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Praxair To Supply China’s $4.3b CSPC Petrochemical Plant with Industrial Gases

Praxair, Inc. and CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Limited (CSPC) today signed an industrial gases supply contract for Praxair to supply CSPC with its oxygen and nitrogen requirements for its new $4.3-billion integ...

10 Aug 2004

Intelligent Glass That Blocks Heat Not Light

Soaring air conditioning bills or suffering in the sweltering heat could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to UCL chemists. Reporting in the Journal of Materials Chemistry, researchers reveal they have developed an...

10 Aug 2004

H2i Revolutionises Optoelectronic User-Machine Interfaces

H2i Technologies of France is to present its new, innovative user-machine interface at the Electronica show to be held in Munich in the autumn. This cutting-edge, patented optoelectronic technology re-invents data-entry ...

10 Aug 2004

Terra Industries Acquire Bankrupt Mississippi Chemical For Approximately $268m

Terra Industries Inc. and Mississippi Chemical Corporation today announced that the two companies have reached a definitive agreement under which Terra will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Mississippi Chemical f...

10 Aug 2004

World's Most Efficient (15.7%) Solar Modules to Go into Commercial Production

Kyocera Corporation has announced the successful development of a new multicrystal silicon solar module to be mass produced for the general market, offering the world’s best module conversion efficiency at 15.7%. P...

9 Aug 2004

Ceram CBT Helps Keep Building Innovation Smart At 100% Detail

Playing host to The Smarthouse on stand H32 at 100% Detail will give experts at CERAM Building Technology (CBT) the opportunity to underline their commitment to ensuring that specifiers and designers are presented with n...

9 Aug 2004

Singpu Chemicals Unveils Medium-Term Strategic Business Plan Involving US$216 Million in Investments

Singpu Chemicals Ltd., today unveiled a medium-term Strategic Business Plan, aimed at advancing an overall strategy geared to achieve increased growth and profitability. Under the business plan, the Group will invest...

9 Aug 2004

The American National Standards Institute Forms Nanotechnology Standards Panel

The American National Standards Institute announced today the formation of the Nanotechnology Standards Panel (ANSI-NSP), a new coordinating body for the development of standards in the area of nanotechnology. Nanotechno...

9 Aug 2004

International Steel Group To Expand Operations At Cleveland Works With Hot Dip Galvanizing Line

International Steel Group Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the expansion of its operations at the Cleveland Works. The Company will add an automotive-quality hot dip galvanizing line by conve...

9 Aug 2004

Sandia Devises Method for Improving Computer Memory, Catalysts, Ceramic/Metal Seals and Nanodevices

A method that creates smooth and strong interfaces between metals and metal oxides without high-temperature brazing has been patented by researchers at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National...

9 Aug 2004

Platinum Equity Completes Acquisition of Dystar from BASF, Bayer and Hoechst

The acquisition of the Frankfurt-based manufacturer of textile dyes DyStar by the international financial investor Platinum Equity, Los Angeles, California, was completed on August 5, 2004. The relevant antitrust authori...

6 Aug 2004

International Steel Group Approve Plans to Expand Clevelend Works

6 Aug 2004

PolyOne Completes Divestiture of Elastomers and Performance Additives Business

PolyOne Corporation announced today that it has completed the sale of its Elastomers and Performance Additives business to an entity formed by an investor group led by Lion Chemical Capital LLC and ACI Capital Co., Inc. ...

6 Aug 2004

Stealth Wallpaper Prevents Wi-Fi Signals Escaping without Blockling Mobile Phone Signals

A type of wallpaper that prevents Wi-Fi signals escaping from a building without blocking mobile phone signals has been developed by a British defence contractor. The technology is designed to stop outsiders gaining acce...

6 Aug 2004

Norway Makes Plans to Advance Materials and Nano technologies

A major foresight project on materials technology has been launched to put Norway's need for expertise in nano- and materials technology on the agenda. Norway hasn't had a general R&D strategy for material...

6 Aug 2004