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Ferro Purchases Grinding Fluids Business

Ferro Corporation announced today that it has purchased a grinding and fabrication fluids business for brittle materials from Fluid Logic LLC, of Portland, Oregon. While 2007 sales of these fluids were not at a level mat...

22 Jul 2008

Cardo Acquires Leading Manufacturer of Measuring Instruments for the Pulp and Paper Industry

Cardo has acquired the Finnish company Kajaani Process Measurements Oy, which is one of Finland’s leading manufacturers of sophisticated measuring instruments for the pulp and paper industry. The information is not...

22 Jul 2008

Rockwood Holdings Acquire Leading Pigment Manufacturer

Rockwood Holdings, Inc. has announced that it has reached an agreement with Yule Catto & Co. plc to purchase Holliday Pigments, the leading global manufacturer of technical grade ultramarine and manganese violet pigm...

22 Jul 2008

International Iron and Steel Institute Reports June World Crude Steel Production Figures

World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) was 118.8 million metric tons (mmt) in June. This is 5.9% higher than the same month last year. Total wo...

22 Jul 2008

Raman Spectroscopy May Spell the End for the Dentists Drill

A new technology that spots tooth decay almost as soon as it’s begun promises to reduce the need for drilling and filling, writes Patrick Walter in SCI’s Chemistry & Industry (C&I) magazine. Drill...

22 Jul 2008

World's First Paper-Based Transistor

Elvira Fortunato and colleagues from the Centro de Investigacao de Materiais (Cenimat/I3N), at Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, made the first Field Effect Transistor (FET) with a paper layer.

22 Jul 2008

Silicone Sealants Help Architects Design Super Tall Buildings

Some of the most iconic super-tall buildings are testaments not only to the architects and engineers that design and build them, but also to the versatile silicone sealants used in their construction.

22 Jul 2008

DuPont Opens Vespel Manufacturing Site in Singapore

DuPont Vespel parts and shapes recently celebrated the grand opening of its newest facility, Tuas Works in Singapore, for the production of high-performance parts.

22 Jul 2008

GKN Aerospace Present Top Supplier Awards at Farnborough International

At a breakfast reception at Farnborough International on Wednesday 16th July '08, GKN Aerospace recognised the achievements of its top 40 suppliers from its global supplier base, gave four awards for particular achie...

22 Jul 2008

Bruckner Successfully Installs and Commissions New Polyproplylene Line

Taghleef Industries and Bruckner Maschinenbau GmbH and Co. KG successfully completed the expansion of Ti's subsidiary in Sohar, Oman featuring the new high performance 8.7m wide BOPP film production line.

From Brückner Group USA Inc. 22 Jul 2008

New Furnace Increases Sintering Capacity at International Manufacturer of Sialons

International Syalons, manufactures of sialon and silicon nitride based ceramics, have recently installed and commissioned a new large sintering furnace, which significantly extends our sintering capacity

22 Jul 2008

ArcelorMittal Acquire Metallurgical Coking Coal Supplier

ArcelorMittal, the world's largest integrated metals and mining company, today announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Concept Group ("Concept"). Concept, located in southern West Virgin...

21 Jul 2008

Record Set for Brightness and Efficacy of White LEDs

By improving all the technologies involved in the manufacture of LEDs, OSRAM development engineers have achieved new records for the brightness and efficiency of white LEDs in the laboratory.

21 Jul 2008

Tarps Shown to Increase Fuel Economy

Truckers may not be able to do anything about the rising price of gasoline, but they can cover their load with a tarp to help lower fuel costs. Research shows that using a tarping system can improve the fuel usage of dump trucks by 3 to 9 percent.

21 Jul 2008

Pratt and Whitney's PurePower Demonstrator Engine Completes Its First Flights

Pratt and Whitney's PurePower PW1000G demonstrator engine successfully completed its first flights on July 11, launching a flight test program that will run through the end of 2008.

21 Jul 2008

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

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Ferro Purchases Grinding Fluids Business

Cardo Acquires Leading Manufacturer of Measuring Instruments for the Pulp and Paper Industry

Rockwood Holdings Acquire Leading Pigment Manufacturer

International Iron and Steel Institute Reports June World Crude Steel Production Figures

Raman Spectroscopy May Spell the End for the Dentists Drill

World's First Paper-Based Transistor

Silicone Sealants Help Architects Design Super Tall Buildings

DuPont Opens Vespel Manufacturing Site in Singapore

GKN Aerospace Present Top Supplier Awards at Farnborough International

Bruckner Successfully Installs and Commissions New Polyproplylene Line

New Furnace Increases Sintering Capacity at International Manufacturer of Sialons

ArcelorMittal Acquire Metallurgical Coking Coal Supplier

Record Set for Brightness and Efficacy of White LEDs

Tarps Shown to Increase Fuel Economy

Pratt and Whitney's PurePower Demonstrator Engine Completes Its First Flights

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