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Business Roundup ShareShare onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail C&EN, 2017, 95 (17), p 12April 24, 2017Cite this:C&EN 95, 17, 12AbstractIndorama will acquire Glanzstoff Group, a Luxembourg-based producer of tire cord materials made from rayon, aramid, nylon 6,6, and polyester. Indorama, the world’s largest producer of polyethylene terephthalate, entered the tire cord market in 2014. Momentive Performance Materials has opened a $3.5 million, 1,900-m2 research center in Charlotte, N.C. There the company will test ingredients for tires, including its NXT silane products for low-rolling-resistance tires. Merck KGaA is leading a European project to develop materials and device architectures for high-performance, hyperfluorescent organic light-emitting diodes for displays and solid-state lighting. The project will receive $4.3 million from the European Union. Ametek will acquire Mocon, a maker of lab and field gas analysis instruments, for $182 million. Mocon, which had 2016 sales of $63 million, will expand Ametek’s gas instrumentation business into the food and pharmaceutical package testing markets. WeylChem, a custom manufacturer of chemical intermediates, will spend more than $13View: PDF | Full Text HTML
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