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Memry Completes Acquisition of Putnam Plastics for $26m

Memry Corporation, the leading, independent manufacturer of high-value-added Nitinol components for the medical device industry, announced today that it has closed on the transaction to acquire substantially all of the a...

10 Nov 2004

Trelleborg Acquire Marine Construction Materials Business

Through its business area Trelleborg Engineered Systems, the Trelleborg Group has acquired the operations of US-based Ecoboard, which develops and manufactures primarily marine piling and deck constructions. Ecoboard...

9 Nov 2004

Successful Modernization Of The Hot Rolling Mill at North Star Bluescope Steel

SMS Demag AG, Germany, has completed the design, manufacture and supply of five hydraulic loopers for North Star BlueScope Steel, Delta, Ohio/USA. Just half a year following order placement, the first looper was installe...

9 Nov 2004

Nippon Steel and BHP Billiton to Explore a Strategic Alliance

Nippon Steel Corporation and BHP Billiton have reached a basic agreement to mutually explore the possibility on strategic alliance through (i) joint venture for development of new mines and expansion of existing iron ore...

9 Nov 2004

Basell to Acquire INEOS Silicas's High Pore-Volume Chromium Catalyst Business

INEOS Silicas Limited and Basell Polyolefine GmbH announced today that they have signed an agreement for the sale of INEOS Silicas's high pore-volume chromium catalyst business to Basell. Effective immediately, Ba...

9 Nov 2004

Study of Animals and Insects May Help Engineers Design Better Adhesives

Animals such as insects and lizards employ an impressive range of tools to achieve surface-scaling superpowers. The structures they use include everything from flat attachment pads, used by grasshoppers, to microscopic h...

9 Nov 2004

NexTech Materials Introduces NextCell an Advanced Electrolyte Supported Planar Cell for use in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

NexTech Materials, Ltd. is proud to announce the introduction of the NextCell. Advanced Electrolyte Supported Planar Cell for use in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) demonstrations, prototyping, research and benchmarking. Th...

9 Nov 2004

Solvay to Licence Vinyl Ester Technology to Singpu Chemicals

Solvay SA announces today that it has signed a license agreement to supply its vinyl chloride monomer technology to Singpu Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. for the construction of a new production unit in Taixing (Jiangsu P...

8 Nov 2004

Eleksen Develops a Textile that can be used to Make Sensors and Switches

The British company Eleksen has developed a technology that makes it possible to manufacture sensors and switches from textiles. This means that electronic components can be integrated into clothing or a teddy bear, repo...

8 Nov 2004

Philips Electronics and Lumileds Partner to Develop and Market LED Solutions for Automotive Applications

Royal Philips Electronics and Lumileds Lighting today announced a partnership to develop and market new modular LED lighting solutions for the automotive industry. This partnership is an extension of the existing relatio...

8 Nov 2004

Rhodia Unveil New Production Plant in China and New Engineering Plastics

A new production unit in Shanghai and several new product launches were among the new developments unveiled by Rhodia Polyamide at the recent K2004 international engineering plastics trade fair in Düsseldorf. Con...

8 Nov 2004

LED’s from Cree Achieve Highest Commercially Available Brightness in the Industry

Cree, Inc., a market leader in light emitting diode (LED) technology, today announced that its XLamp™ 7090 white LED product has achieved the highest commercially available brightness in the industry, offering 40-6...

8 Nov 2004

BP To Acquire Solvay’s Share of Their Joint Ventures

BP today announced that it has reached agreement with Solvay to acquire Solvay’s share of the BP Solvay joint ventures which were established in 2001. This marks the completion of an asset exchange deal announced i...

8 Nov 2004

North Star BlueScope Steel Enter into Long Term Sales Contract with Worthington Steel

BlueScope Steel today announced that its 50% owned subsidiary in the United States, North Star BlueScope Steel, has entered into a new long term sales contract with its largest existing customer Worthington Steel, a Wort...

8 Nov 2004

Hydro Completes Construction of Europe’s Largest and Most Modern Aluminium Plant

The completion of Hydro's new metal plant at Sunndal will be marked at the ceremony presided over by Norway's Crown Prince Haakon on Thursday afternoon. New Sunndal is Europe's largest and most modern alumini...

8 Nov 2004