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23 May 2008
PPG celebrates 125 years of growth, leadership and innovation
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) is this year celebrating the 125th anniversary of its founding in 1883 as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
22 May 2008
赛默飞世尔科技捐赠近80万元和多套检测仪器，全面支援中国四川地震灾区
（2008年5月22日，上海）—— 世界科学仪器的领导生产商赛默飞世尔科技公司前日派专人赴上海红十字会，为四川汶川大地震灾区送上了首批由公司和员工共同捐助的573,628元，用于受灾群众以及灾后重建工作，本周赛默飞世尔将捐赠第二批约20万元给红十字会，从而使公司的捐款总额超过78万元。同时，赛默飞世尔科技还动员全球3万名员工一起为四川地震灾区提供帮助，许多国外同事已经通过国际红十字会和其他境外机构捐款。此外，该公司利用其技术优势已经向四川疾控中心和四川省环境检测站无偿捐赠15台余氯总氯水质检测比色计和配套试剂，以帮助当地饮用水质的监测。
URMOND (NL), May 22, 2008 - The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas concluded a judgment for patent and trademark infringement and related claims against Armor USA, on April 22, 2008. The judgment relates to DSM’s super strong polyethylene fiber Dyneema®. With this judgment DSM was able to stop Armor USA from selling infringing products comprising polyethylene fiber on the US market Armor USA is a Texas based company with manufacturing operations in China. DSM is a global life sciences and material sciences company with its headquarter based in the Netherlands. 
Italy’s water supply and treatment infrastructure needs a significant upgrade. The country's ageing pipe system is creating annual losses for its operators of at least EUR 3.9 billion, and possibly as much as EUR 5.2 billion, recent research indicates*. Renewing the system will entail a major investment, but as much as EUR 85 billion could be saved in the costs of materials, installation, maintenance and environmental impact, if plastic pipes are used instead of traditional materials to put an end to this wastage.
Biopark Terneuzen, established in The Netherlands in February 2007 in the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal Zone, is a ‘Smart Link’ initiative that represents new thinking in the creation of long-term agro-industrial sustainability. Building on the already proven economic and knowledge transfer advantages obtained through the co-siting of associated businesses, Biopark Terneuzen raises the platform to a higher level. 
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, celebrates the groundbreaking for the expansion of its Innovation Headquarters in Linz, Austria. With an investment of EUR 30 million, Linz is becoming the international hub of Borealis’ research activities.