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Great Lakes Increase Production of Polybrominated Styrene Flame Retadants

Great Lakes Chemical Corporation today announced it will add a new bromine supply well for the extraction of elemental bromine at the company’s South Arkansas, USA facility and double the capacity of its polybromin...

18 Nov 2004

Bayer Stockholders Approve Lanxess Spin Off

The stockholders of Bayer AG have cleared the way for the spin-off of Lanxess. At the Extraordinary Stockholders’ Meeting on November 17, 2004 in Essen, they voted by a majority of 99.66 percent of the capital stoc...

18 Nov 2004

Westinghouse LED Lighting Systems Roll Out Efficient Lighting System with PolyBrite Technology

PolyBrite International’s Westinghouse LED Lighting Systems announced the rollout of the Marquee 60 bulb that has been designed with PolyBrite™ technology as an ornamental light bulb. “The Marquee 60...

18 Nov 2004

Sarna Consider Divesting Automotive Polymers Group

The Board of Directors of Sarna Polymer Holding Inc. is reviewing the dual strategy with the concentration on high-quality polymer membranes in the construction industry (Sarnafil Division) and on parts and modules for t...

17 Nov 2004

BP and Nova Chemicals to Create One of Europe’s Largest Polystyrene Manufacturers by Forming a Joint Venture

BP and NOVA Chemicals Corporation. announced today that they have reached an agreement in principle to combine their European interests in Styrene Polymers to create one of the largest polystyrene and expandable polystyr...

17 Nov 2004

EnPro Industries Open State-of-the-Art Bearings Plant in Slovakia

GGB, a unit of EnPro Industries, Inc., today officially opened a new manufacturing plant in Slovakia, marking the third new production facility an EnPro business has dedicated since September, 2004. "The state-of...

16 Nov 2004

NEC Develop Flame Resistant Polycarbonate Based on Fly Ash

NEC Corporation today announced that it has succeeded in the development of a flame resistant polycarbonate resin, which cuts manufacturing energy consumption by over 20% through the use of fly ash that is a by-product o...

15 Nov 2004

Composites Testing Lab to Evaluate Carbon Fibre Materials for ESA’s Next Generation Space Launchers

CTL Tástáil Teoranta wins contract to evaluate carbon fibre materials for next generation space launchers. A Spiddal-based company has been awarded a major contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to ev...

15 Nov 2004

Flexible Thin Film Battery Manufacturer Solicore Joins TBTF

Solicore, Inc., a leading provider of ultra-thin, flexible, lithium polymer batteries, announces that it has joined the Tampa Bay Technology Forum, a not-for-profit trade association that serves 240 member companies in T...

12 Nov 2004

Biodegradable Implant Manufacturer Inion Looks to Raise £30m by Floating on London Stock Exchange

Inion today announces its intention to proceed with an Initial Public Offering of shares and to seek a primary listing on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority. Inion is a rapidly-growing medical device company t...

11 Nov 2004

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

Great Lakes Increase Production of Polybrominated Styrene Flame Retadants

Bayer Stockholders Approve Lanxess Spin Off

Westinghouse LED Lighting Systems Roll Out Efficient Lighting System with PolyBrite Technology

Sarna Consider Divesting Automotive Polymers Group

BP and Nova Chemicals to Create One of Europe’s Largest Polystyrene Manufacturers by Forming a Joint Venture

EnPro Industries Open State-of-the-Art Bearings Plant in Slovakia

NEC Develop Flame Resistant Polycarbonate Based on Fly Ash

Composites Testing Lab to Evaluate Carbon Fibre Materials for ESA’s Next Generation Space Launchers

Flexible Thin Film Battery Manufacturer Solicore Joins TBTF

Biodegradable Implant Manufacturer Inion Looks to Raise £30m by Floating on London Stock Exchange

How to Use AFM to Study 2D Materials and Superlattices

How are Fine Ceramics Supporting the Next Generation of Renewable Energy?

Beyond Lithium: How Group14 Is Redefining the Future of Battery Technology

AirBreather Platform for Continuous Gas Analysis

SU7000 & SU8700 Schottky Field Emission SEMs: Ultra High-Resolution & Analytical Imaging

TSL-570: High Performance Tunable Laser

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Powering the Future: The Solid-State Battery Revolution

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Sheet Resistance Measurement on TOPCon Solar Cells

The Link Between FIB-SEM and TEM

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 to Use AFM to Study 2D Materials and Superlattices

How are Fine Ceramics Supporting the Next Generation of Renewable Energy?

Beyond Lithium: How Group14 Is Redefining the Future of Battery Technology

1Aluminum-Scandium Alloys: A Game Changer for Hydrogen Energy

2Improving Wound Care with Bioactive Material-Based Dressings

3The COM4PHA project develops new biodegradable bioplastics for cosmetics, food and agricultural packaging

4Perovskite and Copper System Creates C2 Chemicals from CO2

5DS Smith Partner With TPV Automotive to Create a Sustainable Fiber-Based Packaging for the Protection of Car Wheel Carriers

6Bosch Establishes Company with the Synthetic Diamond Solutions Provider Element Six

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