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BASF Sharpens Focus on Customer Industries

BASF
is taking steps to optimize its structures in order to sharpen the company’s
focus on its customer industries. At the same time, BASF is laying the foundation
for the rapid and efficient integration of Ciba’s businesses.

4 Feb 2009

First Book Dedicated ot the Modelling of Titanium Published by Woodhead

New applications are crucial for the advancement of the aerospace, automotive,
sports and medical sectors. Vital research is being carried for future developments
and titanium represents an area in which significant investment has been made.

4 Feb 2009

Hydro Promote Aluminium as a Building Material in Milan

Hydro
is spending four days in Milano with thousands of building industry professionals,
to highlight our strong position as a provider of aluminium solutions and as
an integral partner in the creation of excellent places and spaces.

4 Feb 2009

BASF Styrene Butadiene Copolymer Finds First Serial Production Application

Styrolux HS 70, an innovation showcased at the K 2007 plastics trade
fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, has now gone into one of its first serial
productions in Europe, namely, at AXIAL, an Italian film manufacturer.

4 Feb 2009

ARPRO Seat Cores Reduce CO2 Emissions by 12 Times over the Alternative

ARPRO has achieved excellent
environmental results in an independent life cycle assessment. The assessment
calculates a comparative CO₂ (global warming potential) figure for the production
of an ARPRO seat core, and results show that ARPRO delivers an environmental
benefit twelve times that of its impact.

4 Feb 2009

HeidelbergCement Leads Industry with Promotion of Biodiversity

As the first company in the industry, HeidelbergCement today publishes its Group guideline for the promotion of biodiversity at mineral extraction sites. Its purpose is to allow uniform measures for subsequent use of sit...

4 Feb 2009

Organisation Specialising in Health and Safety of Nanomaterials Gets New Director of Operations

SAFENANO, the UK's premier resource on nanotechnology hazard and risk, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Steve Hankin as its new Director of Operations. Dr Hankin, who has been a Senior Consultant at t...

4 Feb 2009

SABIC Provides Colorful Sustainable Solutions for Plastics Manufacturers

Today’s product designs include an increasing focus on environmental responsibility, together with aesthetics, form and function. For its newest and most exciting Expression palette of colors, textures and effects ...

From SABIC Innovative Plastics 4 Feb 2009

Invention of Novel Nanoparticles of Structures Lipids Wins Award

Yissum Ltd., the Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, today announced that Professor Nissim Garti from the Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry at the Hebrew Univers...

4 Feb 2009

Arburg to Present Impressive Line Up for Plastics Manufacturers at Plast 2009

At the Plast 2009, which will take place from 24 to 28 March in Milan, Arburg
will present an impressive cross-section of its current product range with groundbreaking
applications.

From Arburg GmbH 4 Feb 2009

Nanoanalytic Instrument Manufacturer Wins Prism Award for Photonics Innovation

JPK Instruments, a world leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, has won the international Prism Award for Photonics Innovation in the USA. The Berlin-based com...

4 Feb 2009

New Report Discusses Magnetic Nanomaterials, Nanosensors and Nanosystems

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Nanomedicine: Design and Applications of Magnetic Nanomaterials, Nanosensors and Nanosystems" to their offering. ...

4 Feb 2009

EDXRF System Designed Specifically for the Building Materials Industry

The MiniPal 4 Cement energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometer
from PANalytical
(Almelo, The Netherlands) is designed specifically to address the analysis requirements
of the building materials industry.

4 Feb 2009

Admet Introduces New Generation Gauge Buster Digital Indicator

ADMET is introducing a new generation
digital indicator here at the World of Concrete Expo in booth # N2162. Called
Gauge Buster 2 Digital Indicator, it updates and replaces the company's
well-respected Gauge Buster product line.

From Admet, Inc. - Materials Testing Equipment 3 Feb 2009

New High Precision Heating Stages for Linkham Microscopes

Linkam
has been manufacturing world-leading temperature controlled microscopy products
for over 25 years. At the 2009 Pittsburgh Conference in Chicago, the company
will announce an exciting new temperature programmer and its new approach for
users to upgrade their existing systems.

From Linkam Scientific Instruments 3 Feb 2009