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Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. Announces the Allowance of a U.S. Patent for Contacting Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes With Catalytic Metal

Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc (CNI) announced today the allowance of a U.S. Patent for contacting single-wall carbon nanotubes with catalytic metal and then activating the catalyst. The technology provides CNI with import...

27 Jul 2004

Boulder Steel Selects Queensland Site Over Hunter Valley for New Steel Plant

The directors of Boulder Steel Ltd are pleased to announce that a decision has been made to relocate the Boulder Specialty Steel Plant to Ipswich Queensland in the Swanbank Enterprise Park which is close to the capital c...

27 Jul 2004

Cabot Supermetals Extends Tantalum Supply Contract with Epcos to 2009

Cabot Supermetals, a division of Cabot Corporation, announced today that it has reached an agreement with EPCOS AG, (Munich, Germany), to amend its current contract for the supply of capacitor grade tantalum powders, and...

27 Jul 2004

British Vita Acquires Outstanding Shares in Vitafoam Products

British Vita PLC is pleased to announce that it has acquired the outstanding 50% shareholding of its associated Canadian group of companies, Vitafoam Products Canada Limited, Engineered Foam Products Limited and subsidia...

27 Jul 2004

Johnson Matthey Sell Pigments and Dispersions Business

Johnson Matthey announces that it has agreed to sell its Pigments & Dispersions business to a subsidiary of Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., a leading specialty chemicals and advanced materials company, for £2...

From Johnson Matthey, Inc. 27 Jul 2004

New World Record Magnet For Chemical And Biomedical Research

The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, funded by the National Science Foundation and the State of Florida, has achieved another world record in magnet development with the successful testing of its 21.1 Tesla, supe...

27 Jul 2004

LED Omni-Directional Reflector Could Brighten LEDs Enough To Replace Conventional Light Bulb

A research team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has created a new type of reflector that has dramatically improved LED (light-emitting diodes) luminance. The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded the res...

26 Jul 2004

Understanding How A Titanium Compound Assists Hydrogen Storage

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and the New Jersey Institute of Technology have taken steps toward understanding how a titanium compound reacts with a hydrogen-storage m...

26 Jul 2004

Parker Instrumentation Produce Video to Demonstrate Benefits of Medium Pressure Tube Fittings

A new video from Parker Instrumentation graphically illustrates the enormous labour savings made possible by ground-breaking medium pressure tube fitting technology. Titled 'Just two minutes of your time', the...

26 Jul 2004

Steel Dynamics to Build New Plant in Florida

Steel Dynamics, Inc. announced that New Millennium Building Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary, has selected Lake City, Florida, as the site for construction of a new steel fabrication facility. The company expects ...

26 Jul 2004

High Precision Etching Process Allows Production of High Resolution PCBs

With ever increasing demands for greater miniaturisation and the use of flexible circuitry the need for improved fabrication methods for high resolution printed circuit boards is becoming more important. By precise contr...

26 Jul 2004

Samsung Commence Expansion Project At Austin Site Including Nano-Scale Capabilities

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced semiconductor memory technology, today broke ground on the second stage of the expansion of its Austin memory chip fabrication plant. The 34,000 square foot ...

26 Jul 2004

Akron Global Polymer Academy Awarded Grant to Promote Science and Technology

Researchers at The University of Akron will promote Ohio science and technology standards to middle-school teachers and administrators through a grant from the Ohio Board of Regents' Improving Teacher Quality Profess...

26 Jul 2004

Bayer Introduce New High-Performance Liquifier For The Formulation Of Calcium Sulfate Self-Levelling Screeds

The new flow promoter Anhyplan® P extends the range of products from Bayer Chemicals AG, Leverkusen, Germany; as a result of the restructuring of the Bayer Group, this subgroup will soon be part of LANXESS, the newly...

23 Jul 2004

Sybron Dental Acquire Synthetic Bone Regeneration Product Line from Bioplant

Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc., a leading manufacturer of value-added products for the dental and orthodontic professions and products for use in infection prevention, announced today that its subsidiary Kerr Corporatio...

23 Jul 2004