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Headwall's Hyperspectral Imaging Used to Analyze Historical Artwork, Artefacts and Documents

Hyperspectral imaging technology will prove extremely useful since it is non-invasive and can provide information unobtainable by any other means.

From Headwall Bolton 27 May 2014

Goodfellow Offer Silicon Carbide Foam with Extreme Performance

Silicon carbide (SiC) foam, available from Goodfellow, provides the exceptional hardness, high-temperature durability and performance of solid silicon carbide, but in an extremely lightweight and versatile foam structure.

From Goodfellow Corporation 27 May 2014

Canadian Solar, GCL-Poly to Establish JV for New Solar Cell Plant

Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with GCL-Poly Solar System Integration (China) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited to establish a joint venture to build a manufacturing site to produce crystalline silicon solar cells in Funing, Jiangsu Province, China.

27 May 2014

Magritek Help Undergraduate Students Learn About NMR by Launching a Series of Laboratory Experiment Manuals

Magritek, a leading worldwide provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, have launched the first six in a series of laboratory experiment manuals to help teach undergraduate students about the practical benefits of using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, NMR.

From Magritek 27 May 2014

SELFRAG Appoint AXT as Offical Distributor in Australia and New Zealand

AXT Pty. Ltd., a leading supplier of scientific equipment for industry and academia has just been appointed an official distributor for SELFRAG in Australia and New Zealand. SELFRAG designs and manufactures high voltage pulse power fragmentation equipment for the geoscience, mining, recycling and solar industries.

From AXT Pty Ltd 27 May 2014

Advantest Releases New Monolithic Test Solution, EVA100 Measurement System

Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation has released its new EVA100 measurement system, an evolutionary value-added platform that combines digital and analog testing capabilities to handle small-pin-count analog, mixed-signal and sensor semiconductors.

27 May 2014

Oxford Instruments Apprentice Team Finish Second at The National Apprentice Competition Final

Oxford Instruments Apprentice team based at Tubney Woods (Abingdon) finished second at the National Apprentice Competition final at Cranfield University last Tuesday. The teams had been set the challenging task of dev...

From Oxford Instruments 27 May 2014

Forecast Report on Global Market for Paper Packaging Materials

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Paper Packaging Materials (Liquid Packaging Cartons, Corrugated Cases, Carton & Folding Boxes and Others) Market - Forecast to 2019" report to their offering.

27 May 2014

Supor Ceramic Enters Mass Production Stage

Supor Ceramic Industry Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China SUPOR Group, announced the ceramic project, which started in 2011, has entered mass production on April 30. The company also announced it will attend KBC 2014 in Shanghai from May 28-31, 2014.

27 May 2014

Lucintel Forecasts Adhesives for Paperboard and Packaging Industry to Grow Moderately During 2013-2018

Adhesives for global paperboard and packaging industry is expected to reach an estimated value of $16.9 billion in 2018.

From Lucintel 27 May 2014

All-new Ford Transit Makes North American Debut with More Durable Paint

The all-new Ford Transit makes its North American debut with more durable paint, thanks to an industry-first paint technology now in use at Kansas City Assembly Plant.

27 May 2014

BASF Announces Construction of New Plant for PAG-based Lubricants in Ludwigshafen

BASF today announced the construction of a new plant for polyalkylene glycol (PAG)-based lubricants at its Ludwigshafen site. The manufacturing facility will start operations by the beginning of 2016 and produce PAG lubricant base stocks and formulated blends.

From BASF Corporation 27 May 2014

Research and Markets Adds New Global Report on Industrial Coatings

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Industrial Coatings Market 2014-2018" report to their offering.

27 May 2014

Soitec, SIMGUI Partner for 200mm SOI Wafer Production in China

Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, and Shanghai Simgui Technology Co., Ltd. (Simgui), a Chinese silicon-based semiconductor materials company, have formed an international partnership to address both China's growing demand and limited worldwide production capacity for 200-mm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers used in fabricating semiconductors for radio-frequency (RF) and power applications.

27 May 2014

Research Report on Worldwide Commercial Aerospace Landing Gear Market

The global commercial aerospace landing gear market is expected to reach an estimated value of $5.3 billion by 2020. The major drivers of landing gear market are demand for lightweight and sophisticated landing gear systems, growth in aircraft deliveries, and retrofitting and replacement of systems in aging fleets in mature markets.

26 May 2014