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PolymersNet and Cyclics Commercialize High Flow Polycarbonate Blend

PolymersNet Co. Ltd. and Cyclics Corporation have announced the first commercial application of CBT® resin modified polycarbonate (PC). CBT resin has been demonstrated as an additive to improve the molding properties...

31 Jan 2006

3M Introduces Tegaderm Ag Mesh Dressing with Silver

3M has announced the launch of 3M Tegaderm Ag Mesh Dressing with Silver, a new wound care product with fast-acting, long-lasting antimicrobial barrier effectiveness against a wide range of microbes, including antibiotic-...

31 Jan 2006

Boeing Selects Goodrich Wheels and Carbon Brakes for 737s

Boeing has selected Goodrich Corporation to supply wheels and carbon brakes for the Boeing Next-Generation 737 airplane fleet. Goodrich currently provides the wheels and steel brakes for all Next-Generation 737s. Goo...

31 Jan 2006

International Isotopes Announces High Purity Germanium Tetrafluoride Production

International Isotopes Inc. has announced the successful start of high purity germanium tetrafluoride gas production operations. INIS successfully produced germanium tetrafluoride (GeF4) at their newly completed state-of...

31 Jan 2006

Goodyear Acquires South Pacific Tyres

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Ansell Limited's interest in their South Pacific Tyres (SPT) joint ventures. Goodyear now owns 100 percent of SPT, the...

31 Jan 2006

Huntsman, BASF and Chinese Companies Consider Construction of New MDI Plant in China

Huntsman Corporation, BASF and a group of Chinese companies -- Shanghai Hua Yi, Sinopec Shanghai Gao Qiao Petrochemical Corporation and Shanghai Chloro-Alkali Chemical Co. Ltd -- are considering the construction of a new...

31 Jan 2006

India Forecasted to Surpass Japan as the World's Third Largest Economy in 2006

After significant accelerations in economic growth recently, India's economy is expected to equal or surpass Japan as the world's third largest sometime in 2006. According to Dr. William T. Wilson, Chief Economis...

31 Jan 2006

Composite Technology Lands Chinese Conductor Order

Composite Technology Corporation has announced the placing of an order for 60 kilometers of its proprietary ACCC (Aluminum Conductor Composite Core) conductor and certain related hardware by one of China's leading ca...

31 Jan 2006

Researchers Discover How Atoms are Arranged in Metallic Glass

Using state-of-the-art lab techniques and powerful computer simulations, Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered how atoms pack themselves in unusual materials known as metallic glasses. Their findings should help scie...

31 Jan 2006

Creation of Unique Silver Atom

Working with an international team of scientists, a Florida State University physics professor has taken part in an experiment that resulted in the creation of a silver atom with exotic properties never before observed. ...

31 Jan 2006

AXT Introduce Full Range of Raw Materials

AXT, Inc., a leading manufacturer of compound semiconductor substrates, today formally introduced its raw material product offering that includes: 4N, 6N, and 7N Gallium, B2O3 (Boric Oxide), Germanium, Arsenic, pBN (pyro...

27 Jan 2006

Veeco Look to Maximise Growth in Data Storage and HB-LED Industries

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that it has formed a Process Equipment Group to maximize growth opportunities in the data storage and HB-LED industries. Edward H. Braun, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of...

27 Jan 2006

INTRINSIC Semiconductor Licenses Key Polishing Process for Silicon Carbide (SiC) Wafers

INTRINSIC Semiconductor, a privately held manufacturer of wide bandgap materials and devices, has signed a license agreement for an advanced chemical mechanical polishing (ACMP) process created at the Penn State Electro-...

25 Jan 2006

Hyundai Corporation Wins $300-Million Chinese Shipbuilding Contract

Hyundai Corporation has managed to successfully win shipbuilding contracts worth $300 million through its joint shipbuilding venture in China. The company announced that an additional deal concerning 9 units of 5,500-...

25 Jan 2006

Huntsman Invests In European Surfactants Business

Huntsman Performance Products, a business division of Huntsman Corporation, has held the official opening ceremony of its production plant to enhance its sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS) Dried Products business. Huntsman ...

25 Jan 2006