CNT membranes used to make carbon-zero fuels for less than fossil fuels

13-Mar-2018 - Mattershift, an NYC-based startup with alumni from MIT and Yale has achieved a breakthrough in making carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes at large scale. The startup is developing the technology's ability to combine and separate individual molecules to make gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from CO2 ...

Grand opening of new laboratory world

Training and testing facilities on over 1,500 m2

27-Mar-2013 - Shimadzu has created a new Laboratory World for its customers from all over Europe. The Laboratory World is located at Shimadzu’s European headquarters in Duisburg, Germany. On an area greater than 1,500 m2, testing facilities are available for Shimadzu’s entire product range – from ...

Merck and the University of Freiburg Announce Research Cooperation for Electric Battery Materials

09-Nov-2010 - Merck KGaA and the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg announced the commencement of a project to develop and manufacture new battery materials. Fundamentally new conducting salts for lithium-ion batteries to power hybrid and electric vehicles are to be developed in the Merck Battery Materials ...

Linde to build industrial-scale air separation units for steel manufacturer TISCO in China

01-Nov-2010 - The technology group The Linde Group has won a deal to build two industrial-scale air separation units for the steel corporation Taiyuan Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO) at its Taiyuan site in the northern province of Shanxi in China. The contract, recently closed by both parties, places a ...

Abundance of Raw Materials and New Production Units Drive the Bioplastics Market in Brazil and Mexico

Given Higher Prices, Consumer Perception Important for Widespread Adoption

18-Jun-2010 - Both Brazil and Mexico are nascent markets for bioplastics, compared to those in Europe or the U.S. Nevertheless, bioplastics are currently penetrating such segments as food packaging and agricultural films and large production scales in Brazil are expected to give a new direction to this market ...

Bayer MaterialScience sells know-how and patents to its partner Alanod

10-Jun-2010 - Bayer MaterialScience AG, Alanod Aluminium-Veredlung GmbH & Co. KG, its subsidiary Alanod-Solar and the DTNW (North-West German Textile Research Center) worked together in a consortium for several years to develop a special protective coating for aluminum mirrors used in solar thermal ...

Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. and BASF Sign Worldwide, Exclusive Insecticide Co-Development Agreement

Market launch expected in 2014 in Japan, 2015 in the U.S., the EU and South America

27-May-2010 - BASF announced the signing of an agreement with Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. for the co-development of an exciting new insecticide for the control of piercing and sucking insects, code named ME5343. Under the terms of the agreement, Meiji Seika granted a worldwide, exclusive license (except Japan, ...

Linde expands gas supply network for ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe in Duisburg, Germany

EUR 75 million investment under umbrella of long-term gas supply contract

05-May-2010 - The technology group The Linde Group is set to expand its gas supply network for steel conglomerate ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe at its largest production location in Duisburg, Germany. Under the terms of the agreement, Linde will construct another industrial-scale air separation plant in ...

Bayer MaterialScience to build industrial-scale facility for eco-friendly chlorine production

Contract signed with Uhde

01-Apr-2010 - Bayer MaterialScience has signed a contract with plant engineering company Uhde to build a new plant for chlorine production based on common salt. The plant, which will have an annual capacity of 20,000 metric tons and be built at Chempark Krefeld-Uerdingen in Germany, is scheduled to start ...

Linde awarded certification for supply of calibration gases in China

02-Mar-2010 - Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, today announced it has been granted important GBW certification by the Chinese State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision, approving Linde’s production of gas reference materials from its plant in Suzhou, Jiangsu province in eastern China. GBW ...