Tuesday 24. June 2008
Amazon.com’s Office Supplies Store Is Now Open for Business
New Store Carries More Than 500,000 Unique Products
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Tuesday 24. June 2008
Cascades to play central role in Savoie biomass power plant project
Cascades S.A., Division La Rochette will host a major biomass-fuelled electric power generation project. Under the management of Cofathec, a Gaz de France subsidiary, the Cégaz project will enable a 7,500-ton reduction in the coated boxboard mills CO2 emissions and generate 40 million kWh of electricity that will be returned to Frances transmission grid. This cogeneration power plant will be operational by 2010.
Monday 23. June 2008
Alcoa to Temporarily Idle Half of Rockdale, TX Smelter Due to Local Power Supply Issues
Alcoa (NYSE: AA) today announced it will temporarily idle half the production at its Rockdale, Texas aluminum smelter effective today as a result of ongoing supply issues with Luminants onsite power generating unit, Sandow Unit 4, and the resulting market power prices being uneconomical.
Monday 23. June 2008
Torraspapel Obtains EMAS Environmental Certification for Its Coated Paper and Pulp Mills
Certification is scheduled to be extended to the specialty paper and self-adhesives factories before the end of 2008.
Monday 23. June 2008
NaturalNano Announces Two Funded Projects With SpecialtyMaterials Leader Rohm and Haas Company
NaturalNano, Inc. (OTCBB: NNAN) (FWB: N3N), a developer of advanced nanomaterials and extended release nanotechnologies, today announced a partnership with Philadelphia-based Rohm and Haas Company, a leader in specialty materials, to explore the development of polymers with enhanced properties.
Monday 23. June 2008
Mohawk Backs Up Carbon Neutral Claims With Emissions Inventory
Continuing its commitment to sustainable practices, Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. has again joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Climate Leaders program, successfully completing EPA base year reporting requirements.
Monday 23. June 2008
Neenah Releases New ESSE, OXFORD and UV/ULTRA II Swatchbooks
New Look, New Focus for Three Popular Lines