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• MOTO releases AMP MID, the OLED Android 2.0 handheld you didn't even know existed

  BNET - 2009-11-06

  Remember those BASF commercials, the: "We make a lot of the products you buy better" ones? That's kind of the story at MOTO Development Group. We've seen the company working on e-ink internals , also having a hand in the creation of the Zune 2.0 ...

  Tags: volume, product, BASF AG, Microsoft Zune, Organic Light-emitting Diode

• BASF and CTC to increase sugarcane crop yield

  Strategy Eye - 2009-08-06

  German chemical firm BASF is partnering with Brazil’s Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira CTC to develop drought-tolerant and higher-yielding varieties of sugarcane. The pair are aiming to increase sugarcane yield by 25% over the next 10 years. BASF says this would result in an increase from an average of 80...

  Tags: BASF AG, Engineering, Editorial

• ReVolt and BASF form battery venture

  Strategy Eye - 2009-07-12

  BASF Future Business, a subsidiary of German chemical company BASF, is partnering with ReVolt Technology to accelerate the development of ReVolt’s zinc-air battery systems. BASF will supply electrochemistry expertise and component materials to support the technology’s commercialisation. ReVolt claims its rechargeable zinc-air battery provides up to three times more...

  Tags: Battery, BASF AG, Engineering, Editorial

• BASF licenses Argonne battery technology

  Strategy Eye - 2009-06-07

  German chemical firm BASF has signed a global deal to license composite cathode materials developed by the US Department of Energy’s DoE Argonne National Laboratory. BASF is applying for funding from the American Investment and Reinvestment Act’s Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative and, if approved, plans...

  Tags: Battery, BASF AG, Argonne National Laboratory, Engineering, Editorial

• BASF to develop DoE battery technology

  Strategy Eye - 2009-06-07

  German chemical firm BASF has signed a global deal to license composite cathode materials developed by the US Department of Energy’s DoE Argonne National Laboratory. BASF is applying for funding from the American Investment and Reinvestment Act’s Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative and, if approved, plans...

  Tags: Battery, BASF AG, Argonne National Laboratory, Engineering, Editorial

• BASF and Sion Power to develop battery technology

  Strategy Eye - 2009-05-17

  German chemical firm BASF is partnering with Arizona-based Sion Power to commercialise lithium-sulphur (Li-S) battery technology. The pair will develop battery materials to improve the battery life and energy density of the Li-S technology, which was developed by Sion. The batteries will be targeted at the electric vehicle market....

  Tags: Battery, Sion Power Corp., BASF AG, Engineering, Editorial

• Sud Chemie buys BASF catalysts facility

  Strategy Eye - 2009-04-20

  Sud-Chemie is paying BASF an undisclosed sum to acquire a catalysts production facility in China. Located in Nanjing, the facility produces more than 30 types of synthesis gas syngas catalysts. "Acquiring syngas catalyst production in Nanjing is an important strategic...

  Tags: China, Catalyst, BASF AG, Sud Chemie, Sud-Chemie, Editorial

• Sud-Chemie buys BASF catalysts facility

  Strategy Eye - 2009-04-20

  Sud-Chemie is paying BASF an undisclosed sum to acquire a catalysts production facility in China. Located in Nanjing, the facility produces more than 30 types of synthesis gas syngas catalysts. "Acquiring syngas catalyst production in Nanjing is an important strategic...

  Tags: China, Catalyst, BASF AG, Sud-Chemie, Editorial

• German group gets USD28m to develop batteries

  Strategy Eye - 2009-03-31

  A consortium led by BASF Future Business BASF FB is receiving EUR21m (USD27.8m) from the German Ministry of Education and Research BMBF to develop lithium-ion batteries for use in plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles. The HE-Lion consortium consists of 18 members, including Freudenberg Viliesstoffe, SGL Carbon, Fraunhofer Institute Itzehoe, Gaia, Bosch...

  Tags: Lithium-ion, Battery, BASF AG, Lithium-ion Battery, Production Process, Engineering, Fraunhofer Institute, Volkswagen (VW), Robert Bosch, German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Ranil Pilimatalawa

• Pigments market panel discussion

  - 2009-01-01

  For this year's annual pigments market update, Coatings World asked a panel of experts to address key issues facing the market including the economy, new technology and strategies for moving forward in 2009. The panel is made up of individuals from some of the world's largest and most diverse pigment...

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