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<title>ITSA and ASM TSS to Aggressively Promote Thermal Spray Technology to Industry</title>
<description>The International Thermal Spray Association (ITSA) and the ASM Thermal Spray Society (TSS) have announced a cooperative effort to aggressively promote the adoption of thermal spray technology througho...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19774</link>
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<title>ASM International Working to Develop Industry Certified Thermal Spray Certification Program</title>
<description>ASM International, the technical and educational society for materials science and engineering, is working closely with the ASM Thermal Spray Society (TSS) to develop the thermal spray industry's firs...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19746</link>
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<title>Atomic Layer Deposition System Manufacturer Revels in GFC</title>
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Picosun 
Oy, Finland-based global manufacturer of state-of-the-art Atomic Layer 
Deposition (ALD) systems announced today that during the six months of May - 
October 2009 it managed to outdo its...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19728</link>
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<title>AZoM Puts The Materials World in The Palm of Your Hand with The New iPhone App</title>
<description>AZoM.com is pleased to announce the launch of the AZoM.com 'App' for the Apple iPhone Available for free download by searching for "AZoM" or "Materials" through the iTunes App Store.

The phone and ...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19727</link>
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<title>Powder Coating Technolgy Wins PPG R+D Award</title>
<description>Duranar powder coatings by PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) have earned a 2009 RD 100 Award. The honor recognizes the 100 most technologically significant products introduced in the past year as selected by ...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19673</link>
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<title>Thin Copper and Silver Films Designed to Kill Bacteria</title>
<description>Dana Filoti of the University of New Hampshire will present thin films of silver and copper she has developed that can kill bacteria and may one day help to cut down on hospital infections. The antimi...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19648</link>
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<title>On-Site Tablet Coating System which Enables Custom Colours</title>
<description>Distinctive coloring, robust and rapidly soluble: a new BASF tablet coating system enables individual, on-site production of tablet coatings in countless shades from only seven basic colors. A combina...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19632</link>
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<title>Bayer MaterialScience Increase Coatings Raw Materials Production Capacity</title>
<description>Bayer MaterialScience, one of the world's leading producers of high-performance plastics has announced a capacity expansion of Desmodur N aliphatic coatings raw materials at the Bayer integrated site ...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19603</link>
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<title>Wacker Open Technical Center in India</title>
<description>The Munich-based chemical company WACKER is strengthening its presence in India by opening a technical center in Mumbai. The facility will serve as a regional competence center for developments and ap...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19596</link>
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<title>White Paper Helps Architects Earn Green Certification for Building Projects</title>
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PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has 
published a white paper detailing how PPG paint, glass and coatings can help 
building projects earn "green" certification. 
The eight-page document primarily refer...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19593</link>
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<title>BASF to Present Polyurea Portfolio at PDA Europe</title>
<description>BASF will present its extensive polyurea portfolio at the annual conference of the Polyurea Development Association Europe (PDA Europe), the European trade association of the polyurea industry. From N...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19583</link>
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<title>ExxonMobil and Toray Form Battery Separator Film Joint Venture</title>
<description>ExxonMobil Chemical's affiliate TonenGeneral and Toray Industries have agreed to establish a global joint venture for the battery separator film business. It will develop, manufacture and sell lithium...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19581</link>
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<title>New Tungsten Deposition Process Developed by Novellus Systems</title>
<description>Novellus Systems (NASDAQ: NVLS) announced today that it has developed a new tungsten deposition process, called LRWxT, that can effectively reduce contact and line resistance at the 3Xnm technology no...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19566</link>
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<title>The Bayou Companies Acquire Pipe Coating and Insulation Facility</title>
<description>The Bayou Companies, Inc. ("Bayou"), a subsidiary of Insituform Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq Global Select Market: INSU), announced today the completion of its $12.25 million (CAN) acquisition of Garnea...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19560</link>
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<title>New Low-VOC Polyurethane Enamel from PPG</title>
<description>PPG Industries' (NYSE:PPG) commercial coatings group has introduced AUE-120, a high-solids, low-volatile organic compound (VOC) interior polyurethane enamel. The new coating offers advantages over com...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19527</link>
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<title>No Mix Epoxy Ideally Suited to Bonding Irregular Surfaces</title>
<description>Master Bond UV10TK40 is a UV curable, no-mix epoxy resin system with exceptional sealing and gap-filling properties. It excels in applications such as aligning parts and bonding irregularly shaped sur...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19515</link>
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<title>Applied Materials Announces Expansion of its Breakthrough AKT- PiVot 55KV PVD System</title>
<description>Applied Materials, 
  Inc. today announced that it has expanded its breakthrough AKT- PiVot 
  55KV PVD* system to include advanced copper deposition processing for manufacturing 
  TFT-LCD* flat p...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19482</link>
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<title>New Additive Used to Create Matt Coatings at Very Low Addition Rates</title>
<description>Michem Guard 7140 is a versatile and efficient new water-based large particle emulsion from Michelman that improves rub and abrasion resistance in pigmented and semi-gloss coating, inks and OPVs at ve...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19429</link>
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<title>NLMK Commission Another Hot Dip Galvanizing Line</title>
<description>NLMK has commissioned the fourth Hot-Dip Galvanizing Line (HDGL-4) with an annual capacity of 300,000 tonnes at the main production site in Lipetsk. The thinner galvanized steel (up to 0.22mm) will al...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19414</link>
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<title>Wacker Inaugurates New Polymer Technical Center in Pennsylvania</title>
<description>Wacker Chemie AG inaugurated its new technical center in Allentown (Pennsylvania, USA) today. Equipped with lab facilities, the center will develop and test polymer products chiefly for applications i...</description> 
<link>http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19412</link>
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