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New Automated Sample Decapping, Recapping and Identification Devices from Hamilton

Hamilton Storage Technologies launches the LabElite™ line ofbenchtopdevices, offering laboratories an easy and efficient way to automatically process and track samples while ensuringsample integrity. LabElitedevicesquickly process all common labware types, providing a flexible solution for optimizing workflows. Three models are available to meet a user’s application, throughput and sample tracking needs.

From Hamilton Process Analytics 4 Mar 2014

Waters Celebrates Ten Years of ACQUITY UPLC, Introduces ionKey/MS and QDa Detector

Waters® Corporation today celebrated the ten-year anniversary of the ACQUITY® UltraPerformance LC® (UPLC®) System, a technology that created a new industry standard for chromatographic performance. Looking forward, Waters today also introduced the new ionKey/MS™ System, a new approach for getting exceptional sensitivity, robustness and ease-of-use out of mass spectrometry and featured the ACQUITY QDa™, the first mass detector to bring high-quality, mass spectral data to chromatographic separations, in its Pittcon debut.

From Waters Corporation 4 Mar 2014

JEC Europe 2014: Blackman and White to Demonstrate MasterCut Versa-Tech Flatbed Cutter

Blackman and White, leaders of innovation in automated cutting technology, will be showcasing their MasterCut Versa-Tech flatbed cutter at the forthcoming JEC Europe 2014 exhibition which opens on 11 March in Paris.

From Blackman & White 4 Mar 2014

FlowCAM® with Auto Focus Announced At Pittcon By Fluid Imaging Technologies

Laboratory instrumentation manufacturer Fluid Imaging Technologies, Scarborough, Maine is pleased to announce its imaging particle analysis system, the FlowCAM®, is now available with an Auto Focus feature. This l...

3 Mar 2014

Boeing Performance Excellence Award TenCate Advanced Composites

TenCate Advanced Composites announces that it has received a 2013 Boeing Performance Excellence Award. The Boeing Company issues the award annually to recognize suppliers who have achieved superior performance. As key su...

From Toray Advanced Composites 3 Mar 2014

BASF to Build Specialty Amines Production Plant in Nanjing

BASF will build a new world scale production plant to manufacture specialty amines at its existing wholly-owned site in the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park in China. The plant, which is scheduled to come on stream in late 2015, will have dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) and polyetheramines (PEA) as the main products. With this new facility BASF will further strengthen its global production network. The new plant complements existing facilities in Germany and the U.S. for DMAPA and PEA.

From BASF Corporation 3 Mar 2014

UPM Announces Investment of €160 Million in Kymi Pulp Mill

UPM invests EUR 160 million in Kymi pulp mill to strengthen its position in the growing end use segments of the global pulp market.

3 Mar 2014

New Updated Study on Hard Chrome in Wear Coatings

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Markets in Wear Coatings: Hard Chrome and its Alternatives" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 3 Mar 2014

Henkel and CMS Partner to Develop Food-Safe Additives for Packaging

Henkel, a worldwide leader in consumer and industrial businesses, and CMS Technology, a solutions provider for the food, packaging, and materials industries, have announced their intention to pursue a strategic North Ame...

3 Mar 2014

BASF Reports Increase in Energy Efficiency and Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

BASF increased its energy efficiency by 20% compared with baseline 2002 and reduced its greenhouse gas emissions per metric ton of sales product by 34%. The number of work-related accidents dropped in the same period by 58%.

From BASF Corporation 3 Mar 2014

Outokumpu Divests Terni and VDM to ThyssenKrupp

Outokumpu has completed the divestment of the Terni remedy assets, certain service centers and the VDM-business to ThyssenKrupp. Furthermore, Outokumpu has finalized the comprehensive debt financing arrangements. The transaction and measures were originally announced on November 30, 2013.

From Outokumpu Stainless, Inc. 3 Mar 2014

New Nickel-Gallium Catalyst Converts Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide into Clean Methanol

An international research team has discovered a potentially clean, low-cost way to convert carbon dioxide into methanol, a key ingredient in the production of plastics, adhesives and solvents, and a promising fuel for transportation.

3 Mar 2014

BASF to Highlight Raw Materials for Coatings at Moscow Interlakokraska Fair

At the Interlakokraska trade fair taking place in Moscow, Russia from March 11 to 13, BASF is going to present its comprehensive range of resins, additives, pigments and pigment preparations. The international trade fair is predominantly aimed at manufacturers of paints and coatings who supply the Russian and Eastern European market. At stand FE 094 in the Forum Expocentre pavilion, BASF experts are going to present innovative products that will enable the customers to develop more sustainable solutions.

From BASF Corporation 3 Mar 2014

ROFIN-SINAR to Acquire FiLaser

ROFIN-SINAR Technologies Inc. (ROFIN), one of the world's leading developers and manufacturers of laser sources and laser-based solutions and FiLaser USA LLC. (FiLaser), Portland, Oregon, specialists in developing and designing singulation processes for brittle materials, announce that they have entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, under which ROFIN will acquire the assets of FiLaser and subsidiaries.

3 Mar 2014

New Report on Global and Chinese 3D Printer Industry Report

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Concise Analysis of the International and Chinese 3D Printer Industry" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 3 Mar 2014