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Sustainable Way to Reduce Dependence on Petroleum

An in-depth study by Sandia National Laboratories and General Motors Corp. has found that plant and forestry waste and dedicated energy crops could sustainably replace nearly a third of gasoline use by the year 2030. ...

11 Feb 2009

Huntsman Cease Work on New Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate (MDI) Plant

Huntsman
Corporation today announced it has suspended work on design
and feasibility studies for its planned investment in a new methylene diphenyl
diisocyanate (MDI) plant at its site in Rozenburg, the Netherlands.

11 Feb 2009

Dow Corning Purchase Enough Wind Energy to Run Corprate Headquarters

Dow Corning
Corporation announced an agreement to purchase more than 14,000 megawatt
hours of wind generated renewable energy through Consumers Energy’s Green
Generation program, making Dow Corning one of the largest private purchasers
of renewable energy in the State of Michigan.

From Dow Corning 11 Feb 2009

Chemtura Strategizes to Weather Economic Storm

Chemtura Corp. (NYSE: CEM) today summarized recent strides to improve liquidity as well as its strategy to weather the current economic climate as a viable, strong competitor in the specialty chemicals marketplace. C...

11 Feb 2009

New Technique to Stabilise Materials that only Previously Existed at High Pressures

Scientists from the Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Materiales [Madrid Institute of Advanced Studies in Materials] (IMDEA Materiales) – in collaboration with a research group from CENIM, CSIC and ...

11 Feb 2009

Chinese New Year Limits Steel Flat Product Price Increses in the Short Term

Asian average flat products transaction values are expected to show only modest
increases during February. The slowdown in sales activity around the Lunar New
Year is likely to limit any potential price rises in the short term. However,
demand may begin to return once the holidays are over.

11 Feb 2009

Main Types of Fibers Reviewed Including Natural and Synthetic Fibers

The foundation of Identification of textile fibers is a review of the main types of textile fibres with specific chapters focusing on natural animal, synthetic and high performance fibres along with their structure characteristics and identification.

10 Feb 2009

Single Strand and Single Crystal Fiber Materials Now Available from READE

Quantities of single strand/single crystal fiber materials are now being manufactured
in the USA and commercially available from READE
Advanced Materials.

10 Feb 2009

All You Need to Know About Fatigue Failure of Textiles

Fatigue failure of textile fibres addresses key aspects of fatigue failure in textile fibres, from basic principles of fatigue and effects through to predicting potential failure. Different types of fatigue failure are explored with specific chapters on tensile, flex and torsional fatigue identifying different characteristics and testing methods.

10 Feb 2009

Norwegian Aluminium Plant Reduces to 50% Capacity in Response to Economic Downturn

Sør-Norge Aluminium AS (SØRAL), owned 49.9 percent by Hydro,
will reduce its aluminium production by another 25 percent, resulting in a total
reduction of 50 percent at the smelter at Husnes, Norway.

10 Feb 2009

Comprehensive Review of Structure, Properties and Applications of Polyolefin Fibres

Polyolefin fibres: Industrial and medical applications provides a comprehensive review of the structure, properties
and applications of this group of fibres. Methods to improve the functionality
of polyolefin fibres are assessed to further utilize these important polymers.

10 Feb 2009

Society of Plastics Engineers Now Offer Online Traning Courses

The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) has formed a partnership with A. Routsis
Associates, Inc. to provide interactive online training packages that industry
personnel can access at any time and from any place, SPE announced today.

10 Feb 2009

Jabil Launches Plastic Moulding Outsourcing Service for Medical Device Manufacturers

At MD&M West 2009, Jabil today announced the debut of its single-use device (SUD) business, which offers a superior option for outsourcing device design, manufacture and aftermarket services worldwide. Building on ov...

10 Feb 2009

Lexan Polycarbonate Helps in the Fight Against Breast Cancer

In the fight against breast cancer, women can perform self-examinations to note any changes in their breasts. Now new life-sciences company PWB Health Ltd. from Dumbarton, Scotland has introduced here at MD&M West, t...

From SABIC Innovative Plastics 10 Feb 2009

Extensive Data on Elastomers for Healthcare Applications from Teknor Apex

Now available from Teknor
Apex Company is a resource guide in an expandable ring binder with extensive
data on each of 33 Medalist™ high-purity elastomer compounds for healthcare
applications, the company's Thermoplastic Elastomer Division announced today.

From Teknor Apex 10 Feb 2009