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Volume 86, Issue 42, October 20, 2008 is now available

Closely related bacterial enzymes make cell-wall polymers of varying lengths

Legal victories appear to be forcing Hexion into a corner

Chair of review panel is under scrutiny for possible conflict of interest

Since the end of September, BASF has reduced its worldwide production of caprolactam to about 65 percent. The reason for this measure is the high cost of raw materials and energy as well as the unsati... [WebWire - Monday, October 20, 2008]

BANGALORE, INDIA (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Air Liquide (PINKSHEETS: AIQUY) (Paris), a worldwide supplier of medical and industrial gases, has announced plans to invest about $61.8 million to set up northern India's largest air separation unit. The products will meet the requirements of the 3 million-metric-ton-per-day naphtha cracker being set up by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (BSE: 530965) (IOCL) (New Delhi) in Panipat, Haryana.

Amec has signed a cooperation agreement with Seametric International AS to provide an international offshore decommissioning service for clients.

As the food and beverage industry moves away from classical glass containers to PET containers, the use of steam and pasturisation to sterilise the product has become more difficult.

The year 2010 marks an important U.S. milestone for ozone protection with the phase out of R-22, an ozone depleting refrigerant used in some new air-conditioning systems for more than four decades. To... [WebWire - Monday, October 20, 2008]

San Jose, CA, Oct 20, '08- Papros Inc.'s free download enables rapid scrubbing of substances in products versus the recently released list of tentative REACH Pre-Registration substances. This unique f... [WebWire - Monday, October 20, 2008]