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BASF launches Kids’ Lab experiments in Port Elizabeth
- BASF introduces learners to the importance of water resources.
- BASF strives to foster young people’s interest in natural sciences, especially chemistry.
Port Elizabeth, South Africa – 20 January 2012 – Children at the Missionvale Care Centre Academy experienced the ‘hands-on’ excitement of chemistry for the first time when global chemical company, BASF launched its Kids’ Lab programme in Port Elizabeth this week.
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Zanogen Machine Knives CapeE Town has moved to a sharp new address !
Zanogen Machine Knives Cape Town office moved to their new office which is situated in the Northgate Business Park Estate, in Brooklyn, near the Koeberg Interchange in September 2011.“There were a number of factors as to why we took the decision to move our office from Montague Gardens. We believe that purchasing this property cements our commitment to our customers that we are here to stay and are now more easily accessible for our customers who bring in their blades for sharpening and purchase cutting sticks or new blades.
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By Doug Smock : Published: January 17th, 2012
The next big boom area for plastics in the medical market could be regenerative medicine, the production of human organs in a laboratory.Until very recently, this concept was in the realm of science fiction. But scientists at leading institutions such as Wake Forest University, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the University of South Carolina and Cornell have been making steady progress 
growing a person's own stem cells on a synthetic structure, often bioresorbable, using bioreactors. Scaffolds are often made on bioprinters, which print out polymers in three-dimensional forms dictated by a CAD file.Harvard Bioscience (Holliston, MA) estimates that the number of bioreactors needed for annual production is 26,212 at a unit price of $150,000. The company's forecasts imply that each bioreactor can make five or six human solid organs per year. Full Article
NGO's push for EU Plastic Bag Ban
By Dave Keating - Published : 17.01.2012 / 18:28 CET (
Consultation reveals strong public support for a ban.Gre
en campaign groups today (17 January) urged the European Commission to respond to the results of an EU consultation by proposing an EU-wide ban on plastic bags. The call, from the groups Seas At Risk and the European Environmental Bureau, comes ahead of a green paper on plastic waste, expected within months.An unprecedented 15,000 EU citizens responded to the public consultation, which ran between May and August of last year, and 70% responded that an EU ban on plastic carrier bags is needed.
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Zanogen Machine Knives
Zanogen Machine Knives, have earned a reputation across the globe as a quality, high performance machine knife. Zanogen supply quality machine knives and related products worldwide.
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1 x SHINI DRYER - MODEL SHD400 WITH STAND
1 year old
A & D RECYCLING
Tel: +27 (011) 9187045 / Cell : 083 228 9948
1 x USED GALA UNDERWATER PELLETIZER
Year of construction: 2003
Completely reconditioned in 2010
1 x TOYO INJECTION MOULDING MACHINE HT 1100
The following machine has become available for saleex works Cape Town.
Machine has only run for 1000 hours
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