Chemical company BASF and Zelfo Technology, developer of cellulosic materials for the advancement of sustainable manufacturing, have entered into an agreement. As per the terms of deal, it will allow for the transfer of intellectual ...
Tags: BASF, Zelfo Technology, fibrillated cellulose, cellulosic materials
The application of sieves as pretreatment for conventional activated sludge processes has been evaluated based on pilot plant research at three wastewater treatment plants. Calculations indicate acceptable payback time and improved energy ...
Tags: pretreatment, wastewater treatment, wastewater treatment processes
According to the surveys conducted at last September's exhibition,66%of Texworld visitors value eco-friendly ranges at the show while 72%of exhibitors expressed their satisfaction with the organization of the Eco Itinerary which groups ...
Tags: green product, eco friendly fabrics, Texworld, Messe Frankfurt
In order to facilitate the Indian textiles&apparel industry so that it can explore its potential to a larger extent,the Ministry of Textiles,Govt.of India has awarded NITRA two projects for the year 2011-12.The first project is on Textile ...
Tags: Textile, NITRA, India, Textile Technology, Engineering
Valspar Sourcing has been granted a pat-ent for a method of making a coating composition comprised of reacting the following components to form a coating composition:a first component A,com-prised of:approximately 20%weight to ...
Tags: Valspar Sourcing, coating, formaldehyde
The ability to spin a good yarn recently kept an international team of researchers focused on Gossypium raimondii,the simplest cotton genome.The researchers,including Jeremy Schmutz,faculty investigator at HudsonAlpha and head of the plant ...
Tags: Cotton Strain, pesticide, USDA, Accumulating Genetic Markers
Aurobindo Pharma has won the final FDA approval to manufacture and market its generic anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) drug, Abacavir Tablets USP 300mg. Abacavir, the generic version of ViiV Healthcare Company's Ziagen Tablets ...
Tags: Anti-HIV Drug, FDA Nod, Aurobindo, Medicine
Lenzing AG, global market leader in the production of man-made cellulose fibers, has successfully issued and placed a German Private Placement (Schuldschein) to the amount of EUR 200 mn (senior debt, unsecured) on the debt capital market. ...
Tags: Lenzing AG, cellulose fiber, debt capital market, transaction
FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) held TAG 2012 Conference on October 10th 2012, Hotel Intercontinental The Lalit, Mumbai. This Year approximately 100 Textile and Apparel companies attended the conference , ...
Tags: Textile and Apparel Industry, PLM, industry technology
U.S.8,158,703 B2 Poly Coat Pty.Ltd.has been granted a patent for a dispersion comprised of a thermoplastic cellulose polymer or a derivative thereof,a phthalate ester of a C1-C6 alkylated aromatic alcohol,an alkaline earth metal salt of a ...
Tags: Poly Coat Patents, Paintable Primer, A Thermoplastic Cellulose Polymer
Evonik Industries marked the roof-topping phase of construction for its hydrogen peroxide plant in Jilin, China, with a ceremony on October 19, 2012. Situated in the northeast of the country, the plant is due to go online in late 2013 with ...
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Even if we're not planning to move anyway,perfectly happy in the home of our dreams which we've made of the place we live,curb appeal is still pretty important.You've heard it a million times by now,but curb appeal is just another way of ...
Tags: Curb Appeal, exterior design
This was the title of the paper given to approximately 280 attendees at the third Cooperation Forum Biopolymers in Straubing by Dr. Haio Harms, CEO of Kelheim Fibres GmbH. The paper illustrated impressively the versatility of viscose fibres ...
LENZING, Austria/MOBILE, Ala. — December 11, 2012 — TENCEL® has turned 20. The first large production facility for lyocell fibers was put into operation in Mobile/Alabama (USA) in 1992. Today the Lenzing Group manufactures ...
Tags: TENCEL, lyocell fibers, production facility, anniversary
German design company, VerDeSoft has collaborated with Innovia Films to develop a new pack design, ‘breadbox’ using Innovia’s compostable, cellulose-based material, NatureFlex NK film. According to Innovia, the new ...
Tags: VerDeSoft, new pack design, Innovia Films