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Bayer to Cut Another 4700 Jobs

Bayer have announced that they will reduce their global workforce by a further 4700 positions by 2005. This action has been taken to align production capacities and optimise its cost structures due to the current economi...

13 Sep 2002

Cyclics and Davy Process Tech. Partner to Build CBT Resin Plant

Cyclics Corp and Davy Process Technology are partnering to design and build Cyclics’ first commercial production facility for their range of CBT resins. The new facility will be located in Germany. Cyclics have ...

11 Sep 2002

Sandvik Bid for Outstanding Shares in Walter AG

In the (northern hemisphere) Autumn of 2001, Sandvik reached an agreement with the owners of Walter-AG to acquire the majority of shares in the company. Sandvik have now made a public offer to acquire all outstanding sha...

11 Sep 2002

Electrothermal Propeller De-Icing Technology from Goodrich

Goodrich has developed FASTprop™, an innovative electrothermal de-icing system for aircraft propellers. The patented system used pressure sensitive adhesives and is simple to install. The installation is easy an...

11 Sep 2002

UK Powder Processing Industry Receives Boost

The ability for UK manufacturing industry to compete in world markets received a major boost with the announcement on 5 September by Trade Secretary Patricia Hewitt of a new Faraday Partnership for Rapid Manufacturing th...

10 Sep 2002

BASF Another Step Closer to Building World's Largest PolyTHF Plant in China

BASF have just received a business licence from the Shanghai Administration for Industry and Commerce, a government agency. The licence allows them to establish BASF Chemicals Company Ltd (BACH). BACH intends to build...

10 Sep 2002

Icon Polymer Buys Contitech's BCD Business

Icon Polymer have just consolidated their position as a leader in the Brake Chamber Diaphragm (BCD) market by acquiring the BCD division of Contitech VC in Germany. In fact the acquisition will push Icon into the number ...

10 Sep 2002

Environmentally Friendly Fluoroaromatics Process from DuPont

Two senior scientists at DuPont have unveiled an environmentally friendly process for converting hydrocarbons to fluorocarbons , generating water as the only by-product. The process can be used to manufacture fluoroar...

9 Sep 2002

Russel Metals to Buy Metals USA Milwaukee Operation

Russell Metals today announced that they have agreed to purchase the assets of Metals USA Plates and Shapes Northcentral, located in Milwaukee, USA. The purchase price is approximately $8.3 million and the deal is expect...

6 Sep 2002

GreenMan Technologies to Manufacture Roof Shingles from Recycled Tyres

GreenMan Technologies have signed an agreement to become the sole producer of FlexShake™ roofing shingles. FlexShake was developed and patented by US Century of the USA. They are hail proof shingles stamped from the t...

6 Sep 2002

GE to Acquire Advanced Ceramics Corp

GE Specialty Materials has entered into an agreement to purchase Advanced Ceramics Corporation and Advanced Ceramics International Corporation. The deal is set to close later this year and terms were not disclosed. Ad...

6 Sep 2002

Boeing to Build Fuel Cell Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Boeing has been awarded the contract to design a fuel cell-based propulsion system for an ultra long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) by the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The first phase of...

6 Sep 2002

BP Supply Solar Cells to Power Largest Solar Installation in the UK

BP have just supplied 87,000 state-of-the-art photovoltaic cells for the new TXU-Europe building in Ipswitch, UK. They will constitute the main part of the 200kW project, which is the largest solar installation in the UK...

5 Sep 2002

Chinese Nanotechnology Centre Established by Veeco and Chinese Academy of Sciences

Veeco Instruments and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have established the China Nanotechnology Centre in Beijing, China. The facility will be staffed by local scientists who will have access to Veeco’s latest a...

4 Sep 2002

Record Revenues for Memry Corp in FY2002

Memry Corp, manufacturers of shape memory alloy products and devices recorded a record result for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002. Over the last fiscal year, total revenue grew by 10% to nearly $33million, while n...

4 Sep 2002

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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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The primary distinction between graphene-based batteries and solid-state batteries lies in the composition of either electrode. Although the cathode is commonly changed, carbon allotropes can also be employed in fabricating anodes.

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Bayer to Cut Another 4700 Jobs

Cyclics and Davy Process Tech. Partner to Build CBT Resin Plant

Sandvik Bid for Outstanding Shares in Walter AG

Electrothermal Propeller De-Icing Technology from Goodrich

UK Powder Processing Industry Receives Boost

BASF Another Step Closer to Building World's Largest PolyTHF Plant in China

Icon Polymer Buys Contitech's BCD Business

Environmentally Friendly Fluoroaromatics Process from DuPont

Russel Metals to Buy Metals USA Milwaukee Operation

GreenMan Technologies to Manufacture Roof Shingles from Recycled Tyres

GE to Acquire Advanced Ceramics Corp

Boeing to Build Fuel Cell Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

BP Supply Solar Cells to Power Largest Solar Installation in the UK

Chinese Nanotechnology Centre Established by Veeco and Chinese Academy of Sciences

Record Revenues for Memry Corp in FY2002

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

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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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