From April 8-11, BASF will present new and efficient solutions for the hygiene industry at the INDEX 2014, the worldwide primary exhibition of nonwovens, at the Palexpo Exhibition & Congress Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. At the BASF booth ...
Tags: Chemicals, Construction, Decoration
INVISTA broke ground on new hexamethylene diamine (HMD) and nylon 6,6 polymer plants at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP) in China. These facilities mark a key milestone in INVISTA’s plans for integrated nylon 6,6 facilities ...
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Total Petrochemicals and IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN) have launched via Atol, a joint partnership, technology to produce bio-ethylene via the dehydration of renewable ethanol, the companies announced Wednesday. The technology will ...
Scientists have discovered why dark chocolate is good for us The health benefits of eating dark chocolate have been extolled for a long time, but the exact reason has remained a mystery — until now. Certain bacteria in the stomach ...
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Medical device contract manufacturer Norman Noble, Inc. today announced Noble S.T.E.A.L.T.H. (System To Enable Ablation Laser Technology Haz-Free), an exclusive, athermal laser machining process that represents an advancement of several ...
When it comes to manufacturing, supplying, exporting and importing, India comes first in all these. Indian export and import chemical business becomes one of the global hubs for traders in the past two years. Indian chemical industry is one ...
Argentinian polymer and synthetic rubber output rose 3.4% in February compared with the year-earlier period, the state statistics office Indec said Friday. Production of these petrochemicals fell 2% in February compared with January, ...
OMNOVA Solutions, a global manufacturer of emulsion polymers, exhibited its full range of specialty resins for the coatings industry at PAINTINDIA in Mumbai, India, 6-8 March 2014. OMNOVA showcased its broad portfolio of coating products ...
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(Phys.org) —Photovoltaic spray paint could coat the windows and walls of the future if scientists are successful in developing low-cost, flexible solar cells based on organic polymers. Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak ...
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MIT chemists have devised a way to trap carbon dioxide and transform it into useful organic compounds, using a simple metal complex. More work is needed to understand and optimize the reaction, but one day this approach could offer an ...
Nanovere Technologies has introduced Nano-Clear for industrial applications, designed to dramatically improve corrosion resistance, abrasion resistance and prevent the underlying paint from UV degradation. Nano-Clear is the only industrial ...
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US polyethylene contracts rose 4 cents/lb in February after producers were successful in implementing the hike that had been anticipated since the end of 2013, market sources said. Producer sources had expressed confidence in obtaining ...
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Argentine polymer and synthetic rubber output rose 4.3% in January compared with the year-earlier period, state statistics office Indec said Friday. Production of these petrochemicals fell 5.4% in January compared with December, Indec ...
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Succinity GmbH, the joint venture between Corbion Purac and BASF for the production and commercialization of biobased succinic acid, has announced the successful start-up of its first commercial production facility. The plant, located at ...
Landec Corporation, a materials science company that develops and markets innovative and patented products for healthy living applications in food and biomedical markets, is expanding commercial applications for its patented BreatheWay ...