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New York Pass Legislation on Statewide Plastic Recycling Program

The American Chemistry Council today applauded New York Governor David Paterson's decision to sign legislation (A.11725/S.8643-A) that expands consumers' access to recycle plastic bags and product wraps statewide...

14 Dec 2008

Failure of Bailout Could Mean the End of Manufacturing in America

Congress¡¦s failure to pass a $14 billion emergency bailout proposal for the U.S. auto industry could mean the end of manufacturing in America, according to Dr. Kenneth Ragsdell, a professor of engineering m...

14 Dec 2008

STMicroelectronics and LG Announce Development of Improved Batteries for Hybrid Electric Vehicles

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), one of the world's leading semiconductor suppliers, and LG Chem, the largest Korean chemical company, have unveiled details of a new automotive battery pack that significantly extends the ...

11 Dec 2008

New Research Leads to Future of Specialty Plastics

Tomorrow's specialty plastics may be produced more precisely and cheaply thanks to the apparently tight merger of a theory by a University of Oregon chemist and years of unexplained data from real world experiments involving polymers in Europe.

11 Dec 2008

Air Liquide To Supply Australia with Oxy-Combution Solution for CO2 Reduction

Air Liquide has signed in Queensland, Australia, a contract to provide an Air Separation Unit (ASU) and a CO2 Cryogenic Purification Unit. Oxy-combustion is a promising solution for reducing CO2 emissions from heavy indu...

11 Dec 2008

Implementation of New Touch Sensitive Prosthetic Hands

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Lund University in Sweden have succeeded in inducing people with an amputated arm to experience a prosthetic rubber hand as belonging to their own body. The results can lead to the...

11 Dec 2008

New MIT Detector to Aid in Dark Matter Research

Several research projects are underway to try to detect particles that may make up the mysterious "dark matter" believed to dominate the universe's mass. But the existing detectors have a problem: They also...

11 Dec 2008

Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Use Online Particle Size Analyzers to Ensure Product Quality

A recent review of activity within the pharmaceutical industry has shown that
leading manufacturers are using Process Analytical Technology (PAT) tools such
as the Insitec online particle size analyzer from Malvern
Instruments, to implement Quality by Design (QbD).

11 Dec 2008

New Report Assesses Industrial Applications for Nanocoatings

Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Market Assessment on Nanocoatings" report to their offering. This new report provides an assessment of industrial applications for nanoscale coatings. Nanom...

11 Dec 2008

Thin Film Photovoltaics Market Estimated to be Worth $14 Billion by 2015

NanoMarkets, today announced it has released
an updated analysis of the thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV) markets. The firm
projects that after a few lean years in 2009 and 2010 for the TFPV business
higher growth rates will return in 2011. The firm’s new analysis and forecast
projects revenues of $4.6 billion in 2011 that will grow to just over $14 billion
in 2015.

11 Dec 2008

Economic Downturn Sees Wood and Paper Products Manufacturer Make Production Changes

UPM estimates that its deliveries will decrease more than anticipated in the coming few months. The company will be prepared for changing market situation with flexible operations and capacity management in different pro...

11 Dec 2008

Benefits and Methods for Using Wax Emulsions in Water-Based Coatings to be Presented at European Coatings Show

Mr. Luc Vanderstappen, European Business Manager at Michelman, will be making a presentation at the European Coatings Show being held in Nürnberg, Germany from March 31st through April 2nd, 2009. Mr. Vanderstappen&r...

From Michelman Inc 11 Dec 2008

Construction Companies to Reduce the Amount of Material Sent to Landfill by 2012

Leading companies across the construction supply chain have committed to collectively halve the amount of construction waste sent to landfill by 2012. Just a few weeks after the launch of The Construction Commitments: Ha...

11 Dec 2008

Sometimes the Best Christmas Presents Come in Small Packages

It’s holiday time again and everyone wants electronics, whether it’s
a new camera phone for Sis, the latest gaming device for Junior, or a sleek
laptop for Mom. But unlike the good old days, when the largest box triggered
the greatest anticipation, today’s most requested gifts come in petite
packages – with help from new high-tech plastics for the electronics industry
from engineering thermoplastics pioneer SABIC
Innovative Plastics.

11 Dec 2008

Hydro Aluminium Signs New Contract for Motor Housings

Hydro Aluminium
Profiler AB has signed a new contract with ABB Motors in Vasteras,
Sweden. It involves the continued delivery of motor housings for the company's
low-voltage DC industrial motors until the end of 2010.

11 Dec 2008