Giesecke & Devrient halts deliveries to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe(04 Jul 2008)
The Management Board of Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Munich, decided to cease delivering banknote paper to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe with immediate effect. The company has taken this step in response to an official request from the German ...
Unexpected carbon composition discovered in world's oldest diamonds(04 Jul 2008) Did life on earth begin earlier than we have hitherto believed?
While examining the oldest diamonds in the world, a group of researchers, including Martina Menneken and Dr. Thorsten Geisler from the University of Münster (Institute of Mineralogy), have found evidence that life may have existed 4.25 billion ...
3M completes acquisition of IMTEC Corp.(04 Jul 2008)
3M announced that it has completed its acquisition of IMTEC Corp., a manufacturer of dental implants and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scanning equipment for dental and medical radiology headquartered in Ardmore, Okla. Terms of the ...
Dr. Bernd Burkhart appointed head of BASF's Aroma Chemicals business(04 Jul 2008)
Effective as from June 1, 2008, Dr. Bernd Burkhart is the new head of BASF Aroma Chemicals business. He succeeds Dr. Ulrich Schaefer-Luederssen, who died unexpectedly in April earlier this year. Dr. Burkhart was born in Bruchweiler, Germany, in ...
Exterior coatings can be long lasting, cost efficient and environmentally advanced(03 Jul 2008)
If you walk around cities in China after it has rained, you may notice obvious stains on the exterior walls of many buildings. The reason, in most cases, is that traditional exterior emulsion coatings are not smooth, nor continuous, which allow ...
Oxea moves to monthly pricing(03 Jul 2008)
The global chemical company Oxea has moved to regular monthly pricing adjustments across its entire product portfolio sold in North and South America. This change is necessitated by increasingly volatile raw material prices, while demand ...