http://www.chemie.de/news/e/ Latest international news from chemistry, analysis and chemical engineering en-us http://www.chemie.de/pictures/chem/ChemieDE.gif http://www.chemie.de/?language=e Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/115000/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 Sika AG announces that its subsidiary Sika (Japan) Ltd. has acquired the construction sealant business of Henkel Japan Ltd.The acquired business includes the well-known trademarks, Bellace and Duribbon, which are well established in the Japanese ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:00:04 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/114947/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 The Board of Directors of BOC Pakistan Limited, a member of The Linde Group, on 11 March 2010 approved an investment of more than Rs. 2 billion (EUR 17 million) for the installation of a new state-of-the-art air separation plant and related supply ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:00:27 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/114949/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 LyondellBasell announced three significant developments toward its emergence from bankruptcy protection. Specifically, LyondellBasell:- obtained bankruptcy court approval of its Third Amended Disclosure Statement, permitting LyondellBasell to begin ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:00:27 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/114946/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have designed a way to harvest small amounts of waste energy and harness them to turn water into usable hydrogen fuel.The process is simple, efficient and recycles otherwise-wasted energy ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:00:27 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/114951/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 Celanese Corporation announced that it will increase the price of all vinyl acetate homopolymer and vinyl acetate ethylene emulsions sold in North America, effective April 1, 2010, or as contracts allow. All vinyl acetate homopolymer and vinyl ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:00:26 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/114950/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 Arizona State Univeristy scientist N.J. Tao and his colleagues at the Biodesign Institute have hit on a new, versatile method to significantly improve the detection of trace chemicals important in such areas as national security, human health and ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:00:26 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/115026/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 Eastman Chemical Company is increasing prices on the following products effective April 1, or as contracts allow. These increases are due to elevated operating costs, particularly in raw materialsEastman™ EEP : Off-list price increase of $US 0.05 ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:00:00 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/114945/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 Eastman Chemical Company is increasing prices on the following products effective April 1, or as contracts allow. These increases are due to elevated operating costs, particularly in raw materialsEastman™ N-PROPYL ALCOHOL: Off-list price increase of ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:00:03 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/114918/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 LANXESS is focusing on optimizing its top coat systems, especially those used for automotive leathers, and on expanding its share of the market. To this end, the Leather (LEA) business unit has invested in appropriate technologies and has now ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:00:03 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/114919/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 ECHA has opened a public consultation on its draft multi-annual work programme 2011-2013 (MAWP). The programme provides an overview of the Agency’s planned activities during the next three years. The public consultation will be open until 09 May ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:00:03 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/114853/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 Scientists have leaped over a major hurdle in efforts to begin commercial production of a form of carbon that could rival silicon in its potential for revolutionizing electronics devices ranging from supercomputers to cell phones. Called graphene, ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:29 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/114851/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 ABB has won a $30 million order from GA Solar, part of the Gestamp Corporation, to deliver a 13 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) power plant in northern Spain.Once connected to the grid, the plant will supply up to 22.6 gigawatt hours (GWh) of ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:29 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/114852/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 Arkema is implementing a price increase of 80€/T (110 $/T) , for all Evatane® resins (High Content Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymers). This increase will take effect globally on 1st April 2010, or as customer contracts allow.The reason for this ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:29 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/114849/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 Richard J. Tobin, currently Chief Financial Officer of SGS, has resigned his position in order to join CNH Global N.V. (Case New Holland) based in Chicago, IL, USA.The Board of Directors expresses its gratitude and recognition for his tenure, first ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:29 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/114850/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 A team of scientists at MIT have discovered a previously unknown phenomenon that can cause powerful waves of energy to shoot through minuscule wires known as carbon nanotubes. The discovery could lead to a new way of producing electricity, the ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:29 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/114836/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 BASF creates measurable value for employees, shareholders, customers and society with its products and solutions, as shown in the Report 2009 published by BASF. The report combines economic, ecological and social aspects. The publication meets the ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:00:04 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/114784/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 In the last two years, LANXESS has reduced its direct climate gas emissions by more than 50 percent. From 2007 to 2009, annual emissions from the group’s plants were cut from 3.5 million to 1.5 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents. Emissions per ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:55 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/114790/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 Effective April 1, 2010 or as contracts allow, Arkema Emulsion Systems will increase the price of all latex products. UCAR® acrylic, styrene-acrylic, styrene-butadiene and NEOCAR® Acrylic latexes will increase by $0.07 per wet pound. UCAR ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:55 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/114803/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 As of 1 February 2010 Jens Amberg reinforces JULABO Labortechnik GmbH, Seelbach - Black Forest. As a member of the corporate management team Mister Amberg assumes management of the department Innovation & Development.The qualified industrial ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:55 GMT Chemie.DE News http://www.chemie.de/news/e/114785/?WT.mc_id=ca0066 Sika AG announces that its U.S. subsidiary, Sika Corporation, has acquired the automotive glass replacement business of ADCO Products, Inc.The transaction closed on March 8, 2010. The business acquired reaches an annual turnover of approximately US$ ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:55 GMT © 2010, Chemie.DE Information Service GmbH.