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Tegal to Supply Advanced Etch Tool for RRAM Development

Tegal Corporation today announced that a US-based technology company has placed an order for 6540 advanced etch system for the development of RRAM (Resistive Random Access Memory) devices incorporating certain unique new...

22 Dec 2005

Rexam Secures Long Term Aluminium Can Supply Deal with Red Bull

Rexam, the global consumer packaging group and the world's leading beverage can maker, is pleased to announce that it has secured a long-term extension of its contract to supply beverage cans to Red Bull, the world&#...

22 Dec 2005

Huntsman Completes Acquisition of Outstanding Shares in Huntsman Advanced Materials

Huntsman Corporation announced today that it has completed its acquisition of the minority interests held by affiliates of SISU Capital Limited and other third parties representing approximately 9.7% of the equity in its...

22 Dec 2005

Degussa to Become Wholly Owned by RAG Aktiengesellschaft

RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen, Germany (RAG), which holds a 50.1 percent interest in Degussa AG (Degussa) through its wholly owned subsidiary RAG Projektgesellschaft mbH (RPG), announced today that it intends to acquire ...

22 Dec 2005

Corning Receives Certificates to Start Shipping LCD Substrates from Taichung Facility

Corning Incorporated announced today that it has received the necessary government certificates to begin shipping active matrix liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrates from its Taichung manufacturing facility. The ...

22 Dec 2005

Hydro Buys Czech Fabricated Aluminium Products Company

Hydro has agreed to acquire the business of Alulift, a Czech company offering aluminium fabricated products to the Czech and eastern European markets. Alulift adds value to aluminium extrusions through mechanical fabr...

22 Dec 2005

European Steel Prices Remain Virtually Unchanged from the Previous Quarter

European steel buyers remain very much in the driving seat when it comes to negotiating prices for new orders of flat rolled products. Mills are not able to enforce the price increases of €20-30 per tonne that some ...

22 Dec 2005

New Textile Reinforced Concrete for Structural Reinforcement of Buildings

Scientists at the Technische Universität Dresden/Germany have been developing an innovative composite material – “textile reinforced concrete“ – which is to serve for the structural reinforce...

22 Dec 2005

Rosti to Build New Factory in China

The Board of Rosti A/S has approved a capital investment request for acquiring land and erecting a new 10,000 square metre (100,000 square feet) factory in Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. Due to new o...

22 Dec 2005

Trelleborg to Become Market Leader in Polymer Systems for Offshore Applications through CRP Group Acquisition

Through its Engineered Systems business area, Trelleborg has entered into an agreement to acquire the CRP Group, an engineering company with annual sales of slightly more than SEK 1,000 M and 500 employees, primarily in ...

22 Dec 2005

Linde to Purchase Specialty Gases Company Spectra Gases

The technology group Linde has agreed to purchase the American specialty gases company Spectra Gases, Inc. from the founding family Alvin and Andy Dietz. The contractual parties have agreed to maintain silence about the ...

22 Dec 2005

Highest Efficient Organic Light Emitting Light Sources on Low Cost Substrates

Light-emitting Diodes based on organic semiconductors (OLEDs) have many features, which show great promise for flat-panel display applications and lighting applications. Based on the very high efficiency of the diodes (e...

22 Dec 2005

Alcan to Invest $129m in Expansion of Brazillian Alumina Refinery

Alcan Inc. announced today that it will proceed with an investment of approximately US$129 million for its participation in the 2.1 million metric tonne per year (Mtpy) expansion of the Alumar consortium alumina refinery...

22 Dec 2005

HeidelbergCement Acquires Ukranian Cement Producer

HeidelbergCement acquired the Ukrainian cement producer Doncement via its Dutch subsidiary CBR Portland BV. The acquisition is still subject to the approval of the antimonopoly authorities. The wet process cement pla...

22 Dec 2005

Nitto Denko and 3m Develop Ultrathin Polarizing Film for LCD Displays

Nitto Denko and 3M announced today that they have jointly developed a new high-durability, ultrathin liquid crystal display (LCD) polarizing film that is approximately half the thickness of existing products and provides...

21 Dec 2005