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G + L Beijer AB Acquires Hose and Rubber Company

G & L Beijer AB has acquired the hose and rubber company, Slang-Pac AB, Stockholm through its Beijer Tech business area. The operation reports sales of approximately SEK 40M and has 14 employees. The acquired ope...

3 Nov 2009

Symyx to Supplt Zeolite Synthesis Workflow to Sinpoec

Symyx Technologies, Inc. has announced it has closed a deal with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corp.) to supply a Zeolite Synthesis Workflow for research in energy and chemical development. This wil...

3 Nov 2009

Total and MIT to Develop Batteries for Solar Energy Storage

Total announces the signing of a research agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop new stationary batteries that are designed to enable the storage of solar power. This agreement valu...

3 Nov 2009

Novel Needle Valve Saves Money for Those Involved with Viscous and Contaminated Media

A novel new half-inch (12.7 mm) bore instrumentation needle valve gives plant engineers the means to improve reliability, and save both money and space, in process and instrumentation applications involving viscous and c...

From Parker Hannifin GmbH 3 Nov 2009

Celanese Secure Chinese Vinyl Acetate Contract

Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a leading, global chemical company, today announced a long-term agreement with Jiangxi Jiangwei High-Tech Stock Co., Ltd., to supply Vinyl Acetate Monomer. Jiangwei will cease product...

From Celanese Corporation 3 Nov 2009

New Grade of Expanded Polypropylene for Thermal Insulation

BASF now offers a new and patented version of the foam Neopolen® P (EPP: expanded polypropylene) for devices used in heating, ventilation and sanitary systems. The metallic-gray Neopolen P 9335 mg is noted for its thermal insulation which is 10 percent better than standard EPP.

From Airflow Systems, Inc. 3 Nov 2009

UPM Plans Significant Restructuring for Timber and Plywwod Operations

UPM plans significant restructuring to ensure the competitiveness of its Plywood and Timber operations in Finland. The target is to remarkably improve the businesses' long-term cost competitiveness and increase value...

3 Nov 2009

Researchers to Look at What Happens if Nanomaterials Get into Your Body

Tiny, engineered nanomaterials can already be found in many consumer products, and have been hailed as having widespread future uses in areas ranging from medicine to industrial processes. However, little is known about ...

3 Nov 2009

Revolutionary Industrial-Scale Method for Producing Carbon Nanotube Fibres

Rice University scientists unveiled a method for the industrial-scale processing of pure carbon-nanotube fibers that could lead to revolutionary advances in materials science, power distribution and nanoelectronics.

3 Nov 2009

Left Handed Metamaterial Helps Demonstrate a Reverse Shock Wave of Light

A team of physicists has directly observed a reverse shock wave of light in a specially tailored structure known as a left-handed metamaterial. Although it was first predicted over forty years ago, this is the first unambiguous experimental demonstration of the effect.

3 Nov 2009

New Materials Solve the Problem of Root Canal Treatments

A dentist carrying out root canal treatment will need to use a variety of compounds. These do not always bond together properly and sometimes expensive follow-up treatment has to be performed. But a new class of material meets the requirements and solves the problem.

3 Nov 2009

New Solution to the Tedious Task of Polishing Metal Surfaces

Polishing metal surfaces is a demanding but monotonous task, and it is difficult to find qualified young specialists. Polishing machines do not represent an adequate alternative because they cannot get to difficult parts of the surface. A new solution is provided by laser polishers.

3 Nov 2009

Computer Modelling Predicts More Types of Zeolites Than Once Thought

In all the world, there are about 200 types of zeolite, a compound of silicon, aluminum and oxygen that gives civilization such things as laundry detergent, kitty litter and gasoline. But thanks to computations by Rice University professor Michael Deem and his colleagues, it appears there are -- or could be -- more types of zeolites than once thought.

3 Nov 2009

Arburg Win Award for Plastic Injection Moulding Machine

On 17 September 2009, Arburg received a “Ringier Technology Innovation Award 2009 for Plastics Industry” for its new high-performance Allrounder H (Hidrive) hybrid machine. The award ceremony took place in the context of the 4th Plastics Technology Applications in Consumer Electronic Products Conference in Guangzhou.

From Arburg GmbH 3 Nov 2009

Latest Trends in Polyolefins to be Debated in Cologne

The 3rd AMI international conference Polyolefin Additives 2010 brings together compounders, researchers, additive suppliers and end users to debate the latest industry trends. The markets for polyolefins have been very v...

3 Nov 2009