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BASF to Reduce the Use of Refrigerant Chemicals

BASF Corporation has agreed, under a Clean Air Act settlement filed today in federal court in Beaumont, Texas, to reduce the use of refrigerant chemicals that destroy the earth's stratospheric ozone layer, the Justic...

From BASF Corporation 21 Oct 2009

Air Liquide Pursues Hyrogen Market

Air Liquide continues to grow its hydrogen business in the U.S. to reliably supply refiners with this essential gas used to convert heavy crude oil into diesel, jet fuel and gasoline and to further remove sulphur from th...

21 Oct 2009

University of Delaware Researcher Receives $727K for Directed Self-Assembly of Soft Materials

Eric Furst, associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, has received two grants totaling $727,000 for his work on directed self-assembly of soft materials.

21 Oct 2009

CNano Technology Earns ISO 9001 Certification for Chinese Operation

CNano Technology Limited (CNano) announced that it received a certificate of registration for the International Standard ISO 9001:2008 for R+D, production and services of carbon nanotubes through its subsidiary in China....

21 Oct 2009

Leading Solar Cell Producer Installs Applied Materials Production Equipment

Applied Materials, Inc. announced today that Motech Solar, one of the world's leading producers of crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells, has installed and qualified an Applied Baccini back-end line for double printing applications at its volume production facility in Tainan, Taiwan. Applied's recently announced Esatto Technology on the Baccini system will be used to manufacture Motech Solar's new c-Si solar cell design.

From Applied Materials Inc 21 Oct 2009

Freeman Technology to Present Work on Low Friction Materials for Pharmaceutical Processing

In a poster presentation at the 2009 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition (8-12 November 2009; Los Angeles, USA), materials scientists from Freeman Technology will describe collaborative work with machinery manufacturer Harro Höfliger. The joint development project was established to address the challenges of specifying low-friction materials of construction for pharmaceutical powder processing plant.

From Freeman Technology 20 Oct 2009

Chemical Weapons Disposal Factory Starts Using Mercury Capture Equipment

Workers at the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF) today began using a new $33 million filtering system designed to safely capture mercury from furnace exhaust gas streams generated while processing mustard a...

20 Oct 2009

Unusual Metals Could Form the Basis of Cancer Treating Drugs

Drugs made using unusual metals could form an effective treatment against colon and ovarian cancer, including cancerous cells that have developed immunity to other drugs, according to research at the University of Warwick and the University of Leeds.

20 Oct 2009

Fischer-Tropsch Microchannel Reactor Wins Best Innovation Award

The Fischer-Tropsch (FT) microchannel reactor, developed by Velocys Inc, a subsidiary of the Oxford Catalysts Group, has been named as winner in the Best Innovation by an SME category of the 2009 ICIS Innovation awards. ...

20 Oct 2009

Test for Explosive Liquids that Takes Less then A Second

Since a failed terrorist attack in 2006, plane passengers have not been able to carry bottles of liquid through security at airports, leaving some parched at the airport and others having expensive toiletries confiscated...

20 Oct 2009

Air Products to Sell Polyurethane Pre-Polymers Business

Air Products (NYSE:APD) today signed an agreement to sell its polyurethane pre-polymers business, marketed under the Airthane and Versathane tradenames, to COIM USA Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of global polyurethane c...

From Air Products PLC 20 Oct 2009

Air Liquide Commissions Two Air Separation Units in Vietnam

With GDP expansion expected to reach nearly 5% in 2009, Vietnam enjoys a robust economic backdrop that favours industrial development. The industrial gas market in Vietnam supports traditional industrial sectors such as ...

20 Oct 2009

3M Unveils Latest Optical Film for LCD TVs

Building upon its portfolio of Vikuiti™ Optical Film solutions, 3M’s Optical Systems Division today unveiled its latest optical film solution for LCD TVs - the Vikuiti DBEF D3-260 - which is optimized for LCD TVs below 40-inches. Vikuiti Dual Brightness Enhancement Films (DBEF) offer substantial energy savings of up to 32%, without sacrificing performance or image quality.

From 3M 20 Oct 2009

Pharmafilter to Use Bioplastic to Manufacture Disposable Hospital Products

Pharmafilter BV, a bioenergy technology company based in Amsterdam, has selected Mirel bioplastics for a suite of disposable products for hospital use. Pharmafilter BV is currently commercializing its patented Pharmafilt...

20 Oct 2009

Automation Upgrade Returns Aerospace Gear Hobber to Reliable Production

Automation upgrade specialists MasterControls Inc. and Southern Technical Services have jointly retrofitted a Gleason 782 gear hobber with a new CNC control system from NUM. The machine is used by a large aerospace components manufacturer in Chihuahua, Mexico, to produce spur, helical and crown gears with complex profiles. Prior to the retrofit, the machine's control system had become increasingly unreliable, resulting in high maintenance overhead and unacceptable downtime.

20 Oct 2009