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Toho Technology Buys Flat Panel Display Business from Nanometrics

Nanometrics, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced integrated and standalone metrology equipment for the semiconductor industry, today announced the completion of the sale of its Flat Panel Display (FPD) business unit to ...

21 Dec 2005

Downloadable Application Notes on Powdercoating and Pharmaceuticals Available from Malvern

With the inclusion of new application notes relating to the powder coatings and pharmaceutical industries, Malvern Instruments has further broadened the appeal and usefulness of the Mastersizer 2000 section of the compan...

21 Dec 2005

Applied Films Presents Sputtering Solution for Flexible Copper Clad Laminates

Applied Films presents its manufacturing solution for Flexible Copper Clad Laminates at the InterNepcon show 2006, January 18 - 20, 2006, in Tokyo. The company showcases a cost effective sputter deposition machine for th...

21 Dec 2005

Shell to Sell Share in French Ethylene Cracker to Basell

Shell Chemicals companies and Basell today signed agreements for the sale of Shell Petrochimie Mediterranee’s (SPM) 50% share in Société du Craqueur de l’Aubette (SCA) to Basell. SCA owns the et...

21 Dec 2005

Basell Technology Chosen for New Saudi Polyethylene Plants

Project Management and Development Company Ltd. (PMD) has selected Basell technologies for two new polyethylene plants it intends to build in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Hostalen technology will be used in a high densit...

21 Dec 2005

Mitsubishi Chemical Make OLED Breakthrough which will Influence Next Generation Flat Panel TV's

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and Mitsubishi Chemical Group Science and Technology Research Center, Inc. today announced that both companies have developed an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) device with the highest...

21 Dec 2005

BHP Billiton Approve Expansion Project for Brazillian Alumina Plant

BHP Billiton today announced approval of the Alumar Alumina Refinery expansion project in Brazil. The project will increase annual alumina production capacity by 2 million tonnes to 3.5 million tonnes per annum (100% bas...

19 Dec 2005

Technology to Apply Plant-Based Resin Paint Made from Corn

For the first time in the world, Sharp Corporation and Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. have developed technology for painting the plastic parts of consumer electronics with plant-based resin paint made from corn. Since 2004, S...

19 Dec 2005

Sasol Plans Second Methyl Isobutylketone (MiBK) Plant

Sasol has announced the commencement of the front-end engineering and design phase for construction of a second Methyl Isobutylketone (MiBK) production plant with a capacity of 30 000 tons per annum at Sasolburg, South A...

19 Dec 2005

RTP Company Opens Manufacturing Facility in China

On December 8, 2005 RTP Company celebrated the grand opening of its first manufacturing plant in China. Located in Suzhou Industrial Park, RTP Company (Suzhou) Ltd is a fully owned subsidiary of RTP Company, a worldwide ...

19 Dec 2005

Philips to Place Semiconductor Business in a Separate Legal Structure

Royal Philips Electronics has announced it will start the process to create a separate legal structure for its Semiconductors business, giving Philips flexibility to pursue strategic options for further strengthening the...

19 Dec 2005

New, Thin PolyFuel Membrane Boosts DMFC Fuel Cell Peak Performance by 33%

PolyFuel, Inc. has announced a new, thinner fuel cell membrane that delivers the highest power levels ever demonstrated for passive direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). The new hydrocarbon DMFC membrane, with a thickness ...

19 Dec 2005

NASA Seeking Innovative Ideas

The NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts is seeking revolutionary ideas to advance the Vision for Space Exploration. Interested parties from outside the agency are invited to submit 2006 Phase 1 proposals by February 13,...

19 Dec 2005

Ferroelectric Films: Cheaper, Smaller and Less Energy Requiring Components for Laptops and Mobile Phones

Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, has together with five European partners started a three year project, Nanostar, for mastering of nanostructured multifunctional ferroelectric films for low cost m...

19 Dec 2005

Innovene Becomes Part of INEOS Group

Following clearance by the Federal Trade Commission and the European Commission, INEOS has successfully completed the purchase of Innovene, BP’s olefins, derivatives and refining subsidiary. The acquisition creates...

19 Dec 2005