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3rd November 2009
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.
21st September 2009
Materials company Ferro Corporation’s Electronic Material Systems (EMS) business unit has begun production of solar aluminum paste at its expanded Suzhou, China, facility.
18th August 2009
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.
7th July 2009
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.
7th July 2009
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.
30th September 2008
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.
James Hall-Smith of HSBC discusses the drivers behind the growth of the European renewable energy scene and the opportunities this affords to infrastructure investors and project financiers alike.
‘I think there is an increased interest from a corporate governance and sustainability perspective. This makes many institutions focus on this area. There is also a recognition of the drivers behind environmental infrastructure, from the fundamentals of creating the best opportunity to tackling climate change, whilst also looking to gain energy security and satisfy the social and political drivers.'--- 1 Comment
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