Demand for waxes in the United States is forecast to grow 2.2 percent per year to $2.5 billion in 2013, aided by an eventual recovery in the manufacturing and construction sectors of the economy.
3M Chairman, President and CEO George W. Buckley told more than 1,000 shareholders at the company’s annual meeting in St. Paul that 3M is navigating through these uncertain times by preserving its cash position, minimizing cost and driving revenue where opportunities exist.
Cognis Corp.’s Roadranger Lubricants received the Environmental Excellence in Transportation Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) at the recent SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit.
The Munich-based chemical Group WACKER has recently finished expansion of its Shanghai Technical Center located at Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai, China.
Philadelphia Mixing Solutions, a leader in process mixing technology, is offering its "Why Mixers Fail" tutorial free to any company in the continental United States that deals with industrial processing challenges.
Scientists at DuPont and Cornell University have used a simple chemical process to convert “as grown” mixtures of metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes into solely semiconducting carbon nanotubes with electrical characteristics well suited for plastic electronics.
Bayer MaterialScience has begun work on the construction of a new facility for the production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in Chempark, Leverkusen, Germany.
The COROSAVE international trade fair for corrosion protection, preservation and packaging will be held at the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre, Germany, from Oct. 20-22, 2009.
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