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SEMICON West 2014: Edwards Honoured with North America SEMI Standards Merit Award

Edwards Limited is pleased to announce that Mike Czerniak, Product Marketing Manager Exhaust Gas Management, was honoured with SEMI’s Merit Award during SEMICON® West last week.

From Edwards Vacuum Ltd 18 Jul 2014

Recycling Pavilion at ALUMINIUM 2014 Will Highlight Importance of Urban Mining and Sustainability

The potential and the technical possibilities of recycling will be presented at the ALUMINIUM World Fair in Düsseldorf from 7 to 9 October, which will highlight this topic at a special “Recycling Pavilion”.

17 Jul 2014

3D Printing Forecast to Grow Tenfold by 2017

As 3D printing continues to expand its reach into the mainstream, industry insiders predict that 3D printer shipments will spur market growth exponentially, a promising sign for cutting-edge technology company Changing Technologies, Inc. as it continues to develop innovative concepts to personalize the technology for the consumer end user in the multi-billion dollar sector.

17 Jul 2014

ANGUS’ Multifunctional Paint Additive Receives EPA’s Volatile Organic Compound-Exempt Status

ANGUS Chemical Company today announced that AMP, a multifunctional specialty chemical that’s widely used in latex paint formulations, is no longer classified as a volatile organic compound (VOC) under a final rule by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

From Dow Chemicals 17 Jul 2014

Crystal Solar’s Novel Epitaxial Deposition System Receives R&D 100 Award

Crystal Solar, a leader in driving innovative technologies for the next generation of solar photovoltaic products, announced that it received the prestigious R&D 100 Award for its revolutionary Epitaxial Deposition System used to create kerfless, monocrystalline wafers for solar photovoltaic (PV) applications.

17 Jul 2014

Simple, Inexpensive Test to Detect Fake Malaria Drugs

Chemists and students in science and engineering at Oregon State University have created a new type of chemical test, or assay, that's inexpensive, simple, and can tell whether or not one of the primary drugs being used to treat malaria is genuine – an enormous and deadly problem in the developing world.

17 Jul 2014

Ricoh Implements Cadence Quantus QRC Extraction Solution

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced that Ricoh Corporation, Ltd. implemented Cadence® Quantus™ QRC Extraction Solution after a rigorous competitive evaluation.

17 Jul 2014

Solid Concepts Acquired by Stratasys

Stratasys Ltd., a leading global provider of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions, today announced the completion of its previously disclosed acquisition of Solid Concepts.

From Stratasys Ltd. 17 Jul 2014

Exelis Licenses Bodair Technology to Produce STaR Composite Components for Aerospace Industry

Exelis has licensed patented manufacturing technology from Belgium based Bodair S.A. to produce composite Struts, Tubes and Rods (STaR) for commercial and military aircraft applications. The new Exelis STaR product line expands the company’s aerostructures solutions and supports the aerospace industry’s demand for high-performance, light-weight structural hardware.

17 Jul 2014

BYD to Build Electric Bus and Battery Assembly Plant Near City of Campinas in Brazil

The city of Campinas (in the São Paulo region of Brazil) has been selected as the home to the BYD’s newest factory creating ~450 new local jobs. Executives from Campinas City Hall and BYD Company Ltd. this week announced the opening of the company’s first South American manufacturing facility.

17 Jul 2014

Vishay HiRel’s Zhuhai Plant in China Earns AS9100 Rev C and ISO 9001:2008 Certification

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced that Vishay HiRel Systems LLC has earned AS9100 Rev C and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008 certification for its plant in Zhuhai, China. The registration audits were conducted by BSI Group China, and the site was certified for the manufacture of magnetic devices.

17 Jul 2014

Forecast Report on World Steel Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Steel Market Forecast 2014-2024

17 Jul 2014

New Line of High Frequency Multilayer Ceramic Chip Inductors from Pulse Electronics

Pulse Electronics Corporation, a leading provider of electronic components, has extended its inductor product offerings with a new line of high frequency multilayer ceramic chip inductors.

17 Jul 2014

Axalta and Yongjia Expand Manufacturing Capacity for New Modified Polypropylene Powder Products

Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, is stepping up its efforts to expand its product offerings in China. Manufacturing capacity for new modified polypropylene powder products will be added to the Huangshan operations center of Axalta’s powder coatings joint venture - Huajia Chemical Co. Ltd.

17 Jul 2014

ZEISS ELYRA P.1 Receives 2014 R&D 100 Award

As its name suggests, the 3D-PALM module enables superresolution photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM) in 3D. With ELYRA P.1 and 3D-PALM, researchers can capture highly resolved structures in 3D using photo-switchable proteins, while treating the sample so gently it stays fit for long-term observation.

From ZEISS Microscopy GmbH 16 Jul 2014

Materials Science News

SEMICON West 2014: Edwards Honoured with North America SEMI Standards Merit Award

Recycling Pavilion at ALUMINIUM 2014 Will Highlight Importance of Urban Mining and Sustainability

3D Printing Forecast to Grow Tenfold by 2017

ANGUS’ Multifunctional Paint Additive Receives EPA’s Volatile Organic Compound-Exempt Status

Crystal Solar’s Novel Epitaxial Deposition System Receives R&D 100 Award

Simple, Inexpensive Test to Detect Fake Malaria Drugs

Ricoh Implements Cadence Quantus QRC Extraction Solution

Solid Concepts Acquired by Stratasys

Exelis Licenses Bodair Technology to Produce STaR Composite Components for Aerospace Industry

BYD to Build Electric Bus and Battery Assembly Plant Near City of Campinas in Brazil

Vishay HiRel’s Zhuhai Plant in China Earns AS9100 Rev C and ISO 9001:2008 Certification

Forecast Report on World Steel Market

New Line of High Frequency Multilayer Ceramic Chip Inductors from Pulse Electronics

Axalta and Yongjia Expand Manufacturing Capacity for New Modified Polypropylene Powder Products

ZEISS ELYRA P.1 Receives 2014 R&D 100 Award

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