KEMET Corp. recently announced the signing of a $31.7 million contract with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory.
Owens Corning recently announced its support of President Obama’s $6 billion HOMESTAR program that promotes the creation of tens of thousands of U.S. jobs and encourages consumers to make energy-saving home improvements.
Owens-Illinois, Inc. (O-I) recently announced that it has filled five positions, three of which were newly created to support the company’s strategic direction.
According to “Light-Emitting Diodes for Lighting Applications,” the global market for light-emitting diodes (LEDs) was an estimated $5.4 billion in 2009.
The 2010 Toledo Glass & Ceramic Award will be presented to Michael Greenman, executive director of the Glass Manufacturing Industry Council, on April 22, 2010.
Cookson recently announced 2009 revenues of £1,961 million (approximately $2,945 million), which was a decline of 24% compared to 2008 (on an underlying basis).
According to “Boron: Global Industry Markets and Outlook,” from Roskill Information Services Ltd., the global demand for boron grew strongly in the three years to 2008.
PPG Industries has announced that James C. Diggs, PPG senior vice president and general counsel, and a member of the company’s executive committee, will retire effective July 1, 2010.
Ferro Corp. recently announced net sales of $1,658 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, a decline of 26% from the 2008 level of $2,245 million.
Rio Tinto’s divestment program has passed the $10 billion mark with the completion of the sale of its Alcan Packaging Food Americas division to Bemis Co., Inc.
Molycorp Minerals will undertake an exploration program to better delineate the existence and extent of various bastnasite, monazite and other rare earth-bearing mineral deposits known to exist outside the current mining area on the company’s property and claims at Mountain Pass, Calif.
Alcoa recently announced that its board of directors has elected John Thuestad to the post of executive vice president and group president of Global Primary Products.
Johns Manville (JM) recently announced that it has reached an agreement with SolarFrameWorks for SolarFrameWorks to supply its proprietary building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) CoolPly™ solar roofing components to JM.