BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) have completed a joint feasibility study and taken the next steps in the establishment of a world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in Maoming, Guangdong, China. Under the terms of the ...
Global consumers are guided by product packaging in their buying behavior, not least in India. We reject products in plastic packaging and feel guilty when we throw away plastic water bottles. We worry about the amount of packaging consumed ...
Huntsman Textile Effects and DyTech Taiwan announced today a collaboration that is set to drive sustainable excellence and world-class standards of high quality dyes and specialty chemicals for the Taiwan textile industry. Huntsman ...
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As published in the December 20 issue of Nature, an international consortium of scientists has assembled a 'gold standard' sequence of the simplest cotton variety (Gossypium raimondii) and compared it to 'draft' sequences of three other ...
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U.K.-based telecoms operator O2 recently urged the mobile industry to cease selling smartphone charges with new handsets, having completed a successful trial. The operator revealed the results of a three-month-long pilot scheme in ...
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Technology applied to photovoltaic systems is making great strides ahead achieving noteworthy performance levels versus the recent past. For example traditional panels will be replaced by photovoltaic facades making large architectural ...
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New data from Malvern Instruments demonstrate how rheological methods can be used to investigate the speed at which biopolymers, such as polylactic acid (PLA), whose low environmental impact is a defining feature, will biodegrade and ...
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Huntsman Textile Effects and DyTech Taiwan announced a collaboration that is set to drive sustainable excellence and world-class standards of high quality dyes and specialty chemicals for the Taiwan textile industry. Huntsman Textile ...
Slovenian group Steklarna Hrastnik is to undergo a scheduled two-month refit. Technologists at the Vitrum-owned business unit shut down the G melting furnace earlier this week, and will shut the H melting furnace on February 1. Furnaces ...
One-piece swimwear is now hot in Hollywood. Celebrities and style icons from curvy Beyonce and Rihanna to super slim Taylor Swift are behind the growing trend and have been sporting more one-piece styles with flirty skirts and full coverage ...
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LEDs would usurp traditional efficient light bulbs based on the prediction for LED market share, policies to phase out incandescent bulbs as well as overall environmental performance. Market share According to a US Department of Energy ...
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The 2013 Farm Press-Cotton Foundation High Cotton Awards recipients are: Southeast – Linwood Vick, Wilson, N.C.; Mid-South – Johnny Little, Holcomb, Miss.; Southwest – John Wilde, San Angelo, Texas; and Far West – ...
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HIGH POINT — The California official heading revisions to that state's longtime flammability regulation and the scientist whose research prompted the urgent regulatory overhaul will both participate in the American Home Furnishings ...
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Steklarna Hrastnik is to undergo a scheduled two-month refit. Today, the technologists in the Vitrum business unit will shut down the G melting furnace, and as of 1 February also the H melting furnace. This year's refit is extremely ...
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Ventura, Calif.-based outdoor apparel retailer Patagonia Inc. has selected Sweden-based Polygiene AB's Polygiene antimicrobial fabric finish for use in its Fall 2013 Capilene base layers and trail running base layers. Polygiene technology ...
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