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Celenese to Showcase its Polymer and Other Products at Chinaplas 2014

Demonstrating the advanced engineered materials driving today’s consumer electronics, automotive, medical and packaging innovations, Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, will showcase at Chinaplas® 2014 – Asia's biggest plastics trade fair held in Shanghai from April 23-26 – a product portfolio designed to create customer value, including engineered materials, EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate) polymers and cellulose derivatives.

22 Apr 2014

Chemetall to Exhibit at TCI Powder Coatings Customer Appreciation Event

Chemetall will be exhibiting and presenting at the TCI Powder Coatings Customer Appreciation Event on June 19-21, 2014 at the Trump International in Miami, Florida. This is an opportunity for Chemetall and TCI to acknowledge our valued customers.

22 Apr 2014

Benjamin Moore Ranked Highest in Interior Paint Customer Satisfaction by J.D. Power in 2014

Benjamin Moore, one of North America's most respected paint and coatings manufacturers, has been ranked highest in interior paint customer satisfaction by J.D. Power in 2014 for the fifth time and the fourth year in a row.

22 Apr 2014

Zoltek Receives the 2013 North American Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award

Based on its recent analysis of the automotive carbon fiber market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Zoltek Companies, Inc. (Zoltek) with the "2013 North American Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award" for its unique commercial carbon fiber, Zoltek Panex® 35.

From Zoltek 22 Apr 2014

CCEMC Awards $500,000 Grant to Oakbio

The Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC) of Alberta, Canada announced today that it has awarded a $500,000 grant to Oakbio, a Sunnyvale, CA-based cleantech company, and The Ohio State University for their proposal submission, "Conversion of industrial CO2 emissions into biofuels and chemicals."

22 Apr 2014

PolyOne to Showcase its Latest Innovations at Chinaplas 2014

PolyOne Corporation, a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, will showcase its latest innovations at Chinaplas 2014, one of the world's largest plastics industry exhibitions. New technologies to be displayed are the result of close collaboration with customers to help them reach new markets, achieve sustainability goals and improve profitability.

22 Apr 2014

Global Information Adds Report on Sapphire Applications and Market

Global Information Inc. announces the addition of a new market research report "Sapphire Applications and Market: From LED to Consumer Electronics" at GIIResearch.com

22 Apr 2014

Researchers Design Composite Material Stronger Airplanes Inspired by Shrimp

Inspired by the fist-like club of a mantis shrimp, a team of researchers led by University of California, Riverside, in collaboration with University of Southern California and Purdue University, have developed a design structure for composite materials that is more impact resistant and tougher than the standard used in airplanes.

22 Apr 2014

Novel Material Coating Technique Imitates Nature's Hydrophobic Lotus Effect

Ever stop to consider why lotus plant leaves always look clean? The hydrophobic – water repelling – characteristic of the leaf, termed the "Lotus effect," helps the plant survive in muddy swamps, repelling dirt and producing beautiful flowers.

22 Apr 2014

PolyOne Establishes New Innovation Center in Shanghai, China

PolyOne Corporation, a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, is establishing a new Innovation Center in Shanghai, China. The new facility will facilitate collaboration, accelerate application development and increase speed-to-market for customers in the Asia Pacific region.

22 Apr 2014

Renishaw Wins Queen's Award for it's inVia Ultra-Fast Raman Imaging Microscope

Renishaw, the global engineering technologies company, is delighted to announce that it has received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2014 in the Innovations category for its inVia Raman microscope.

From Renishaw plc - Spectroscopy 22 Apr 2014

Cambridge Research Team Observe Auxeticity in Embryonic Stem Cell Nucleii

Stem cells – the body's master cells – demonstrate a bizarre property never before seen at a cellular level, according to a study published today from scientists at the University of Cambridge. The property – known as auxeticity – is one which may have application as wide-ranging as soundproofing, super-absorbent sponges and bulletproof vests.

21 Apr 2014

Stanford Scientists Create Novel Way to do Time-Lapse Studies of Crystallization for Flexible Electronic Displays

Sometimes engineers invent something before they fully comprehend why it works. To understand the "why," they must often create new tools and techniques in a virtuous cycle that improves the original invention while also advancing basic scientific knowledge.

21 Apr 2014

Research Team Describes New Versatile Version of Geckskin

The ability to stick objects to a wide range of surfaces such as drywall, wood, metal and glass with a single adhesive has been the elusive goal of many research teams across the world, but now a team of University of Massachusetts Amherst inventors describe a new, more versatile version of their invention, Geckskin, that can adhere strongly to a wider range of surfaces, yet releases easily, like a gecko's feet.

21 Apr 2014

Michelman Receives Innovation Award from the Cincinnati Business Courier

Michelman took home an Innovation Award from the Cincinnati Business Courier at an awards ceremony held April 10, 2014. The company received the award in the Engineering category. According to the Business Courier, “the winner achieved a significant milestone in advanced engineering – where technology is used to design a product.”

From Michelman Inc 21 Apr 2014