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Bad to the Bone: What Bone Cement Maker Became a Cautionary Tale?
02/05/2023 - Shady business practices landed four medtech executives in jail in 2011. What bone cement company did they work for?
ExxonMobil, NEG-US and Gatorbar form strategic alliance to grow market share of composite rebar
- ExxonMobil’s ProximaTM polyolefin thermoset resin systems and glass fiber from NEG-US is used to produce GatorBar, an industry leading, glass fiber reinforced composite rebar (GFRP).  Data from...
Linde and Heidelberg Materials Announce Large-Scale Carbon Capture Project
19/04/2023 - The facility at the German Lengfurt cement plant is scheduled to go into operation as early as 2025 with a capture capacity of around 70,000 tonnes of CO? per...
Carbonaide raises EUR 1.8 million to make manufacturing concrete carbon negative
05/04/2023 - This VTT spin-out (left: COO Jonne Hirvonen, right CEO Tapio Vehmas) uses industrial side streams and carbon dioxide (CO2) capture, utilization and storage technology to manufacture carbon-negative...
Holcim cements $1.29B Duro-Last deal, seeks more acquisitions
03/04/2023 - The world's biggest cement maker, Switzerland's Holcim Ltd., closed a $1.29 billion deal on April 3 to buy
Arcitell's composite Qora Cladding goes to market
17/03/2023 - Sugarcreek, Ohio-based Arcitell LLC produces its Qora Cladding-brand panels with a rigid foam core, fiberglass-reinforced layers and a surface layer that incorporates real materials for the look...
Jablite by BEWI adds Sheet Pile Infill to its infrastructure range
- The new Sheet Pile Infill from Jablite by BEWI offers a quick and cost-effective solution to infilling the open voids in an exposed sheet pile wall.  The lightweight expanded...
Rome wasn't built in a day, but they sure had strong concrete
15/03/2023 - The Roman Colosseum is a giant, oval amphitheater built almost two thousand years ago. Despite its age and a 14th century earthquake that knocked down the south side of the colosseum, most of the...
Kuusakoski announces plans for composite recycling plant in Finland
17/02/2023 - Finnish recycling company Kuusakoski (Espoo) reveals plans to build a new composite shredding and treatment plant at its...
Holcim to buy PVC roofing company Duro-Last for $1.3B
15/02/2023 - The world's biggest cement maker, Switzerland's Holcim Ltd., will acquire Saginaw, Mich.-based Duro-Last Inc., a producer of single-ply roofing systems that has seen double-digit growth, for $1.29...
German Vice Chancellor Dr. Robert Habeck visits flagship CCS project in Brevik, Norway
13/02/2023 - Large media coverage when Vice Chancellor Dr Robert Habeck visited Heidelberg Materials plant in Brevik Norway. © Heidelberg Materials/Dag JenssenClimate protection, and the technological...
Kickstart: Chocolate in reusable packaging, sustainable jackets and litter cleanup
09/02/2023 - Sometimes it does seem like everything old is new again.Food and beverage giant Nestlé SA has announced it's
Baustoff ohne sauberen Ersatz: Zement – die schmutzigste Industrie der Welt
09/02/2023 - Auf welche Baustelle man auch schaut, ohne Zement geht nichts. Das wussten schon die alten Römer. Bereits vor vielen Hundert…Full text:
Aker Carbon Capture enters Finnish Power-to-X market
09/02/2023 - Aker Carbon Capture will deliver a pre-engineering study to the energy company St1 for the development of a carbon capture facility at Finnsementti’s Lappeenranta cement plant. The...
SKZ course aims to regulate medical plastic devices
08/02/2023 - A new course developed by SKZ, held in cooperation with Polyneers GmbH in Würzburg, Germany will explain regulatory requirements needed for medical plastic devices. × ...
Injection moulding: The key to protecting the tunnels of Norway'
31/01/2023 - KraussMaffei are working with Norwegian company Oldroyd to waterproof the country’s vast tunnel networks through injection moulding practices, using recycled sea plastics. × ...
AIMPLAS Commences Operations of Its CO? Capturing Hybrid Pilot Plant in Athens
20/01/2023 - The decarbonization of the economy is one of society’s main challenges, as described in SDG 13 of the United Nations Global Compact. To meet this challenge, AIMPLAS, the Plastics...
The answer to why Roman concrete is so durable
19/01/2023 - Researchers have spent decades trying to figure out the secret of Rome’s ultradurable ancient construction material, used in the famed Pantheon as well as aqueducts and seawalls that endured...
Aimplas aims to tackle greenhouse gases
18/01/2023 - Plastics produce a significant amount greenhouse gas, contributing to global warming and a range of other environmental issues.  ×