Semiconductor manufacturers will spend $2.3 billion in 2012 for flow control and treatment products. This includes products used to extract water from sources, purify it for use in chip washing and other purposes and to purify effluent ...
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SYDNEY: Australia's manufacturing activity contracted for a fourth straight month in June, hit by a high dollar and a slump in residential and commercial construction, a private survey showed on Monday. The Australian Industry ...
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Bright Plastics Inc. is bringing in three new presses, five automation units and more auxiliary equipment as it adjusts for a record year in sales, according to partner Kirk Sparks. “Most of our top 20 accounts are up, year to date. ...
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Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is globally increasing its prices for ion exchange resins, effective July 1, 2012. The Ion Exchange Resins business unit is to increase its prices for its Lewatit ion exchange resins by an average of five ...
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A Florida-based research company claims to have solved the question of deforestation by “creating” wood through combining plant cuttings and a special agent responsible for forming shells in nature. Blue Word Crete, which ...
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Toshiba Corporation has presented its Non-chemical Feed Filtration System, a water treatment system that will offer the manufacturing sector a cost-efficient, environmentally friendly water treatment system, at Singapore International Water ...
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The Metsa Group is continuing to expand its capacity in the field of surface processing at its Suolahti softwood plywood plant. The company apparently intends to install a new six-head sanding machine from the Italian manufacturer Imeas in ...
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Roger Collins, who was semi-retired but still active in the timber trade, has died. Mr Collins's career in the timber trade began with Lathams, first in London and then in the north-east. On returning to London in the 1960s, Mr Collins ...
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The new gear pump from Witte Pumps & Technology is easy to clean and is ideal for the food industry. The pump is equipped with multiple flushing ports which allows simple and efficient cleaning. The Puro series can be cleaned in place and ...
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Dangote Cement Plc has emerged Forbes Africa top 25 West African listed companies. The event titled, The Top Listed West African Companies" was a celebration of the success of risk takers and job creators. The award covers the top 25 ...
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Birla Corporation, a flagship company of the M P Birla Group, is mulling setting up its first overseas cement plant in Ethiopia, a top company official said here Thursday. The company has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Birla Corp Cement ...
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GE and memsys clearwater Pte Ltd have entered into an agreement to jointly develop membrane distillation (MD) technology for the unconventional resources market, including shale gas, coal seam gas and other fuels recovered by hydraulic ...
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Severn Trent Services is showcasing a number of technologies for water and wastewater treatment at the Singapore International Water Week. These include the TETRA® DeepBed™ filtration system, which is a down flow sand filter for ...
Toshiba Corp’s new non-chemical feed filtration system reduces the concentration of suspended solids in wastewater without the use of any coagulant, by applying the Japanese company’s functional powder as a filter aid. Using ...
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UCM Timber (Specialties) Ltd, the only surviving part of the UCM Timber plc business, has been bought out by management for an undisclosed sum. UCM Timber (Specialties) chairman Mark Plews and directors Nigel King and Gary Mitchell have ...
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