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Kuraray Subsidiary in Singapore Expands Sales Office

Kuraray Co., Ltd. today announces that Kuraray Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.—a Kuraray subsidiary in Singapore functioning as an Asia-Pacific hub to oversee the Kuraray Group's regional activities—has expanded its sales office to strengthen business functions.

24 May 2010

DSM Unveils World’s First 100% Colored UHMWPE Fiber Material for Surgeons

DSM, which created and manufactures Dyneema Purity®, the world’s strongest Medical grade fiber, today announced the availability of Dyneema Purity® BLUE, the first 100% colored implantable grade Ultra High Molecular...

24 May 2010

First GPCA Plastics Summit to be Held from June 14 to 16, 2010

The Middle East will be a leading producer and exporter of plastic resins within the next five years, with polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) capacity in the region slated to more than double by 2015. ...

24 May 2010

New Worldwide Research Report on MTBE Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) industry http://www.reportlinker.com/p0197208/Global-Methyl-Tert-Butyl-Ether-MTBE-ind...

From Report Linker 24 May 2010

Lantheus Receives Additional Supply of Mo-99 Material

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., a worldwide leader in diagnostic imaging, today announced that it has received additional supply of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) to produce vital medical isotopes for its TechneLite® (Technetium Tc99m Generator) generators as the result of a recent agreement between the Institute for Radioelements (IRE), Fleurus, Belgium, and the Nuclear Research Institute (NRI), Rez, Czech Republic.

24 May 2010

Kaymont Places Order for AlumiFuel Cartridges

Early production stage hydrogen generation company AlumiFuel Power, Inc. announced today that it has received the first Purchase Order for AlumiFuel cartridges for its Portable Balloon Inflation System (PBIS)-1000 portable hydrogen generator.

24 May 2010

Kraton Expands its Line of Polymers Used for ASC Applications

Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc., a leading global producer of styrenic block copolymers or “SBC’s” (together with Kraton Polymers LLC and its other subsidiaries “Kraton”), announced the addition of DX405 to its product line of polymers for adhesives, sealants, and coatings (ASC) applications.

24 May 2010

TenCate’s Subsidiary Pioneers Use of Composite Materials in Latest Inkjet Modules

TenCate subsidiary Xennia Technology is pioneering the use of composite materials made by TenCate Aerospace Composites in its latest designs of inkjet printing systems.

From Toray Advanced Composites 24 May 2010

ThyssenKrupp Acquires Austria-Based Flame Cutting Company

With effect from April 30, 2010 the ThyssenKrupp Group has bought all shares of Techno-Stahl Stahlgroßhandel und Brennschneidbetrieb GmbH, Vienna (Austria). The new acquisition is a flame cutting company with great technical expertise in the area of processed flat products. Its core business is the production of sheet metal and slab blanks by thermal cutting. It has been agreed that the purchase price will not be disclosed.

24 May 2010

New Method to Produce Semiconductor Materials for Solar Applications

Thanks to a new semiconductor manufacturing method pioneered at the University of Illinois, the future of solar energy just got brighter.

24 May 2010

Selenium Market Report: Features Global Producers and Prices

Selenium Market Review 2010 has been recently added by Market Publishers Ltd. The report focuses on a study of the global Selenium market. It features major Selenium producers, prices, supply and demand conditions, ...

24 May 2010

New Study on Global Silver Market

Silver Market Review 2010 has been recently added by Market Publishers Ltd. The report focuses on a study of the global Silver market. It features major Silver producers, prices, supply and demand conditions, as wel...

24 May 2010

Dow Chemical Company Publishes New Databook 2010

The Dow Chemical Company announced today that it has published its 2010 Databook: The Dow of Tomorrow…Here Today. The new Databook provides comprehensive insight into Dow as an industry-leading advanced materials, specialty chemicals, and agricultural sciences company.

From Dow Chemicals 24 May 2010

New Binder Technology Launched by Dow Coating Materials

Dow Coating Materials, a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, has introduced a new binder technology designed to help formulators develop low-odor paints with outstanding performance. Dow is integrating...

24 May 2010

Global Aluminum Manufacturer Joins in Launch of Green Products Innovation Institute

Alcoa, an early adopter of Cradle-to-Cradle (C2C) certification for its Kawneer architectural aluminum products, joined in the launch of the Green Products Innovation Institute (GPII), which took place yesterday at Googl...

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 23 May 2010