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Two Component Epoxy From Master Bond - Optically Clear, Low Viscosity And High Strength

Master Bond EP30HV, a two component epoxy, features wide applicability in the electronic, electrical, computer, aerospace, automotive, optical, fiber optic, medical and chemical industries. Formulated for bonding, sea... [More]

Portable Dust Collector Captures Contaminants at the Source, Providing High-volume Collection with Minimal Energy Consumption

Airflow Systems, Inc.  The PCH Series of portable dust collection systems provides source-point collection of airborne contaminants and prevents contaminants from migrating throughout the facility to settle on eq... [More]
Porvair Sciences’ Krystal 2000 Microplate Range for Sensitive Fluorescence Measurements

Porvair Sciences’ Krystal 2000 Microplate Range for Sensitive Fluorescence Measurements

To address performance limiting well-to-well crosstalk inherent in most assay plates – Porvair Sciences has developed the Krystal 2000 microplate range. [More]
New JEC Publication Addresses the Incredible Saga of Composites

New JEC Publication Addresses the Incredible Saga of Composites

The official book launch and the presentation to the public will take place during JEC ASIA Composites Show & Conferences, on Wednesday June 26, at the Suntec Center in Singapore. [More]
New Magneti Marelli Plant in Tennessee for Automotive Lighting Production

New Magneti Marelli Plant in Tennessee for Automotive Lighting Production

A new Magneti Marelli Automotive Lighting plant for the production of headlamps and rear lights was inaugurated yesterday in Pulaski, Tenn. This is the first lighting production plant in the United States, further strengthening an already established presence in the NAFTA region, which includes plants in Ciudad Juárez and Tepotzotlán, Mexico, and the R&D Center in Auburn Hills, Mich., with 180 engineers. [More]
ITT Exelis to Fabricate Composite Blade Seal Components for Lockheed Martin F-35 Program

ITT Exelis to Fabricate Composite Blade Seal Components for Lockheed Martin F-35 Program

ITT Exelis has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract from Lockheed Martin to fabricate composite blade seal components for all variants of the F-35 Lightning II program. This award will support production for LRIP 6 and 7 through 2015. Production of the blade seals will take place at the new Exelis composite design and manufacturing center in Salt Lake City, Utah. [More]
Waters Unveils New Family of 1.6 Micron Solid-Core UltraPerformance LC Columns

Waters Unveils New Family of 1.6 Micron Solid-Core UltraPerformance LC Columns

Waters Corporation today introduced CORTECS™ Columns, a new family of 1.6 micron solid-core UltraPerformance LC® Columns that set a new standard in LC column performance. The higher efficiency brought to chromatography with CORTECS Columns allows laboratories to produce greater amounts of information faster with every chromatographic separation. [More]
Polymer Group to Expand Production Capacity for High Quality Nonwoven Products

Polymer Group to Expand Production Capacity for High Quality Nonwoven Products

Polymer Group, Inc. (PGI) announced today that it will invest in a strategic site in Nanhai, China that will enable the company to expand its manufacturing capacity for high quality nonwoven products for the global hygiene and healthcare markets it serves. [More]
New Report Analyzes Global Market for Thermoplastic Elastomers

New Report Analyzes Global Market for Thermoplastic Elastomers

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Thermoplastic Elastomers Market By Types (SBC, TPO, TPV, TPU, COPE, PEBA), Applications & Geography Trends & Forecasts To 2018" report to their offering. [More]
New Partnership to Develop Reconfigurable Tooling Technology for Complex Composite Aircraft Structures

New Partnership to Develop Reconfigurable Tooling Technology for Complex Composite Aircraft Structures

Spirit AeroSystems today announced it has been working with Spintech Ventures, of Xenia, Ohio, to develop a new reconfigurable tooling technology for manufacturing complex composite aircraft structures. The solution uses re-formable, reusable mandrels to form complex, highly integrated composite structures, with features that are not possible with traditional tools. [More]
Pratt & Whitney Receives Order for Fuel Efficient PurePower Engines

Pratt & Whitney Receives Order for Fuel Efficient PurePower Engines

Pratt & Whitney will provide exclusive power for up to 100 firm plus 100 purchase right Embraer Second Generation E-Jets for an order announced today by Embraer and SkyWest, Inc. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2020. Pratt & Whitney is a division of United Technologies Corp. [More]
Airbus Honors UTC Aerospace Systems for Superior Delivery and Quality Performance

Airbus Honors UTC Aerospace Systems for Superior Delivery and Quality Performance

Airbus recently honored UTC Aerospace Systems for superior delivery and quality performance as part of the Airbus' Supply Chain Quality Improvement Program (SQIP). UTC Aerospace Systems is a unit of United Technologies Corp. [More]

TenCate Signs Up for Collaborations with Airbus and Fokker at Paris Air Show

Today at the Paris Air Show in France the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Henk Kamp, is signing a letter of intent (LOI) for the proposed extension of the Thermoplastic Affordable Primary Aircraft Structure consor... [More]
Norton Abrasives’ Next Generation of Bonded Abrasives Products for Precision Grinding

Norton Abrasives’ Next Generation of Bonded Abrasives Products for Precision Grinding

Norton Abrasives, a brand of Saint-Gobain and the world’s leader in abrasives for over 125 years, has developed and launched Norton Vitrium3, the next generation of bonded abrasives products, engineered for maximum performance and cost savings in precision grinding. [More]
Introducing the Range of SPECTROBLUE Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometers (ICP-OES)

Introducing the Range of SPECTROBLUE Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometers (ICP-OES)

SPECTRO Analytical Instruments now offers three versions of its SPECTROBLUE inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES). These models set new benchmarks for compact, mid-range analyzers characterized by high performance, simple operation, low maintenance, and great affordability. [More]
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