list_94_1.html Chem zh-cn Use ToDig News to find breaking news, current events, the latest headlines, news photos, analysis & opinion on top stories, world, business, politics, entertainment, sports, technology, and more. ieij@qq.com /Materials-revolution--may-have-to-wait_2390.html The auto industry may be at its best position in years to begin bringing more plastic content onto cars, as automakers push to reduce weight and improve mileage. But at the same time, current economic conditions mean some suppliers that have been wa 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /MPM-Announces-New-Addition-of-Heat-Curable-Elastomers_2389.html Momentive Performance Materials, a leading manufacturer of custom heat-cured elastomers, liquid silicone rubber (LSR) and RTV adhesives, today announced the completion of its new Addisil* elastomers family of addition heat-curable elastomers (HCEs). 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /-Green--electrical-plastics-debate-continues_2388.html Halogen-free high temperature polyamide cannot completely address consumers%26rsquo; desire for materials with %26lsquo;green%26rsquo; credentials in electronics applications. This is according to Dr Alexandra Jacobs-Hattwig of Ticona%26rsquo;s tech 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /BPF-president-focuses-on-industry-strengths_2387.html The UK plastics industry can continue to be strong, despite the economic downturn and banking crisis, according to the president of the British Plastics Federation, Calum Forsyth. He was speaking at the federation%26rsquo;s annual dinner in London on 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /BASF-buys-polyurethane-specialities-business_2386.html BASF has signed an agreement with Recticel to acquire the company%26rsquo;s worldwide compounds business for polyurethane (PU) systems for glass encapsulation. The transaction, which is subject to approval by the relevant antitrust authorities, invol 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /BASF-works-on-gas-to-olefin-process_2385.html BASF has responded to the high cost of crude oil feedstock for steam crackers with the development of a new catalyst promising production of olefins directly from gas. Experts at BASF's Catalysis Research in Ludwigshafen have developed the catalyst f 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /Tessenderlo-to-buy-pipe-firm-Nyloplast-Europe-BV_2384.html Integrated PVC producer and plastics converter Tessenderlo Group has announced it has agreed to acquire Dutch pipe fittings manufacturer Nyloplast Europe BV. The takeover, for an undisclosed sum, is due to be confirmed before the end of November by a 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /Formosa-Petrochemical-No--2-ethylene-unit-restarts_2383.html TAIPEI, Taiwan %26ndash;%26ndash; Formosa Petrochemical Corp., Taiwan%26rsquo;s only publicly traded oil refiner, restarted its No. 2 ethylene plant Oct. 19 after repairing a mechanical fault. The company plans to resume production at its No. 3 ethyl 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /Out-of-the-Den-and-into-production_2382.html An inventor has signed a %26pound;36m deal to start producing his reusable cable tie that was featured on the UK television series Dragons' Den. The Lincolnshire-based inventor Andrew Harsley signed the deal with Shropshire-based plastics firm Maxel 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /-Green--bottles-hanging-on-the-wall_2381.html Beautiful lighting displays made from used PET and HDPE bottles are on show in the UK until October 26. The %26lsquo;Lighting Up%26rsquo; exhibition at the North Tower of the Tyne Bridge, Newcastle is the brainchild of Master of Arts graduates Joann 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /Filtrona-buys-PU-foam-maker-Lendell_2380.html Global speciality plastics and fibre supplier Filtrona plc will pay $35m for Lendell Manufacturing, a US maker of water-soluble polyurethane foams. Lendell officials did not return calls seeking comment. The privately held company makes specialty foa 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /ICL-Plastics-inquiry-enters-second-phase_2379.html A public inquiry into an explosion at a Scottish plastics factory that killed nine people and injured 33 others entered its second phase today. The disaster happened in Glasgow in 2004. The Grovepark Mills, Maryhill factory, operated by ICL Plastics 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /Plastics-firm-brings-100-new-jobs-to-city_2378.html Macedonia -- When Cobra Plastics ended its nearly year-long journey to its new home on Highland Road, just down the road from its former location in Twinsburg Township, it was also the end of a %26quot;roller coaster%26quot; ride, said President Kent 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /DSM-Engineering-Plastics-announces-acquisition_2377.html DSM Engineering Plastics announced that it has reached an agreement on the acquisition of the polymerization assets of Diolen Industrial Fibers BV. These include the facilities for polyester polymer production in Emmen (Netherlands), which will now b 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /Berry-Plastics-Committee-OKs-bond-issue_2376.html Evansville leaders took another step today toward helping Berry Plastics pay for an expansion of its headquarters building.The Economic Development Commission voted to allow the city to borrow $4.8 million through the sale of bonds. The bulk of that 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /ICL-Plastics-inquiry-enters-second-phase_2375.html A public inquiry into an explosion at a Scottish plastics factory that killed nine people and injured 33 others entered its second phase today. The disaster happened in Glasgow in 2004. The Grovepark Mills, Maryhill factory, operated by ICL Plastics 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /Consumption-and-imports-of-thermoplastics-on-the-rise-in-Brazil_2373.html Consumption and imports of thermoplastics is on the rise in Brazil, including polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate (EVA). Imports surged by 521,700 tons in the f 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /BASF-introduces-several-new-Engineering-Plastics-for-food-contact-in-Europe_2374.html BASF will be offering several new grades in its range of Engineering Plastics in Europe specifically for food contact. As stipulated in the GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) regulations for plastics that come into contact with food, there is now a re 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /Azelis-adds-Whyte-Polymers-to-UK-plastics-arm_2372.html 28 February 2008 %26ndash; Azelis has added to its UK plastics distribution portfolio with the purchase of North London-based Whyte Polymers from Whyte Chemicals in a deal that takes effect on 3 March. The deal effectively doubles Azelis Plastics UK 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /Sumitomo-closes-purchase-of-Demag-Plastics_2371.html 4 March 2008 - Sumitomo Heavy Industries has paid $118 million for Demag Plastics Machinery, in a deal that closed today linking the two injection press makers. The merger %26quot;creates the first globally operating company%26quot; in the injection 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /Lightweight-Lotus-is-top-of-its-class_2370.html A lightweight Lotus raced into pole position during a meeting at Silverstone thanks in part to the materials it was made from. Evonik%26rsquo;s Lotus Exige took part in the 24 hour race last weekend and emerged top of its class with a lead of 44 lap 2008-11-10 Plastics 秩名 ZNNW News /Nanotechnology---Sweating-The-Small-Stuff_2301.html It seems like a Willy Wonka fantasy, but right now food companies are using nanotechnology to create all sorts of bizarre products.Milk cartons that glow when their contents turn sour. A sinful-tasting, non-fat ice-cream with loads of fibre, protein 2008-11-10 Organic 秩名 ZNNW News /COA-to-create-food-studies-program_2299.html BAR HARBOR, Maine %26mdash; Three and a half a million dollars can buy a lot of food, but College of the Atlantic is hoping that it can help pay for something even more meaningful.The college is using a $3.5 million donation from the Partridge Founda 2008-11-10 Organic 秩名 ZNNW News /Top-Australian-Chefs-Unite-Against-GM-Food_2300.html It reads like a %26quot;who%26acute;s who%26quot; of Australia%26acute;s top food experts. Over 50 of our most respected chefs have signed their names to a charter opposing GM food.The %26lsquo;GM Free Chefs Charter%26rsquo; has garnered great suppo 2008-11-10 Organic 秩名 ZNNW News /Organic-Vineyard-Community-Grow-Your-Own-Grapes-at-Home_2298.html In a simpler time in America, agricultural communities thrived. Neighbors spent time together and pitched in during harvest season. People felt connected to the earth and its seasons. Today, as a 640-acre farm just two miles from Lake Michigan's east 2008-11-10 Organic 秩名 ZNNW News /China-Organic-Agriculture-Acquires-Xiaoxinganling-Trademark_2297.html LOS ANGELES %26amp; LIAONING, CHINA - China Organic Agriculture Inc. announced in a Thursday press release plans to further diversify its range of products by entering into the distribution of soybeans, kidney beans and mushrooms.China Organic has c 2008-11-10 Organic 秩名 ZNNW News /Donations-treat-zoo-animals-to-natural-foods--Fine-dining-at-its-best_2296.html Oct. 27--The wolves pace back and forth in their chain-link pens, wagging their tails, jumping and rattling the metal with their paws. They cast furtive glances at the zookeepers.It's carcass day.When the gates open, the six canines dash for the meat 2008-11-10 Organic 秩名 ZNNW News /Settlement-reached-in-Smithfield-Foods-racketeering-lawsuit_2295.html Oct. 27--Smithfield Foods Inc. will hold a third election to determine whether the majority of workers at its largest plant, in Tar Heel, N.C., support a union.The United Food and Commercial Workers union, in turn, will stop its attacks on the compan 2008-11-10 Organic 秩名 ZNNW News /Organics---Heterocycle-Development_2294.html New and unexpected uses for heterocyclic amine ligands - especially the metal complexes generated using phenanthroline and bipyridine chemistries - have made this family of reagents more popular than ever. Some of the many applications include Fiber 2008-11-10 Organic 秩名 ZNNW News /Majority-of-Darjeeling-Tea-To-Go-Organic_2293.html The Darjeeling Tea Association (DTA) has mounted efforts to increase the production of organic tea so that the majority of the champagne of teas is organically produced by 2010.Industry sources say that at present about 37 per cent of the total crop 2008-11-10 Organic 秩名 ZNNW News /Organic-Milk-is-Cream-of-the-Crop_2292.html A new study by Newcastle University proves that organic farmers who let their cows graze as nature intended are producing better quality milk.The Nafferton Ecological Farming Group study found that grazing cows on organic farms in the UK produce milk 2008-11-10 Organic 秩名 ZNNW News /Panasonic-Engineers-Introduce-Methanol-Fuel-Cell-Prototype_2291.html Engineers at Panasonic will showcase their new reduced size methanol fuel cell at the Hydrogen Energy Advanced Technology Exhibition 2008 in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan. Japan's most populated city will host the exhibit on October 22-24, 2008. Panasonic 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News /Rising-oil-prices--OPEC-supply-cut_2289.html NEW YORK - Oil rose on Thursday on expectations OPEC will agree to cut output at an emergency meeting after slowing demand and the growing financial crisis sent prices crashing from record highs set this summer. OPEC members gathering in Vienna ahea 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News /The-Linde-Group-expands-gases-supply-in-Ningbo_2290.html 24 Oct 2008 - The Linde Group has entered into two new contracts for the on-site supply of gases to the companies Ningbo Iron %26amp; Steel Co. Ltd and Hanwha Chemical Corporation (HCC) in Ningbo in eastern China. Under the agreements, Linde will bui 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News /Particle-Analysis--Quality-Control-of-Catalysts-with-Digital-Image-Processing_2288.html Catalysts are widely used as an important auxiliary material in the chemical and petrochemical industry. They are able to accelerate chemical reactions by lowering the activation energy, i.e. they change reaction kinetics. Thus, using catalysts in in 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News /Sinopec-Q3-net-profits-plunge-39-_2287.html SINGAPORE--State-owned refinery and petrochemical giant, Sinopec, has reported a 39% plunge in its net profit for the third quarter ended 30 September due to rapidly falling chemical prices and squeezed refinery margins, the company said on Thursday. 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News /Oil-dips-below--63-as-faltering-demand-trumps-OPEC_2286.html NEW YORK - Oil prices dipped below $63 a barrel on Tuesday as concerns about faltering demand offset OPEC comments suggesting the producer group could throttle back output again to support prices. U.S. crude settled down 49 cents at $62.73 a barrel, 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News /Evonik-Initiating-Million-Euro-Investments-in-Brazil_2285.html Evonik Industries plans to build a new facility for producing the environmentally friendly bleaching and oxidation agent hydrogen peroxide (H 2O 2), which is used primarily in the production of cellulose and paper, at the Triunfo petrochemical compl 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News /PetroChina-to-Increase-Investment-in-Oil--Gas-Businesses_2284.html PetroChina Company Limited will increase its investment in its oil and gas business from 60 to 70 percent in 2009, said company chairman Jiang Jiemin on Tuesday. PetroChina's losses during the global financial crisis are %26quot;limited and under con 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News /New-partnership-to-manufacture-aerospace-composites-components-in-Abu-Dhabi_2283.html Finmeccanica, the Italian aerospace, defence and security company has announced joint partnership with Mubadala Development Company, an Abu Dhabi-based investment company to manufacture aerospace composite components for civil aircrafts at the recent 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News /Chinese-Exporters-Look-to-Domestic-Market-as-Foreign-Orders-Dwindle_2282.html Chinese exporters, faced with dwindling foreign orders amid global economic slowdown, are diverting their attention to domestic markets. At the ongoing Canton Fair, China's leading trade fair, businesses that canvass foreign buyers are also focusing 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News /New-regulations-soon-to-sell-Methanol_2281.html New regulations regarding the sale and distribution of Methanol spirits will be enacted shortly as a safety measure following the deaths of several persons consuming illicit liquor made out of Methanol spirits. Commissioner General of Excise, D.G.M.V 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News /Panasonic-developed-a-new-type-of-direct-methanol-fuel-battery_2280.html Japan's Panasonic Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. announced on October 20 that the company has developed a new type of direct methanol fuel battery whose output capacity per unit volume is twice of its former products. This new battery is for portable 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News /Case-Western-Reserve-University-researcher-improves-LCDs_2279.html Charles Rosenblatt, professor of physics and macromolecular science at Case Western Reserve University, and his research group have developed a method of 3D optical imaging of anisotropic fluids such as liquid crystals, with volumetric resolution one 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News /Eastman-ParaStar-PET-Resin-Most-Energy-Efficient-On-Market_2278.html Eastman Chemical Company's ParaStar resins are the most energy-efficient PET resins on the market, according to a just-completed Life Cycle Inventory (LCI). %26quot;When we first launched the ParaStar family of PET resins, we said that the energy sa 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News /CMAI-Completes-2009-World-Methanol-Analysis_2276.html Houston, TX - Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) announced the completion of the 2009 World Methanol Analysis. Published annually, this study provides information on supply, demand, production, history and forecasts for methanol capacity, trade, 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News /Relationship-between-quantum-dots--Stability-and-reproduction_2277.html 23 Oct 2008 - Theoretical proof of stable and measurable states extending over two quantum dots and creating offspring has now been provided for the first time. This supports the notion of what is known as Quantum Darwinism, which makes the selection 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News /Yale-journal-finds-nanomaterials-may-have-large-environmental-footprint_2275.html Environmental gains derived from the use of nanomaterials may be offset in part by the process used to manufacture them, according to research published in a special issue of the Journal of Industrial Ecology. Hatice 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News /Thai-stocks-fall-3-75-pct--oil-shares-slump_2274.html Thailand's main stock index.SETI fell 3.75 percent shortly after the opening bell onMonday as sell-offs hit stock markets across Asia. At 0310 GMT, the benchmark SET .SETI dropped 3.75 percentto 416.62, led by losses in energy shares, with top energy 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News /Phenomenex-Recognized-by-The-Wall-Street-Journal-as-Exceptional-Workplace_2273.html The Wall Street Journal announced this week that Phenomenex Inc. is among the 15 best small workplaces in the U.S. Phenomenex was selected from among 782 nominees by a national panel of small business experts chosen by The Wall Street Journal and the 2008-11-09 Chemical 秩名 ZNNW News