Xmark Media announces the launch of Vacuum Expo and its partner conference, Vacuum Symposium.
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Genevac has announced the launch of the ROCKET 4D – a fully automated system for automatic drying or concentration of very large volumes (a few to 100 litres) in one operation with no user interaction. Simply load your sample, select a method, press start, and walk away – the system will do the rest.
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H.B. Fuller Company announced today that it has signed an agreement to purchase adhesives company Plexbond Quimica, S/A, a provider of chemical polyurethane specialties and polyester resins. This business generated nearly $20 million in revenue for the 2012 fiscal year and operates a manufacturing facility in Curitiba, Brazil.
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GT Advanced Technologies is participating in the 2013 Society for Information Display's Display Week event May 20-24 in Vancouver, BC. The company will be showcasing sapphire cover screens for smartphones and other mobile devices including touch panel demonstrations with sapphire screens developed by Atmel and Ocular that highlight sapphire touch sensitivity when integrated into a touch module.
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PPG Industries announced today that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of certain assets of Deft Incorporated, a privately-owned specialty coatings company based in Irvine, Calif. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Friday (May 17, 2013) issued a SNAP (Significant New Alternatives Policy) approval for commercial blends of Solvay’s Solkane® 365/227.
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The global market for aluminium foil packaging is poised for substantial growth in the upcoming decade, primarily spurred by the stable economic growth in the developing countries, rising disposable incomes and enhancing customers’ awareness of products quality and quantity. The competition is set to become more intense owing to low labor costs and development of new products.
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The Euro PM2013 Congress & Exhibition Technical Programme is now available for download. The Euro PM2013 Congress & Exhibition 15 – 18 September, Gothenburg, Sweden will cover all areas of Powder Metallurgy, including, a first for a Euro PM event, technical papers and a Special Interest Seminar covering metal powder Additive Manufacturing.
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Wausau Paper today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its specialty paper business to a new company sponsored by KPS Capital Partners L.P. (“KPS”), a New York-based private equity firm with significant experience in the paper industry. The new company will be known as Expera Specialty Solutions, LLC (“Expera”).
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Texas Industries, Inc. announced today that its Texas subsidiary has achieved operational status of its second kiln at its Hunter cement plant, near New Braunfels, Texas. Following a successful commissioning process which began in November of 2012, the 1.4-million ton state-of-the art kiln line has realized its design performance capabilities and is producing efficiently.
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Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Analysis of the North American Seals Market
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Northwestern University scientist Chad A. Mirkin has been selected to receive the 2013 Linus Pauling Medal Award from the Oregon, Portland and Puget Sound local sections of the American Chemical Society.
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Meeting the demand for more data storage in smaller volumes means using materials made up of ever-smaller magnets, or nanomagnets. One promising material for a potential new generation of recording media is an alloy of iron and platinum with an ordered crystal structure.
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AK Steel said today that Magnetation LLC ("Magnetation"), its joint venture with Magnetation, Inc., has successfully completed a $325 million senior secured note offering and has entered into a $50 million senior secured credit facility.
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Plastics that can reduce vehicle component weight and plastics that can be used for safer consumer electronic devices highlight DuPont Performance Polymers presence at Chinaplas 27th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries, which opens today.
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