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Ericsson 3Q profit beats expectations, shares jump

20 Oct 2008

Wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB reported Monday that net profit fell 28 percent in the third quarter on heavy restructuring charges. The announcement, four days ahead of schedule, was better than expected and sent the company's shares up 19 p...

Bayer wins European approval for Qlaira pill

16 Oct 2008

Bayer AG said it has won European approval for Qlaira, a contraceptive pill which it expects to generate sales of up to 500 million euros ($683.1 million) per year. Bayer is also developing Qlaira for the treatment of an excessive menstrual bleedi...

Dunmore Introduces New Brushed Metallized OPP Film for L...

13 Oct 2008

SOUTH DEERFIELD, Mass. -- Deerfield Urethane, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bayer MaterialScience LLC (BMS) and one of the leading suppliers of custom, made-to-order thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and specialty elastomer film and sheet, is pro...

Bayer MaterialScience Enters Joint Development Agreement...

08 Oct 2008

PITTSBURGH -- As businesses, governments and individuals continue to look for ways to reduce their energy consumption, light emitting diode (LED)-based lighting has taken off as one of the most sought-after technologies driving these efforts. To adva...

Fluorotherm introduces Thermally Conductive H2 PFA and F...

02 Oct 2008

Fluorotherm introduces Thermally Conductive H2 PFA and FEP fluoropolymer tubing to significantly enhance the heat transfer rate for cooling and heating applications. This tubing is incorporated in Fluorotherm heat exchangers that are used in a broad...

Hybrid Plastics Achieves a Milestone with Nanoscopic Mat...

29 Sep 2008

Hattiesburg, MS -- Hybrid Plastics under sponsorship from The National Science Foundation, Electronics Division, has reached a milestone by producing the first conformal coating capable of suppressing tin whiskers. Lead-free electronics are ubiquitou...

Biotechs Get Rival Deals To Build Anthrax Vaccine

29 Sep 2008

The race to develop and supply the government with anthrax-fighting drugs just got more heated. Two rival biotechs -- Emergent BioSolutions of Rockville and PharmAthene of Annapolis -- announced yesterday that they received separate federal devel...

Stocks head for lower open ahead of bailout vote

29 Sep 2008

Financial markets headed for another difficult session Monday ahead of a planned House vote on an unpopular $700 billion plan to rescue troubled financial companies. Stock futures fell sharply as investors feared the measure won't pass and that credi...

Zeltia Says Yondelis Sales to Exceed 1 Billion Euros

25 Sep 2008

Zeltia SA Chairman Jose Maria Fernandez Sousa-Faro said global sales from the Yondelis cancer treatment will exceed 1 billion euros ($1.5 billion) as the drug wins approval for use against a second form of the disease. Yondelis is already sold as...

Swiss Re Sees Further SF277 Million CDS Writedowns

25 Sep 2008

Swiss Reinsurance Co., the world's second-largest reinsurer, estimated it lost 277 million Swiss francs ($256 million) on structured credit-default swaps since the end of the second quarter as the credit crisis deepened. The mark-to-market loss o...

DW Plastics Underlines Crate Expertise in New market Sec...

24 Sep 2008

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 prese...

First bank short-seller breaks cover

23 Sep 2008

Fortelus Capital today became the first hedge fund to admit short selling a financial company. Following the crackdown announced late last week, Fortelus said its Special Situations Master Fund held a short position amounting to 5.33% of London Sc...

SABIC Innovative Plastics and Azdel, Inc. Launch IXIS Au...

18 Sep 2008

TROY, Mich./ -- In the ongoing search for new ways to reduce vehicle weight, automotive OEMs and tiers have been looking for a better alternative to steel, aluminum and thermosets for large, aerodynamic, horizontal body panels. Now, SABIC Innovative...

Lurgi Zimmer - New Contract for PBT Plant in Xinjiang Pr...

17 Sep 2008

FRANKFURT/MAIN -- Lurgi Zimmer GmbH, a company of Lurgi GmbH, Frankfurt/Germany, has been awarded a contract for a PBT plant for Xinjiang Blue Ridge Tunhe Chemical Industry Company Ltd., Changji City China. PBT (Polybutylene Terephthalate) is a speci...

Polyurethane Resin Transfer Molding for Composites - Bay...

09 Sep 2008

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., -- For decades, the resin transfer molding (RTM) process has been a preferred method for manufacturing composite parts. Resins used in the process have traditionally included polyester, vinylester and epoxy, to name a few. However,...

Microsoft launches free Hyper-V

08 Sep 2008

Microsoft has made its virtualisation hypervisor Hyper-V available as a free product. The software, which will be downloadable from Microsoft's website will be available within 30 days. In a flurry of announcements, cheekily timed just before VMw...

Delphi Now Producing Over One Billion Feet of Halogen-Fr...

02 Sep 2008

ROY, MI -- After making its debut on the 2007 Toyota Tundra, Delphi Halogen-Free Ultra-Thin-Wall Cable is now being produced for multiple vehicles from three major automakers at a rate of 1.5 billion feet per year. It is an environmentally responsibl...

Intertape Polymer Launches Nova-Seal® II Proprietary Roo...

21 Aug 2008

MONTREAL, QUEBEC AND BRADENTON, FLORIDA -- Intertape Polymer Group Inc. announced that its Truro, Nova Scotia facility has commenced commercial production of a newly developed synthetic roof underlayment membrane product. Initial sales from a pilot l...

Insurer AIG reports $5.4bn loss

07 Aug 2008

American International Group (AIG) has reported a another quarterly loss as profits were wiped out by writedowns on mortgage-related investments. For the April to June period, the world's biggest insurer incurred a net loss of $5.36bn (£2.7...

High cost of living for students

04 Aug 2008

Exeter University has the highest cost of living for students in the UK, according to research. However, just 45 miles (73km) away, Plymouth University is the most cost-effective place to study. The cost of living index, published by NatWest...

Autotex Provides Robust Protection for Rotalign

25 Jul 2008

Robust Autotex film protects keypad on innovative alignment device Autotex, the high quality textured polyester film from MacDermid Autotype, the leading European manufacturer of specialised hard coated films and chemicals, is being used to form a ke...

Oil Gains on Nigerian Output Disruption, IMF's Higher Fo...

18 Jul 2008

By Nesa Subrahmaniyan and Christian Schmollinger July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose from the lowest in more than a month in New York, after production was disrupted in Nigeria and the International Monetary Fund raised its forecast for global e...

Thermally Conductive Polymers for Heat Sinks Described i...

11 Jul 2008

WARWICK, RI -- Thermally conductive injection molding grade thermoplastics for manufacturing heat sinks and thermal management solutions are now described in a special data sheet from Cool Polymers, Inc. CoolPoly® thermally conductive plastics, cu...

WACKER and The Technical University of Munich Inaugurate...

04 Jul 2008

MUNICH -- WACKER, The Munich-based chemical company, and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) officially opened an Institute of Silicon Chemistry in Garching, near Munich, this Wednesday evening. The institute is part of the WACKER Chair of Macro...

Laptop Shipment Forecasts Lowered on Supply, Demand at G...

26 Jun 2008

Global shipments of notebook computers will rise less than previously forecast because of lower-than-expected demand and supply constraints, Goldman, Sachs & Co. said, reported The Bloomberg. Shipments by the world's top-five laptop makers wi...

Teva's Azilect Drug Slows Parkinson's Disease

16 Jun 2008

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., the world's biggest maker of generic drugs, said its Azilect medicine helped slow the progression of Parkinson's disease in the final phase of clinical tests, reported The Bloomberg. Azilect, which Teva develo...

Procter & Gamble and PTI Europe Develop ISBM Bottles Usi...

13 Jun 2008

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands -- Global household, beauty and personal care products brand leader Procter & Gamble (P&G), and ISBM packaging consultant PTI Europe have jointly developed a new range of injection stretch blow molded (ISBM) bottles which demon...

UK firms 'top Europe wealth list'

09 Jun 2008

Large UK-owned companies are outstripping their European rivals when it comes to creating wealth, a study has concluded, reported The BBC. Banks and oil firms topped the 2007 Value Added Scoreboard research by the Department for Business Enterpri...

Hexcel to Supply Carbon Fiber Composites for Airbus A350...

05 Jun 2008

STAMFORD, CT. -- Hexcel Corporation announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply carbon fiber composite materials for major primary structures of the Airbus long-range wide-body A350 XWB aircraft. The award covers the entire family of A350...

Makrolon® from Bayer MaterialScience in Medical Applicat...

04 Jun 2008

LEVERKUSEN -- Avant Medical, a leading medical technology manufacturer based in San Diego, California, is currently developing the latest generation of its Pulse Injection® technology for needleless injection of medications. The "Gen 3" device is cap...