Acrylic resins, manufactured by the polymerization of acrylates or methacrylates, find use in several applications ranging from paints and coatings to automotive and construction. Demand for acrylic resins is dependent on the health of the ...
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Despite marked reductions in environmental sources of lead and increased protection from occupational lead exposure, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that lead exposure on the job remains a significant health ...
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BASF was honored with the Technological Progress Award from Shanghai General Motors Company Ltd (SGM) for the first time. The award recognized BASF's outstanding contributions to the technological progress and local innovation of SGM in ...
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BASF today inaugurated its Research and Development Laboratory and Application Technology Center for Battery Materials in Amagasaki, Japan. The facility, located in the Amagasaki Research Incubation Center (ARIC), is BASF’s first ...
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BASF and BMW have once again teamed up, this time for the i3, the BMW Group’s first model driven entirely by electric power. BASF is supplying basecoats in four colors for the new i3 production line at the BMW plant in Leipzig. The ...
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The federal government yesterday announced that the nation s cement industry had attracted an additional investment worth$8 billion,based on the successful implementation of the Backward Integration Policy. The Minister of Industry,Trade ...
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Oman Cement Company has placed a$38m order with Danish engineering company FLSmidth for new milling equipment for a cement plant. The new mill be the fifth to be be built at Oman Cement Co s HQ in the Rusayl Industrial Area,which is ...
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In the Sverdlovsk region medical glass production at full capacity will be released in 2018. According to a member of the Ural biofarmklastera, chairman of the board of the holding "Juno" Alexander Petrov, now the plant's management is ...
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Several automotive glass companies have been ranked on Entrepreneur magazine's 35th Annual Franchise 500.The top 500 companies were determined based on financial and statistical data from July 2011 through July 2013. Novus Glass came ...
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The Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association(GAHBA),The American Institute of Architects Georgia(AIA Georgia),the Atlanta chapter of the National Association of Remodeling Industry(NARI),the Georgia chapters of the National Kitchen&Bath ...
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT)have developed a new technology to create transparent displays.According to them,it has a number of advantages:wide viewing angles,ease of production,low cost and high scalability. ...
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The Performance Products division of Huntsman Corporation will expand its global polyetheramines(PEA)capacity by a minimum of 15 percent as a result of debottlenecking three of its PEA manufacturing plants globally.The financial investment ...
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The U.S.Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is extending the public comment period for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica for an additional 15 days to ...
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CBR,part of HeidelbergCement,announced Wednesday to staff representatives that the company plans to close the Harmignies 0.22Mta white cement plant in Belgium,a move which is expected to affect 97 jobs. "This announcement can be ...
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Muscat:Oman s cement companies are likely to benefit from a reduction in dumping by the neighbouring UAE producers and better demand for cement from within the country this year,said a top-level analyst. The Sultanate s two cement ...
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