BASF and Stork Digital Imaging Launch Co-Branded Pigment Ink Solution

28-Jun-2006 - BASF and Stork Digital Imaging combine their expertise to develop a complete pigment ink solution for the digital textile printer. The new pigment ink solution makes its world debut at ITM 2006 in Istanbul taking place end of June. BASF's knowledge in the field of digital textile printing played ...

BOC opens largest commercial helium facility in China

28-Jun-2006 - BOC recently opened the largest Chinese commercial helium distribution center, which will supply gaseous and liquid helium to customers throughout China, earlier this month. The facility is located in one of China's main industrial parks, the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) in ...

Kerr-McGee Announces Merger into Anadarko in All Cash Transaction

27-Jun-2006 - Kerr-McGee Corp. announced that its board of directors has unanimously approved an all cash offer of $70.50 per common share to merge into Anadarko Petroleum Corp. The transaction is subject to the approval of Kerr-McGee shareholders as well as other customary regulatory approvals and is expected ...

Linde to build on-site facility for Dutch steelworks

27-Jun-2006 - The steel and aluminum producer Corus has commissioned the technology group Linde to build an air separation unit in IJmuiden, the Netherlands. The investment volume totals 75 million euros. The facility is being built in the context of the planned increase in steel production, for which the new ...

Cognis AgroSolutions receives Syngenta Purchasing Award 2006

27-Jun-2006 - Cognis has gained recognition from Syngenta, in the shape of its Purchasing Award 2006. The award was given in appreciation of Cognis' efforts to align its operations closely with Syngenta's strategic objectives and sourcing policy for inert substances, and of the committed support which Cognis ...

Continuing strong growth for Viscotek in Europe

26-Jun-2006 - Viscotek has announced strong growth in European sales in 2006 compared to the same period last year. Founded in 1985, Viscotek is the global leader in GPC / SEC detectors, software and systems for the characterisation of natural and synthetic polymers, proteins and nanoparticulate materials. ...

Devgen and Sumitomo announce extension of crop protection collaboration

26-Jun-2006 - Devgen has signed a two-year extension of the research collaboration with Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited to develop novel insecticides. In the collaboration, Devgen selects and validates novel insecticidal targets, formats high throughput assays and uses its expertise in computational ...

GE Healthcare to set up India's first Radiopharmacy Centre in Delhi

26-Jun-2006 - GE Healthcare announced that it is setting up India's first Radiopharmacy Centre in the national capital, Delhi. The new Radiopharmacy Centre will offer isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals in unit doses to various nuclear medicine hospitals and healthcare centres in and around Delhi. ...

Waters Corporation Enters Into Collaborations with Chinese Partners

Raising the Bar for Food Safety and Environmental Standards in China

26-Jun-2006 - Waters Corporation announced collaborations with the China Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control (China CDC), Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control (BJCDC) and The Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to ...

Agilent Technologies completes $4.466 billion stock repurchase program ahead of schedule

23-Jun-2006 - Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that it has completed its $4.466 billion stock repurchase program, ahead of its previously projected year-end schedule. Since announcing the buyback program on Aug. 15, 2005, Agilent acquired approximately 125 million shares of its common stock. Upon completion ...