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New Steel Drum Plant for China

Industrial packaging leaders Greif Bros have just opened a steel drum plant in Jiangsu, China. Jiangsu is located near the major port of Shanghai. The new plant is in addition to their Ningbo plant, which has been ope...

13 Mar 2003

Chaos at Corus

Since the reports yesterday that Corus was attempting to fast track the sale of its aluminium business to Pechiney there have been significant developments, both on this deal and relating to their carbon steel business. ...

12 Mar 2003

Concrete Additive Manufacturer Cleared in Bridge Collapse Case

Following the collapse of the pedestrian bridge over the Lowes Motor Speedway (USA) on May 29, 2000, the judge has dropped the case against Anti-Hydro International, a manufacturer of a concrete additive used in the brid...

12 Mar 2003

Corus Try to Fast Track Sale of Their Aluminium Business

Following a poor year in 2002 and an aborted merger with Brazilian steel maker CSN, Corus are trying to fast track the sale of their aluminium business to Pechiney. The sale which was announced back on October 24 has ...

11 Mar 2003

National/AK Steel Extend Deadline

In the ongoing battle to secure the assets of National Steel, AK Steel and National Steel have agreed to extend the deadline for AK Steel to finalise an agreement with the United Steelworkers of America (USWA). One of...

11 Mar 2003

Stelco to Close Pipe Plant

Stelco have announced that they will close Welland Pipe Ltd, their large diameter pipe mill in Ontario, Canada. The announcement follows on from the plant being idled on June 30, 2002 due to a lack of orders both curr...

10 Mar 2003

Plastic Tableware Bans in Taiwan

Following on from the ban on plastic tableware imposed on Taiwan’s government canteens and similar units last year, which continued on to the private sector last month, a new raft of problems has been identified. ...

10 Mar 2003

FDA Approve Ceramic on Ceramic Hip Implants

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have recently given their blessing to the first ceramic on ceramic hip implant. Hip implants or total hip replacements are used to replace hip joints in patients who have dise...

7 Mar 2003

Noranda to Build Electronics Recycling Facility in Canada

Noranda have just announced their intention to construct a state-of-the-art facility for recycling of electronic hardware. The proposed plant will be located in Brampton, Ontario in Canada and will result in $3 million w...

7 Mar 2003

DuPont Acquires Auto/Electrical Technology from Eastman

Dupont Engineering Polymers have acquired certain products of Eastman Chemical Company. The terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. The acquisition affects Eastman’s high performance crystalline plastics...

6 Mar 2003

Alcan to Acquire Baltek Corp

Alcan have entered into an agreement to acquire Baltek Corp for US$35 million. The proposal has been approved by the Baltek Board and Major shareholders. Alcan expects to close the deal some time in the second quarter...

6 Mar 2003

DuPont to Close Nylon Plant

Dupont have just signaled their intention to close their nylon resin compounding unit in Rozenburg, in the Netherlands. The closure will become effective some time in mid-2004 and will affect 80 employees. For more...

6 Mar 2003

Memry Sign Agreement with United States Surgical

Memry Corp, manufacturers of shape memory alloys have just signed a agreement with United States Surgical to manufacture and supply Nitinol-based specimen retrieval bags. The new agreement is an extension of a previous a...

5 Mar 2003

Bayer Sell JV and Close Another

Bayer and Degussa are to sell PolymerLatex, their 50:50 joint venture to Soros Private Equity Partners for 235 million Euros. PolymerLatex was founded in 1996 by Bayer and Degussa. It manufactures products in the pape...

5 Mar 2003

Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel in Bankruptcy Limbo

The bankrupt Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel had its $250 million package from the Federal Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board rejected last Friday. This loan had been seen as the companies saviour since it applied for bankru...

4 Mar 2003

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New Steel Drum Plant for China

Chaos at Corus

Concrete Additive Manufacturer Cleared in Bridge Collapse Case

Corus Try to Fast Track Sale of Their Aluminium Business

National/AK Steel Extend Deadline

Stelco to Close Pipe Plant

Plastic Tableware Bans in Taiwan

FDA Approve Ceramic on Ceramic Hip Implants

Noranda to Build Electronics Recycling Facility in Canada

DuPont Acquires Auto/Electrical Technology from Eastman

Alcan to Acquire Baltek Corp

DuPont to Close Nylon Plant

Memry Sign Agreement with United States Surgical

Bayer Sell JV and Close Another

Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel in Bankruptcy Limbo

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Insights into the Role of Benchtop NMR in Biofluid Analysis with Philippe Wilson

Particle Size Analysis: Focus on the Essentials with the New Camsizer S1

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