Ultrafiltration has become an increasingly important membrane separation technology in recent years. Anthony Bennett describes the fundamentals of ultrafiltration and highlights some current trends, as well as recent innovations in the ...
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Ube Industries, Ltd. announced that it will cease production of caprolactam (CPL) at the Sakai Factory in Japan. The decision was made today at a meeting of the Board of Directors and will result in the company recording an extraordinary ...
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German plantmaker SMS Siemag has announced that it has received the final acceptance from the Indian steel giant Tata Steel regarding the modernization of coiler No. 3 at its hot strip plant in IJmuiden, Netherlands. The coiler No. 3 ...
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Reportedly, Asil Celik, Turkey’s largest alloy steel producer has announced its new continuous casting machine with annual production capacity of 600,000 tons. Meanwhile, the company has invested approximately US$21.5 million of ...
Reportedly, Baosteel has announced to begin its first overseas seamless pipe plant in Thailand. A new company formed as Baoli Steel Pipe which has been established by Baosteel and its partner Zhejiang Jianli Co, a bearing tube maker ...
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Report comes from Thailand that joint ventured by Baosteel Co.,Ltd. and Zhejiang Jianli Co., Baoli Steelpipe Co.'s 273 mm seamless steel pipe unit, with the efforts of all the project staff in nearly 10 months, achieves perforation, tube ...
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Japan based Yokohama Rubber is planning to invest JPY11bn ($118m) to start the second phase expansion for Yokohama Tire Philippines (YTPI), a local subsidiary for manufacturing and selling passenger car tires, in May 2013. According to ...
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Turkish specialty steel producer Asil Celik has announced that it has ordered a continuous casting machine from the Swiss plantmaker SMS Concast. The new casting unit is expected to be commissioned in early 2015. The new continuous ...
Russian steel producer Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has announced that it is carrying out hot run tests on two new heating furnaces as a part of the reconstruction of its hot rolling mill 2500. During the reconstruction of the ...
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Swiss plantmaker SMS Concast AG has announced that it will supply the first electric arc furnace to the Egypt-based long steel producer El Marakby Steel. The new furnace with an annual capacity of 350,000 mt will broaden El Marakby's ...
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Reportedly, Korea’s Posco announced that the company has expected to build new two coil centers in central Mexico in order to meet the strong demand of automobile industry. The new company name form as Posco-MPPC which is in Celaya ...
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SABMiller's joint venture China Resources Snow Breweries (CR Snow) has signed a deal to acquire the Hong Kong-based Kingway Brewery's brewery business for RMB5.38bn($864m). The transaction will include the brewery's seven breweries, four ...
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It's reported that Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced to enter the structural steelwork fabricating business with the acquisition of Oryol Steel Fabrication Plant (ZMK) in western Russia. Meanwhile, the company expects to focus ...
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Reportedly, China’s Baotou Iron & Steel (Baotou), the largest steelmaker in northern China’s Inner Mongolia has planned to upgrade its operations with a new heat-treatment unit at its Mongolia plant. Meanwhile, the company ...
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Gigastorage, in order to reflect increases in cost of polysilicon by US$1.5/kg to US$16-17/kg, has hiked prices for its solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers to US$0.8 for models with energy conversion rates of 17-17.1% and above ...
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