Syntec to Develop Catalysts to Produce Butanol and Propanol From Biomass and MSW

Syntec Biofuel Inc. announced it is launching a research program to develop catalysts and processes to produce Bio-butanol and Bio-propanol from biomass. This new R&D initiative is projected to be a 3 year program and will run in parallel with Syntec’s catalyst development. The company will be seeking strategic financial partners to support the estimated costs of US$2,500,000. Syntec has, since 2001, successfully developed catalysts to... Read more..

ShengdaTech Breaks Ground at New NPCC Facility in Zibo

ShengdaTech, Inc. a leading manufacturer of nano precipitated calcium carbonate (NPCC) in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and a major manufacturer of coal-based chemical products in Tai’an City, Shandong Province, PRC, today announced that the Company has broken ground on its new NPCC facility in Zibo and has begun construction. The Zibo facility will have a total designed capacity of 160,000 metric tons (MT), instead of 120,000 MT... Read more..

Linda Lorelle Scholarship Chosen as Hunting Art Prize Charity for a Second Year

Hunting PLC has announced that it will once again donate proceeds from the Hunting Art Prize to the Linda Lorelle Scholarship Fund, a Houston-based charity that provides scholarships, support and ongoing guidance to Houston-area high school students in need of financial and career assistance to fulfill their academic potential throughout their college experience. Dennis Proctor, Chief Executive of Hunting PLC, whose U.S. corporate headquarters are... Read more..

QuEST Global Gets Govt. of India Notification to Lease Out Land At Its Precision Engineering SEZ at Belgaum

QuEST Global, a leading provider of outsourced engineering services and manufacturing, announced today that it has received the Government of India notification for its SEZ (Special Economic Zone) in Belgaum, Karnataka. QuEST Global has also received approval for the units that are coming up in phase 1 of the SEZ. QuEST Global’s SEZ will be a sector specific precision engineering SEZ, covering over 300 acres of land in the initial phase. This notification... Read more..

Arch Aluminum & Glass Improves Solar Mirrors for Renewable Energy Industry

Arch Aluminum and Glass Co., Inc. has developed innovative new mirror manufacturing techniques to meet the demand for lower cost and more efficient concentrator photovoltaic units in the burgeoning renewable energy industry. The Arch parabolic mirrors optically focus sunlight onto a concentrator containing active solar cell materials that convert the intense light into electricity. The paint backing for these techniques are lead free, which allows... Read more..

Bosch Calls for Accelerating Development of Alternative Energy Sources

As consumers seek solutions to energy challenges, many of the vehicle technologies with the potential to lead us from a world of energy scarcity to a world of energy abundance are known and their development should be accelerated, said Peter Marks, chairman, president and CEO of Robert Bosch LLC, while speaking at the Management Briefing Seminars today. “Turbulence caused by external factors is changing the automotive industry like never before,... Read more..

China’s Growing Acceptance of Water-based Acrylic Coatings Energized by Rohm and Haas Innovation and Support

As China achieves greater world prominence and visibility from the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, businesses throughout the country are making their own gains by embracing global standards of quality, safety and sustainability. Specialty materials company Rohm and Haas, the world’s leader in acrylic technology for nearly a century, is helping many Chinese coatings manufacturers meet new environmental and performance goals with cutting-edge acrylic emulsions... Read more..

Shelter Bay Energy Inc. acquires shares of Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd.

Shelter Bay Energy Inc. is pleased to announce that it acquired ownership on August 5, 2008 of 4,110,000 Class A shares of Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd., constituting 14.6% of the issued and outstanding Class A shares of Painted Pony. Further to Crescent Point Energy Trust’s press release dated April 11, 2008 announcing the acquisition of Painted Pony shares in consideration for the sale of oil and gas assets in the Cameron River/Blair fairway... Read more..