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Jan 24th, 2011
Solid Energy Plans Briquette Plant
Coalminer Solid Energy has confirmed a site to start a lignite briquetting operation to test the New Zealand industrial market.
The state-owned miner said the former Mataura mine site is the preferred location to build and operate a demonstration briquetting plant to supply the industrial market with briquettes and trial their value for export.
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Jan 18th, 2010
AP Exclusive: Tobacco’s plea - no big US payments
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tobacco industry lawyers met secretly with Solicitor General Elena Kagan in an effort to avoid the government’s last-ditch attempt to extract billions from companies that illegally concealed the dangers of cigarette smoking, The Associated Press has learned.
Four cigarette makers that control nearly 90 percent of U.S. retail cigarette sales have until Feb....
Sep 24th, 2008
DW Plastics Underlines Crate Expertise in New market Sector
DW Plastics has expanded its customer base with a new contract to supply a bespoke plastic crate to AMP in Belgium, the country’s largest newsprint distributor.
AMP was previously using normal open crates for newspaper distribution but these presented a number of issues for retailers, relating to security and ease of use, which the company wanted...
Sep 23rd, 2008
New Foam Cell Stabilizer from Rohm and Haas is Revolutionizing Cellular PVC for Sheet Manufacturing for the Display and Signage Industries
MORGES, Switzerland — Specialty materials company Rohm and Haas has announced a major innovation for cellular PVC manufacture. Marketed as Paraloid™ SureCel™ foam cell stabilizer, the new technology platform offers exceptional production advantages and lasting performance benefits to manufacturers of both cellular PVC foam sheet and cellular PVC extruded profiles. Rohm and Haas anticipates keen...
Sep 22nd, 2008
MERQUINSA Innovation Award Finalist at Polyurethanes 2008 Technical Conference
Merquinsa will participate in the Polyurethanes 2008 Technical Conference in San Antonio, Texas, from September 29th to October 1st with the paper “New TPU from Renewable sources”. The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry of the American Chemistry Council has organized an event where new technologies, recent research, and technical developments affecting the global polyurethanes industry,...
Sep 22nd, 2008
Rohm and Haas Presents New Paraloid™ BPMS 250 Plastics Additive at NatureWorks Conference
PHILADELPHIA — Specialty materials company Rohm and Haas showcased a new plastics additive - and reveal details about an upcoming product - at the “Innovation Takes Root” conference hosted by NatureWorks LLC in Las Vegas. The new additive, Paraloid™ BPMS 250 melt strength enhancer, enhances the processing of sustainable polylactic acid (PLA) and its alloys,...