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Roundup ShareShare onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail C&EN, 2016, 94 (11), p 16March 14, 2016Cite this:C&EN 94, 11, 16AbstractNippon Shokubai and LG Chem have settled a patent infringement lawsuit that Shokubai filed in South Korea in 2014 related to making superabsorbent polymers. Shokubai, the world’s top producer of superabsorbents, filed a similar suit against Sumitomo Seika Chemicals in Japan last month. Covestro, formerly Bayer MaterialScience, has inked an agreement with Japan’s Nanodax to develop composites made from polycarbonate and glass wool. The small-diameter glass wool fibers, Covestro says, are more flexible than the glass fibers conventionally used to reinforce thermoplastics. Dorf Ketal Chemicals has acquired FlowChem Technologies, a U.S. provider of specialty chemicals used in oil drilling. The Indian firm says the purchase will help it access the U.S. market and enhance its offerings to drillers operating off the coast of Brazil. NexWafe, a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, has raised $6.6 million in a first round of funding from private equity firmView: PDF | Full Text HTML
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