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BP To Divest Specialty Mining Chemicals Company

BP have announced that they have agreed to terms with Close Brothers Private Equity, to sell Fosroc Mining for £32 million in cash and assumed debt. The deal is expected to be completed during the first quarter of ...

31 Jan 2003

LG Chem and Honam Petrochem Most Likely to Acquire Troubled Hyundai Petrochem

A consortium involving LG Chem and Honan Petrochemicals Corp have emerged as the most likely to acquire troubled Hyundai Petrochem who have been looking for a buyer since early last year. The consortium was selected a...

30 Jan 2003

President Bush Commits $1.2Billion to Hydrogen Fuel Cell Development

In President Bush’s state of the nation address on Tuesday night, he announced the establishment of the FreedomFUEL initiative, designed to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil. He has pledged $1.2 b...

30 Jan 2003

Noranda Plan Temporary Shutdown of Magnesium Plant

Noranda have announced plans to rationalise their magnesium business in response to changes that have taken place in the magnesium market. The proposed changes are expected to improve cash flow by about $100million. N...

29 Jan 2003

DSM and CNI Form Alliance to Develop Buckytube Enhanced Materials

DSM and Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. have agreed to form an alliance with the purpose of developing high performance materials using single-walled carbon nanotubes. Single-walled carbon nanotubes are also known as buc...

29 Jan 2003

Mitsubishi Chemical and BASF Restructure Joint Ventures

Mitsubishi Chemical have agreed to transfer their share of BASF Dispersions, (a the joint venture between Mitsubishi Chemical and BASF) to BASF Japan. The two companies have also agreed that BASF will transfer their s...

28 Jan 2003

Dow Chemicals to Close Italian PET Plant

Dow Chemicals have decided to close their 60,000 mtpy polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant in Matera, Italy. The decision was taken due to poor economic conditions. This plant was also viewed as being less efficient...

From Dow Chemicals 28 Jan 2003

Engelhard and Nippon Sheet Glass Join Forced to Develop New Pigments

Engelhard Corp and Nippon Sheet Glass have formed an alliance to develop and market new special effect pigments for manufacturers of coatings, plastics, inks and cosmetics. The two companies are developing a new metal...

28 Jan 2003

AK Steel Make $1.025Billion Bid for National Steel

AK Steel have just made an offer to acquire the finishing and steel manufacturing assets of National Steel Corporation for $1.025 billion. National Steel have been operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection sinc...

24 Jan 2003

3M Complete Acquisition of Solvay Fluoropolymers

3M have just completed the acquisition of the Solvay subsidiary Solvay Fluoropolymers Inc, via their subsidiary Dyneon. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The purchase includes a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVD...

24 Jan 2003

AMSC Receive Grant to Develop 2nd Generation Superconductor Wire

American Superconductor has announced that they have just been awarded a $750,000, 2 year grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to develop second generation high temperature superconductor wire for use in mor...

23 Jan 2003

C2C and Halliburton to Commercialise Zeolite Cement System

Under a new agreement between C2C Zeolite Corp. and Halliburton, the pair will commercialise a new zeolite cementing system suited to well cementing applications. The new system is said to combine lightweight and high...

23 Jan 2003

Hitco Receive Another Order for Carbon Composite Tailcones from Boeing

Hitco Carbon Composites, a subsidiary of SGL Carbon has just received an order for a further 60 composite tailcone structures for the US Armed forces. This order is in addition to the 124 units already ordered by Boeing,...

23 Jan 2003

Australian Magnesium Form Another Automotive Alliance

Australian Magnesium Corp have signed a memorandum of understanding to work with Johnson Controls, one of the world largest leading suppliers of automotive systems. Under the terms of the agreement the pair will work ...

22 Jan 2003

Textron Sell Share in Automotive Interiors Joint Venture

Collins Aikman have just purchased Textron Systems 50% share in their Italian joint venture for $15 million. The joint venture was set up to manufacture interior and exterior automotive trim components. The purchas...

22 Jan 2003

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

The global semiconductor market has entered an exciting period. Demand for chip technology is both driving the industry as well as hindering it, with current chip shortages predicted to last for some time. Current trends will likely shape the future of the industry, which is set to continue to show

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BP To Divest Specialty Mining Chemicals Company

LG Chem and Honam Petrochem Most Likely to Acquire Troubled Hyundai Petrochem

President Bush Commits $1.2Billion to Hydrogen Fuel Cell Development

Noranda Plan Temporary Shutdown of Magnesium Plant

DSM and CNI Form Alliance to Develop Buckytube Enhanced Materials

Mitsubishi Chemical and BASF Restructure Joint Ventures

Dow Chemicals to Close Italian PET Plant

Engelhard and Nippon Sheet Glass Join Forced to Develop New Pigments

AK Steel Make $1.025Billion Bid for National Steel

3M Complete Acquisition of Solvay Fluoropolymers

AMSC Receive Grant to Develop 2nd Generation Superconductor Wire

C2C and Halliburton to Commercialise Zeolite Cement System

Hitco Receive Another Order for Carbon Composite Tailcones from Boeing

Australian Magnesium Form Another Automotive Alliance

Textron Sell Share in Automotive Interiors Joint Venture

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

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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

The Inaugural STEM Marketing Awards – An Interview with Alexandra Balazs, Managing Director at Prolific North

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