Posts Tagged ‘materials’

17 May 2011

Materials giant Honeywell expands capacity for low-global-warming-potential product

Specialty materials manufacturer Honeywell has tripled production capacity for its low-global-warming-potential product to meet the growing need for the material.

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3 November 2009

Ferro issues public offering of 29.5 million shares of common stock

Specialty materials company Ferro Corporation is offering to sell 29.5 million shares of its common stock in an underwritten offering. The underwriters have been granted an over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 4.425 million shares of common stock.

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21 September 2009

Ferro launches solar aluminum paste production at Suzhou, China manufacturing facility

Materials company Ferro Corporation's Electronic Material Systems (EMS) business unit has begun production of solar aluminum paste at its expanded Suzhou, China, facility.

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18 August 2009

US green materials company Novomer raises $14m in venture financing

Early stage venture capital firm OVP Venture Partners has led a $14m Series B funding round for US green materials company Novomer, according to reports.

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7 July 2009

SouthWest NanoTechnologies gains $3m investment for carbon nanotube products from US growth capital investor Insight Technology Capital Partners

Michigan, US-based growth capital investor Insight Technology Capital Partners is to invest up to $3m in SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc., a developer and manufacturer of single-wall carbon nanotubes and specialty multiwall nanotubes.

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7 July 2009

Listed cleantech investor Ludgate Environmental Fund announces £1m in working capital to environmentally responsible packaging company Rapid Action Packaging

Ludgate Environmental Fund, the AIM-listed investment company focused on the environmental/cleantech sector, has announced the provision of a £1m working capital facility to environmentally responsible packaging company Rapid Action Packaging. This amount is additional to the £4m invested by LEF into equity and Cumulative Unsecured Loan Stock of RAP in May 2008, the company said.

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30 September 2008

NewNet Investor Profile, Scott MacDonald, Emerald Technology Venturesp

Scott MacDonald on taking cleantech mainstream, on smart grid, on sector expertise, on the evolution of an industry and on feeling good about the money you make. Emerald Technology Ventures was founded in 2000. The firm focuses exclusively on innovative technologies in energy, advanced materials and water. Emerald has 19 team members in offices in Zurich, Switzerland and Montreal, Canada, The firm manages three venture capital funds and two venture capital portfolio mandates totaling over €300m.

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