Group's carbon fibres business, announced today the conclusion of a long term framework agreement with EADS and its subsidary Airbus SAS regarding the direct supply of carbo...

From Teijin Limited 28 Jun 2010

PFC Flexible Circuits Approve DuPont Pyralux TK Flexible Circuit Material

PFC Flexible Circuits Limited announced today that it has tested and approved the new high speed DuPont Pyralux TK flexible circuit material. DuPont introduced Pyralux TK at the IPC APEX Conference & Exhibition in Ap...

28 Jun 2010

Toho Tenax to Carbon Fiber Composite Materials for Bombardiers New Aircraft

Toho Tenax Ltd, the core company of the Teijin Group's carbon fiber business, announced today that its European division, Toho Tenax Europe GmbH, has been awarded a contract to supply carbon fiber material for major ...

From Teijin Limited 28 Jun 2010

Plastics Replace Brass in Fire Extinguishers

With the aid of CAE (Computer-Aided Engineering), time and money can be saved when designing new plastic parts, as expensive prototypes can frequently be dispensed with. Multiplast in Austria and BASF have exploited this benefit during the development of a plastic valve for a new generation of fire extinguishers.

From BASF Corporation 28 Jun 2010

New Teaching Resource for High Resolution Continuum Source Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

Recognising the emergence of High Resolution Continuum Source Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (HRCS AAS) into a fully established AAS technique, Analytik Jena has produced a comprehensive package of teaching material for ...

28 Jun 2010

New Two Component Copolymer Films Allow Manufacturers Tailor Film Properties to Their Requirements

BASF researchers have now developed even further improved Styrolux grades with an eye towards expanding the plastic sleeve product line. They have done so in response to the industry’s desire for stiffer films that allow even larger, more complex objects to be shrink-labeled and the thickness of the sleeve film to be further reduced.

From BASF Corporation 28 Jun 2010

Siltronic Evaluates Altatech Wafer Inspection System

Siltronic AG, one of the leading suppliers of silicon wafers, is evaluating an AltaSight SL300 inspection system from Altatech Semiconductor S.A. to verify the tool's capabilities for use in wafer manufacturing. The ...

28 Jun 2010

Dycem Appoint PR Firm to Promote Contamination Control Products

NetDyaLog, a British-based agency with offices near London and Cambridge, have been appointed by Dycem to handle their PR activities to raise brand awareness worldwide and to lead the introduction of a series of new prod...

28 Jun 2010

Arburg Now Represented by Local Organisation in Austria

Since June this year, Arburg has been represented by a fully-owned organisation in the Austrian market. The headquarters is located in Vienna, but the sales and service personnel work in the field.

From Arburg GmbH 28 Jun 2010

Alma Monta Acquires Masking and Packaging Tape Company, Evotape

With effect from the 21st of June 2010, the International group Alma Monta has acquired the Evotape group from the Luxembourg-based investment fund bluO. Both parties have confirmed the closing in a joint press conf...

28 Jun 2010

KYOCERA Introduces New Cutting Tool Inserts for Cast Iron Applications

Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corporation, Cutting Tool Division today announced its new CA4505 and CA4515 CVD coated carbide grades of indexable cutting tool inserts for machining gray and nodular (ductile) cast iron. Featuring Kyocera’s new Bright Black (BB) coating technology, the CA45-series offers superior resistance to premature insert wear and fractures.

From Kyocera International, Inc. 28 Jun 2010

New Intumescent Fire Retardant Coating from Icynene

Icynene Inc. (Icynene), the North American leader in open-cell spray foam technology, this week introduced ICYNENE ShelterShield™, an intumescent fire retardant coating that is available exclusively to Icynene Licensed Dealers.

28 Jun 2010

Rubber and Plastic Supplier, Fairchild Industries Selects SYSPRO ERP Software

SYSPRO, the leading provider of visionary, pragmatic ERP software, has today announced that Lake Zurich, Ill.-based Fairchild Industries, a major, worldwide supplier of top quality extruded rubber, molded rubber, molded plastic, extruded plastic products and elastomer solutions, has selected SYSPRO Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software to improve business process, boost operational efficiencies and facilitate company growth.

From Fairchild Industries, Inc. 28 Jun 2010

Mid America Brick to Begin Operation in New Manufacturing Plant

An enthusiastic crowd of community members, elected officials and economic development advocates gathered here today to celebrate the announcement that Mid America Brick & Structural Clay Products, L.L.C. will begin operating the former A.P. Green plant as a face brick manufacturing facility.

28 Jun 2010