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Self-Assembling Designer Molecules That Mimic Nature Could Lead To Nano-Device Advances

Some are cylindrical, some look like a double sandwich and some are continuous three-dimensional cubic structures. All are generated by a class of designer macromolecules that could lead to improvements in solar-cell and...

13 Sep 2004

DuPont Making Progress with Protective Suits Resistant Chemical and Biological Agents

DuPont today announced promising research in the fight against terrorism with the development of protective materials that are resistant to chemical and biological agents. The suits are targeted for use by U.S. soldiers,...

13 Sep 2004

Goodyear to Slash 340 Jobs

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today announced that its Engineered Products and Chemical businesses are implementing rationalization programs to reduce costs in their operations. The company will record rationali...

13 Sep 2004

Betts appoints Nypro Inc. as its Strategic Manufacturing and Development Partner for Specialty Plastics Globally

Betts UK, part of the global Betts Group of specialist packaging companies, has announced the appointment of Nypro Inc. as its Strategic Manufacturing and Development Partner for its specialty plastics business globally....

13 Sep 2004

Composite Sleepers to be Used in Austrian Railway Bridge Renovation

Wood, one of the oldest materials known to man, is also one of the most fascinating. By the same token, however, this familiar material does have its limits in terms of its uses. For example, being a natural raw material...

13 Sep 2004

New Extrusion Press at Hydro’s Polish Plant Expected to Double Capacity

The Hydro Aluminium Chrzanow plant, established in 1996 with the installation of an 1,800 tonne extrusion press, has approximately 110 employees and serves the Polish market as well as the markets in the neighbouring cou...

13 Sep 2004

Kobe Steel Plan Expenditure to Increase Steelmaking Capacity and Efficiency

Kobe Steel, Ltd. plans to make major capital investments in its steelmaking facilities to increase its competitiveness in distinctive, value-added products. Plans call for the construction of a new continuous bloom ca...

From Kobe Steel 10 Sep 2004

Hydro Give Souith Korean Company Access to Building Technology

Sae-Han Engineering Co. Ltd in Seoul and Hydro Building Systems in Ulm, Germany, have signed a cooperation agreement that enables the South Korean company to have access to the technical know-how of Hydro's Wicona bu...

10 Sep 2004

Coating Improves Current Densities of Superconductors

University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory with a researcher from the University of Cambridge have demonstrated a simple and industrially scaleable method for improving the current dens...

10 Sep 2004

Timken to Sell Kilian Bearing Business to Genstar Capital

The Timken Company announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell Kilian Manufacturing Corporation and its affiliate, Kilian Canada ULC, to an affiliate of Genstar Capital, L.P., a private investment f...

From The Timken Co. 10 Sep 2004

Alcan to Expand Gove Alumina Plant in Australia

Alcan Inc. today announced its decision to proceed with an investment to expand and improve its Gove alumina refinery in the Northern Territory of Australia. The US$1.3 billion investment is earmarked to increase the ref...

10 Sep 2004

Landec in Joint Technology Programme for Intelligent Packaging for Bananas

Landec Corporation, a developer and marketer of technology-based polymer products for food, agricultural and licensed partner applications, and Chiquita Brands International, Inc. announced today that Landec's food s...

10 Sep 2004

Gerdau Ameristeel to Purchase Certain Steel Making Assets of Cargill for $266m

Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation today announced that its U.S. operating subsidiary, Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc., has entered into definitive agreements with Cargill, Incorporated and certain of its subsidiaries to purchase t...

10 Sep 2004

BASF Near Infrared Absorbing Polymers Open Up Laser Welding Opportunities

With the new near-infrared (NIR) absorbers Lumogen® IR 788 and Lumogen® IR 765, BASF has opened the door for its customers to a completely new range of applications in the area of laser welding of plastics. The p...

10 Sep 2004

Novamont to Buy Eastman’s Eastar Bio copolyester technology

Novamont S.p.A. and Eastman Chemical Company have announced the sale of Eastman’s Eastar Bio copolyester business and technology platform to Novamont, a producer of biodegradable materials. Terms of the sale were n...

9 Sep 2004