Axalta Coating Systems and Shanghai Kinlita Chemical have signed an agreement to form a joint venture in China. Aimed at driving deep into China’s burgeoning commercial truck market, the agreement leverages Axalta’s position ...
Tags: Commercial Truck Market, economic development, Construction
BASF has announced the commercial launch of PremAir NXT, a next-generation direct ozone reduction (DOR) catalytic coating technology that can help automakers meet new U.S. Tier 3 and California LEV III emissions reduction requirements. ...
Tags: catalytic coating technology, ozone conversion performance, Construction
Sika has reported record sales in every region and also says that all relevant growth targets for full-year 2014 have been exceeded. An above-average increase in net profit is expected for the business year 2014. In the fourth quarter of ...
Tags: emerging markets, Construction
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is leading a European collaborative project that aims to transform food waste into a sustainable source of significant economic added value, namely graphene and renewable hydrogen. The project ...
Tags: electric circuits, solar cells, Construction
President Barack Obama signed into law H.R. 4007, the Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014. The law reauthorizes the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism ...
Tags: tiering methodology, Construction
More than 1200 local students in New York City are joining 75,000 students worldwide as they gear up for the 2015 FIRST Robotics Competition, an annual competition that challenges high-school students – working alongside professional ...
Tags: robotics, research, teamwork, Construction
MeadWestvaco Corporation has announced that its board of directors has approved a plan to fully separate its Specialty Chemicals business from the rest of the company. The separation is expected to be executed by means of a tax-free spinoff ...
Clariant will show its support for greater sustainability across the industrial, decorative and automotive applications with new products and advanced solutions for the global paint and coatings community at the European Coatings Show 2015 ...
Tags: professional paint stores, Energy-and Cost-Saving Solutions
Goodway Machine Corp. and Tongtai Machine & Tool Co., Ltd. are expected to join the NT$10 billion (US$322.58 million at US$1:NT$31) revenue club of Taiwan's machine-tool sector in Taiwan with consolidated revenue in 2015. Only a handful ...
Tags: machine-tool sector, Manufacturing
SMC Ltd., a medical device contract manufacturer with locations in California, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Ohio, Costa Rica, and India, announced an expansion and move to a 210,000 sq. ft. facility in Devens, MA. The expansion will ...
Tags: high-speed automation, testing, kitting, Health
Amedica Corp. has laid off 25 employees, representing approximately 28% of its workforce. The move was part of a “comprehensive business review” that also includes deep cuts to corporate overhead and operational costs. The ...
Nearly half of all Phase III pharmaceutical clinical trials fail, partly because data about patient adherence is hard to come by. That’s according to computer giant Oracle (ORCL), which has teamed with and ingestible sensor ...
Tags: self-reporting, lab tests, Health
With the US government having almost halved the 2012-set average antitrust tariff rates for PV modules imported from China, China-based PV module makers are expected to regain their pricing competitiveness in the US market, according to PV ...
Tags: PV Module Makers, Lights
Jonathan Train has been appointed president and CEO of the Swiff-Train Co. and Jason Train has been appointed vice president of sourcing. Jonathan has served Swiff-Train for 20 years and Jason will soon celebrate his twelfth year with the ...
Tags: Key Leadership, Construction
Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on January 12, 2015 The Irish High Court has agreed to hold a hearing January 26 to decide on the proposed $48 billion merger between Medtronic and Covidien, according to a Monday ...
Tags: Medical Device Business, U.S.tax, Health