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Applied Materials to Buy Semiconductor Business from BOC Edwards

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced an agreement to purchase from BOC Edwards, Inc. certain assets of its Kachina semiconductor equipment parts cleaning and refurbishment business for an undisclosed sum. The acquisit...

29 Aug 2007

Reimelt Henschel Develop Synthetic Biodegradable Polymer for Packaging

Current environmental laws in Australia and New Zealand require that packaging films for consumer industries be made of biodegradable materials. In France as well, a corresponding law for the application of biodegradable...

29 Aug 2007

Producing Hydrogen Fuel on Demand

Researchers at Purdue University have further developed a technology that could represent a pollution-free energy source for a range of potential applications, from golf carts to submarines and cars to emergency portable...

28 Aug 2007

DOE Enable Sandia to Assess the Viability of Hydrogen Storage Materials

Sandia researchers have spent a good deal of time in recent years examining the viability of hydrogen storage materials through the Department of Energy (DOE) Metal Hydride Center of Excellence (which it leads), as well ...

28 Aug 2007

Trelleborg Look to Relocate Plastic Truck Component Production to Estonia

To ensure the future competitiveness of the Trelleborg Group’s business unit for molded components in Sweden, a decision has been taken to request negotiations with affected trade unions regarding discontinuation a...

28 Aug 2007

American Superconductor Receive Wind Farm Orders from the US and Scotland

American Superconductor Corporation, a leading energy technologies company, today announced that it has received two additional orders for its D-VAR(R) voltage control solution to meet power grid interconnection requirem...

28 Aug 2007

Detecting Lead in Paint on Toys With Handheld Scanner From Oxford Instruments

In recent weeks and months many toys have been recalled from the market due to the presence of lead in the paint applied to the toy. The recalls are primarily being carried out by the major toy manufacturers; however, th...

28 Aug 2007

DuPont Innovations in Sustainable Materials Provide Energy Savings for Beijing Olympics

In preparation for the athletes competing in Beijing next year, DuPont innovations play a critical role in the sustainable construction of the Beichen National Convention Center, which will be the hub of the internationa...

28 Aug 2007

Multi Million Dollar Australian Project to Probe Materials Structure

Multimillion dollar budgets and massive equipment make the recent commissioning of 42 eight-axis motion controllers with more than 200 motors and amplifiers from Motion Solutions Australia perhaps the country's bigge...

28 Aug 2007

Organic Polymer that for Storing Hydrogen Fuel

Cardiff scientists exploring the safe storage of hydrogen to power vehicles as an environmentally friendly alternative to petrol have made a promising new discovery. Having already developed an organic polymer cap...

28 Aug 2007

Rio Tinto Seek Shareholder Approval fopr Alcan Take Over

Rio Tinto announces that Extraordinary General Meetings of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited are being convened for the purpose of approving the offer by a subsidiary of Rio Tinto plc for Alcan. Approval of the offer b...

28 Aug 2007

EPA Working on Regulatory Determination on Waste from the Combustion of Fossil Fuels

EPA is seeking public comment on additional information on the disposal of coal combustion waste. In May 2000, EPA issued a Regulatory Determination on Waste from the Combustion of Fossil Fuels. Since EPA issued the dete...

28 Aug 2007

Bayer to Pursue Polycarbonate Automotive Glazing Alone and Abandon EXATEC JV

Bayer MaterialScience is to transfer its shares in EXATEC to GE Plastics. This transaction will be completed subject to the approval of the relevant antitrust authorities. No statement will be made concerning the financi...

28 Aug 2007

Wood-Plastic Composite Used for Pavillion Construction

The Artek Pavilion designed by Shigeru Ban, first presented in Milan International Furniture Fair in spring 2007, has now been reconstructed in Helsinki. The Pavilion, which opens for visitors on the Night of the Arts...

28 Aug 2007

AIXTRON Sell Thin Film Deposition System to Flexible Display Manufacturer

Plastic Logic Ltd., based in Cambridge, UK, has purchased an AIXTRON Gen 3.5 deposition tool for thin film deposition of the key organic dielectric layer used in their manufacturing process for flexible organic TFT backp...

28 Aug 2007