The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced that Dow Chemical Company and Preferred Sands' innovation, TERAFORCE Technology, won the 2014 Polyurethane Innovation Award. The winner, ...
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China has slashed its official target for shale gas production in the medium term by up to a third and now expects to achieve 30 billion cubic meters of output by 2020, according to the country's Ministry of Land and Resources at a briefing ...
Mrs Brown's Boys The Ultimate Party Game and Classic British Comedies board games are available to retailers now. Mrs Brown could be heading to your place this Christmas, as Paul Lamond Games reveals a collection of board games based on ...
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An agreement has been reached to create the world’s third largest quick service restaurant company, merging North American-based beverages and baked goods restaurant Tim Hortons Inc. (Tim Hortons) with global burger restaurant Burger ...
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Field & Stream plans to hold grand opening celebrations the weekend of Sept. 5 through Sept. 7 for stores in Cary, NC and Columbus, OH. With the openings, Field & Stream, owned by Dick's Sporting Goods, will have six stores. Its new ...
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University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has used photo-electro-chemical etch (PEC) to create 405nm-wavelength vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) based on indium gallium nitride (InGaN) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) [C. ...
Singapore's Nanyang Technological University and Turkey's Bilkent University have developed a graded multiple quantum well (MQW) structure with the aim of increasing light output power and reducing efficiency droop in 450nm indium gallium ...
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OLEAN — Industrial contamination from decades ago has been found in a small section of east Olean once thought to have been sufficiently cleansed of hazardous, cancer-causing substances. Late Wednesday afternoon, officials with the ...
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Tactical Holdings, a major supplier of military footwear, has filed a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware, and is seeking a quick sale of its businesses. The company’s footwear ...
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(New York, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a change to the plan to clean up soil and groundwater at the former Alcas Cutlery Corporation facility at the Olean Well Field Superfund site in Olean, New York. Soil and ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) $131,843, to ensure continued protection of groundwater in Oklahoma. The EPA has delegated authority to the OCC to administer and enforce ...
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The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $827 billion equipment finance sector, showed their ...
The Chemical Coaters Association International honored members for service and dedication and installed its 2014 – 2015 Officers and National Board members during their 2014 Annual Meeting held in Indian Wells, CA in June. A ...
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Westlake Chemical Partners LP, a Westlake company, announced the commencement of its initial public offering of 11,250,000 common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership, at an anticipated initial public offering ...
BP announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2014. Underlying replacement cost profit for the quarter of 2014 was $3.6 billion, 34% higher than the $2.7 billion reported for the same period in 2013 and 13% higher than the ...
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