Germany SGL Builts New Graphite Production Center at Bonn Site SGL Group, headquartered in Wiesbaden/DE, started the construction of green production of isostatic graphite at their Bonn location, which will triple their capacity to 15000 t/a of isostatically pressed graphite.
Germany ThyssenKrupp Polysius Supplies a Cement Plant to Indonesia PT Holcim Indonesia Ptk., Jakarta, one of the biggest cement manufacturers in Indonesia, contracted ThyssenKrupp Polysius/DE to supply a new 4000 t/d cement clinker production plant.
China China Adds 1 Mt of Alumina Capacity Reuters reported that China will add 1 MT/a of alumina capacity adding to its status as world’s largest producer.
USA The Carbon Age Begins SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers (SGL ACF) – a joint venture of SGL Group and BMW Group – opened its new state-of-the-art carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, WA.
Europe EU Silicon Carbide Industry Appeals against European Commission Decision The EU Silicon Carbide (SiC) industry has decided go to court after the European Commission refused to initiate an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures against SiC imports from China.
China China Carbon Graphite to Open New Facility China Carbon Graphite Group, Inc., the largest wholesale supplier of fine-grain and high-purity graphite in China and one of the nation’s top manufacturers of carbon and graphite products, announced that operations at its new facility,
USA Zoltek Receives DOE Award Zoltek Companies, Inc. was notified by the US Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE/NETL) that it has been selected for negotiations leading to
Austria RHI: Record Revenues and Improved Profitability in Second Quarter 2011 RHI recorded all time high quarterly revenues in the second quarter of 2011, exceeding the record level of the second quarter of 2008 by more than 5 %, in spite of an environment strongly characterized by insecurity.
Denmark/USA FLSmidth to Acquire Phillips Kiln Services FLSmidth/DK signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100 % shareholding in Phillips Kiln Services Ltd., a US-based supplier of kiln services for the cement and minerals industries.
Germany Stephan Schmidt Foundation Honours Anja Geigenmüller The Stephan Schmidt Foundation was established in 1997 to mark the company’s 50th anniversary.