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ExxonMobil Announce Major Expansion to Halobutyl Manufacturing Plant

ExxonMobil Chemical today announced a major expansion of halobutyl manufacturing at its plant in Baytown, Texas. The U.S. facility will increase capacity to produce Exxon™ Bromobutyl rubber by 60 percent by modifyi...

9 Nov 2006

High Sensitivity Portable System for Explosives Detection

Terrorism poses an increasingly dangerous and difficult threat to governments and citizens around the world. Keeping airports and public areas secure and disrupting passenger travel as little as possible is a priority fo...

9 Nov 2006

US Demand for Degradable Plastics to Exceed 500 Million Pounds in 2010

Demand for degradable plastic in the U.S. is forecast to expand nearly 17 percent yearly to 500 million pounds in 2010, valued at $610 million. Average prices will continue to decline as a result of higher capacity and g...

9 Nov 2006

Memry Corp Secures Worldwide Licence for Biocompatible Coating for Nitinol Stents

Memry Corporation. announced today that it has secured the exclusive worldwide license to an innovative biocompatible coating technology with potential drug-eluting capabilities for use on Nitinol stents. The technol...

9 Nov 2006

Rapra Technology Announces World Class Speaker Panel for Third Annual High Performance Fillers Conference

Rapra Technology is organising its third international conference on High Performance Fillers, taking place at the Radisson Hotel in Hamburg from 14-15 March 2007. Building on the success of previous year’s events,...

From Smithers Rapra Technology Ltd 7 Nov 2006

Scientists Compare the Rheology of Native Spider and Silkworm Spinning Dope

Oxford researchers have discovered that spiders and silkworms spin their fibres using methods that are not all that different from commercial spinning. Professor Fritz Vollrath and colleagues, in the Silk Research Gro...

7 Nov 2006

India Wants to Maintain a Liberal Scrap Import Regime

The new import registration scheme developed by India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) was not intended to diminish the flow of scrap into the country or to deter bona fide exporters, delegates to the ...

7 Nov 2006

Plastics Recycling Sector Over-Regulated

In his first meeting as Chairman of the BIR Plastics Round-Table, Surendra Borad of Belgium-based Gemini Corporation NV lamented “the imposition of multiple rules and regulations on recyclable plastics” in Eu...

7 Nov 2006

GE Plastics Open Korean Technology Center

GE Plastics today announced the official opening of its new Korea Technology Center (KTC) in Sungnam City, Kyunggi Province to provide Korean and Asia Pacific customers with state-of-the-art application development capab...

6 Nov 2006

Resilience Partners Purchase Specialty Chem

A Cleveland private equity firm has completed the acquisition of SpecialtyChem Products Corp., a custom manufacturer of specialty and fine chemicals in Marinette. Resilience Capital Partners acquired SpecialtyChem, w...

6 Nov 2006

Editorial Highlights

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

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

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.

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

In recent years, the IoT is rapidly being introduced into almost all sectors, but it has particular importance in the EV industry.

Plastics and Polymers News

ExxonMobil Announce Major Expansion to Halobutyl Manufacturing Plant

High Sensitivity Portable System for Explosives Detection

US Demand for Degradable Plastics to Exceed 500 Million Pounds in 2010

Memry Corp Secures Worldwide Licence for Biocompatible Coating for Nitinol Stents

Rapra Technology Announces World Class Speaker Panel for Third Annual High Performance Fillers Conference

Scientists Compare the Rheology of Native Spider and Silkworm Spinning Dope

India Wants to Maintain a Liberal Scrap Import Regime

Plastics Recycling Sector Over-Regulated

GE Plastics Open Korean Technology Center

Resilience Partners Purchase Specialty Chem

How IKK Uses Extruders in Polymer Recycling Opportunities

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

High-Resolution Industrial X-Ray CT Scanner

The TABER V-5 Stiffness Tester

The PinAAcle 900 Spectrometer Series: Cutting-Edge Precision for Atomic Absorption

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Exploring the Changing Microstructure of Lithium Metal During Cell Battery Cycling

How to Determine Hexavalent Chromium

Reproducing Test Conditions for PVC Mixer Tests

New Imaging Method for Particle Monitoring in Electronics Manufacturing

Editorial Highlights

The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

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

Plastics and Polymers News

How IKK Uses Extruders in Polymer Recycling Opportunities

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

1Element Six Wins U.S. Department of Defense UWBGS Program

2Introducing the Quantum Diamond Microscope from Quantum Catalyzer

3Discovering Stable Single-Electron Covalent Bond Between Carbon Atoms

4Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks Revolutionize Hydrogen Isotope Purification

5AI-Powered Catalyst Design for Efficient Hydrogen Generation, Carbon Capture, and Energy Storage

6New Cathode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries

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Editorial Highlights