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A new model for steelmaking, fission reactor design, dissolution kinetics – this and more in the latest from Steel Research International.
BASF acquires extrusion technology from B.C. Foam: PET foams for the wind energy sector
BASF has purchased the PET foam business of the Italian company B.C. Foam S.p.A., headquartered in Volpiano.
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