Metal spray process
Inovati (Santa Barbara, CA) has successfully developed a low-temperature metal deposition technique, Kinetic Metallization (KM).
Swedish water treatment JV
Kemira Kemi AB, will establish a joint venture company, called Akvab, with Anox AB for the development and marketing of biochemical complete solutions in water treatment.
Vietnamese plastics plant
Vietnam Saigon Plastic Association (VSPA) has boosted its plans to build a USD 800 million, natural-gas fired plastics plant in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
BASF to build vitamin plant
South Korea's Ministry of Commerce has said that German chemicals company BASF AG will invest USD 26 million to build a vitamin plant in South Korea.
Universal spectrometer
With the introduction of the new Spectrotest in the new year, Spectro plans to make the mobile arc/spark metal analyser into the most successful industrial spectrometer on the market.