Specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, QuÉbec, Canada has appointed Bertrand Lessard as chief operating officer, effective 28 April. 5N Plus provides specialty purified metals such as bismuth, gallium, ...
Tags: 5N Plus, Electrical, Electronics
TwinTech technology provides optimal climate inside fridge for longer-lasting freshness whilst preventing build-up of frost in freezer by utilizing separate cooling systems for both compartments. As the chosen supplier to almost 50% of ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electrolux, fridges
US-based PVC and caustic soda producer Shintech wants to site its new 500,000 mt/year ethylene plant at Plaquemine, Louisiana, according to a state Department of Environmental Quality air permit application made available to Platts on ...
Russian steelmaker NLMK Group has announced? that it has started hot testing the second pulverized coal injection (PCI) unit in its blast furnace operations at the main production site in Lipetsk (Novolipetsk). The company has started ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel
PPG Industries' will introduce POWERCRON EPIC electrocoats and four PPG scientists will present technical papers and participate in panel discussions and workshops at ECOAT14, the biennial conference of The Electrocoat Association, April ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Beer marinade may reduce harmful effects of grilled meat The very same beer that many people enjoy at backyard barbeques could, when used as a marinade, help reduce the formation of potentially harmful substances in grilled meats, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, meat
IBM Research's Thomas J. Watson Research Center and Northwestern University have developed a technique to grow hexagonal- and cubic-phase gallium nitride (h-/c-GaN) on standard (100) silicon (Si) [Can Bayram et al, Adv. Funct. Mater., ...
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that an elementary school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has won the annual Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. Teams from more than 3,000 buildings ...
Tags: Service, EPA, Certification
The West Middle School in Shelbyville, KY was recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a top finisher in the annual Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. The school was recognized for reducing ...
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South Greene High School and DeBusk Elementary School in Greeneville, Tenn. were both recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as top finishers in the annual Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. ...
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Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Claiborne Elementary school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, won the fourth-annual Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. Teams from more than 3,000 ...
Tags: EPA, certification, Construction, Service
The UNC-Chapel Hill Bioinformatics Building in Chapel Hill, N.C. was recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a top finisher in the annual Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. The building ...
Tags: EPA, certification, Building, Construction
Eastman Chemical Company Buildings B-470 and B-469 in Kingsport, Tenn. were both recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as top finishers in the annual Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. The ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a cleanup plan to address contaminated ground water and soil at the Mattiace Petrochemical Co., Inc. Superfund site in Glen Cove, New York. The ground water and soil are contaminated ...
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Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that two Texas medical facilities won their categories in the fourth-annual Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. Teams from more than 3,000 buildings ...
Tags: EPA, certification