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BASF Creates More Flexible Melamine Resin Foam

BASF has refined its melamine resin foam Basotect®. The new variant is called Basotect UF and it is substantially more flexible than conventional Basotect. As a result, this thermoset foam is now suitable for cushion...

10 Oct 2006

Composite Engineering Software Producer Opens USA Office

To better service the North American market MATERIAL is adding a new office in the USA. MATERIAL S.A., one of the world's leading companies for engineering and software for composite materials and filament winding te...

10 Oct 2006

Borouge to Launch Feasibility Study into Base Chemicals

Borouge, today announced the launch of a study to examine the feasibility of a major new expansion of its petrochemical complex in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi to produce and market base chemicals for the first time. Based on be...

From Borouge 9 Oct 2006

ExxonMobil Commercialize Technology for The Removal of Olefins from Aromatic Streams

ExxonMobil Chemical Technology Licensing LLC today announced the commercialization of its new Olgone technology for more effective and environmentally sound removal of olefins from aromatics streams. Olgone is a catalyst...

9 Oct 2006

Rohm and Haas About to Start Work on Plastics Additives Plant in Turkey

Rohm and Haas recently announced that it has signed a letter of intent and is in the final planning discussions with POLISAN to construct a plastics additives acrylic impact modifier and processing aids manufacturing fac...

9 Oct 2006

ORNL High Flux Isotope Reactor Continues Its March on The Way to Becoming World's Leading Producer of Cold Neutrons

The High Flux Isotope Reactor at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has passed a major milestone in its quest to become one of the world's leading sources of "cold" neutrons for ad...

9 Oct 2006

Project Aims to Produce Activated Coal from Polymeric Waste as Raw Materials

The great interest always aroused by activated coal in industry, both for its characteristics and its many applications, has not kept out of the technological advances that improve the quality of the products. In this se...

6 Oct 2006

US Military Still Interested in Wooden Propellers

In mid-July 2006, an anxious phone call from a leading manufacturer of airplane propellers to the USDA Forest Service’s Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) rekindled FPL’s involvement with wood propellers and re...

6 Oct 2006

Damage in Advanced Composites Detected Using Carbon Nanotube Networks

Two University of Delaware researchers have discovered a means to detect and identify damage within advanced composite materials by using a network of tiny carbon nanotubes, which act in much the same manner as human ner...

6 Oct 2006

British Plastics Federation and Inenco Team Up to Improve Energy Procurement for UK Plastics Businesses

The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has teamed up with Inenco to deliver a new scheme to improve energy procurement for UK Plastics businesses. Despite a recent fall in prices, the volatility of energy markets remai...

6 Oct 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

BASF Creates More Flexible Melamine Resin Foam

Composite Engineering Software Producer Opens USA Office

Borouge to Launch Feasibility Study into Base Chemicals

ExxonMobil Commercialize Technology for The Removal of Olefins from Aromatic Streams

Rohm and Haas About to Start Work on Plastics Additives Plant in Turkey

ORNL High Flux Isotope Reactor Continues Its March on The Way to Becoming World's Leading Producer of Cold Neutrons

Project Aims to Produce Activated Coal from Polymeric Waste as Raw Materials

US Military Still Interested in Wooden Propellers

Damage in Advanced Composites Detected Using Carbon Nanotube Networks

British Plastics Federation and Inenco Team Up to Improve Energy Procurement for UK Plastics Businesses

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

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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How to Determine Hexavalent Chromium

Reproducing Test Conditions for PVC Mixer Tests

New Imaging Method for Particle Monitoring in Electronics Manufacturing

What are the Manufacturing Applications of Plasma?

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

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

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

5Transforming a Waste Resource Into Sustainable Materials – Latrobe Magnesium’s Plant Paves the Way to a Cleaner, High Value Future

6New Cathode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries

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