US-based biodegradable plastics manufacturer Casey Container has signed a stock purchase agreement with Aruba Brands, which is worth about $1.5m. As part of the deal, Aruba will acquire Casey's issued and outstanding common shares equal ...
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Mohawk is committed to continuous innovation proved by the company's powerful investments in the triexta and nylon categories. Today, P.E.T. carpets represent a $1.5+ billion market, according to the company. Mohawk has invested $180 ...
Arkema Coating Resins , a business unit of Arkema Inc., has introduced Synaqua 4804 waterborne alkyd. This new binder is an APEO and ammonia-free short oil alkyd emulsion designed for use in a wide variety of coatings in which performance ...
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Japanese chemical and pharmaceutical company Teijin has developed a plant-based biodegradable adhesion prevention gel, which is expected to be effectively applied to laparoscopic surgery. The newly developed gel-form polysaccharide ...
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Li Ka-shing, the richest person in China, said on September 17 that he would not withdraw capital from the Hong Kong market. Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd. (SEHK: 0001) and Hutchinson Whampoa Ltd. (SEHK: 0013), two listed firms controlled ...
Xanthan Gum Xanthan gum is a polysaccharide that bacterium known as Xanthomonas campestris secrets. This gum is a good food additive as well as a modifier of rheology. It gum is also useful as thickening agent of food items such as salad ...
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US-based biotechnology firm BioTime has entered into a sublicense agreement with Jade Therapeutics, a developer of ophthalmic sustained-release drug delivery platforms, for ophthalmic drug delivery applications of BioTime's HyStem ...
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US-based Crosstrees Medical has obtained 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Crosstrees PVA pod system for percutaneous vertebral augmentation (PVA). The FDA approval for the CE marked Crosstrees PVA pod ...
Within a couple of years, researchers at the University of Southern California believe 3D printing techniques will be used to construct entire buildings in less than a day. As outrageous as it sounds, such machines can already extrude ...
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While the flexibility and durability of plastic PET bottles have made them popular with manufacturers and consumers, recycling these bottles has proven to be a challenge. PET bottles typically require dense shrink sleeve labels that often ...
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Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., a high-growth specialty chemicals company, announced today the commercial availability of Inherent C18 Diacid — a mid-chain length, bio-based diacid — that enables producers of polyamides and ...
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Novaled and Colnatec hope to control film thickness with novel sensing technology on OLED roll-to-roll production lines, while researchers at the University of Utah have tuned a plastic polymer that could yield true white OLEDs. While ...
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A workshop on Revisit the Roadmap for Jute was organized by the International Jute Study Group (IJSG) at IJSG Secretariat, Bangladesh on septemebr 2, 2013. A Road Map for Jute was commissioned by the International Trade Centre, ITC ...
A tire (or tyre) is a ring-shaped covering that fits around a wheel's rim to protect it and enable better vehicle performance. Most tires, such as those for automobiles and bicycles, provide traction between the vehicle and the road while ...
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Shifting Paradigms: Automation Comes to Wheel Balancing With ABB robots and a new material from 3M, Esys Automation is revolutionizing the important-but-often-ignored world of wheel balancing. In tire and wheel assembly there aren't a ...