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New Range of THERMADOSE Hot Melt Production Equipment from Fisnar

Fisnar® Inc. is pleased to announce a new range of THERMADOSE® hot melt production equipment. Machine improvements provide the ultimate in pulse-free temperature controlled thermoplastic dispensing for industrial applications using pressure-sensitive adhesives, contact adhesives, waxes and sealants.

From Fisnar Inc. 27 Feb 2014

Forecast Report on Automotive Composites Market

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

27 Feb 2014

Caffeine-Based Gold Compounds Could Selectively Stop Growth of Cancer Cells

The side effects of ingesting too much caffeine — restlessness, increased heart rate, having trouble sleeping — are well known, but recent research has shown that the stimulant also has a good side. It can kill cancer cells. Now, researchers report in the ACS journal Inorganic Chemistry that combining a caffeine-based compound with a small amount of gold could someday be used as an anticancer agent.

27 Feb 2014

Micromeritics Release New High-Throughput Sample Preparation System

The new Smart VacPrep from Micromeritics is an advanced high-throughput sample preparation system with six independently controlled ports.

From Micromeritics Instrument Corporation 26 Feb 2014

LEONI to Present Complete FiberSwitch® Product Line at OFC

LEONI, the leading manufacturer of optical technologies and cable systems for the automotive sector and other industries presents its complete FiberSwitch® product line at OFC in San Francisco, including an optimized version of the singlemode switch system.

26 Feb 2014

Hiden To Exhibit Latest Laboratory Gas Analysers at Pittcon

Hiden are exhibiting their latest laboratory gas analysers at Pittcon Conference & Expo 2014 to be held at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL USA, March 2 - 6, 2014. Hiden will feature their latest QGA systems for d...

From Hiden Analytical 26 Feb 2014

ABB Announces New MB3600-CH70 Polyol Analyzer

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announces the introduction of the new MB3600-CH70 Polyol Analyzer, a rugged and high-performance industrial FT-NIR spectrometer for R&D and QA/QC applications on polyols and derivatives.

From ABB Measurement and Analytics Analytical Products 26 Feb 2014

Itronics Develops new Silver Refining Process

Itronics Inc., a growing and diversified fertilizer, silver, and minerals producer, today announced that it has successfully tested and is now scaling up a new refining process for recovering silver, which reduces cost and increases efficiencies, from the Company's silver-iron-sulfur concentrates that are produced internally by the Company's photoliquid de-silvering process. The new process will be named the "Itromet Silver Refining Process."

26 Feb 2014

WPI MPI Among Key Contributors for ‘American Lightweight and Modern Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute’

The Metal Processing Institute (MPI) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is one of four core academic facilities for the American Lightweight and Modern Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (LM3I), a new $148 million initiative to be announced by the White House todey that is aimed at helping to revitalize the nation's manufacturing capabilities and competitiveness.

26 Feb 2014

Landec Expands Commercial Applications for BreatheWay Technology Packaging Solutions

Landec Corporation, a materials science company that develops and markets innovative and patented products for healthy living applications in food and biomedical markets, is expanding commercial applications for its patented BreatheWay® technology packaging solutions.

26 Feb 2014

Steelhead Composites Installs MJC’s Heavy Duty CNC Neck Forming Machine

Steelhead Composites, a best-in-class designer and manufacturer of light-weight pressure vessels, announced today the purchase and installation of a heavy duty CNC neck forming machine manufactured by MJC Engineering and Technology.

26 Feb 2014

New Size-Exclusion Chromatography System from Agilent

Agilent Technologies Inc. today introduced the 1260 Infinity Multi-Detector Bio-SEC Solution, the latest innovation in its complete line of Infinity liquid chromatography systems. This new size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) system features advanced light-scattering detection capabilities, fully bio-inert instrumentation, high-resolution columns and intuitive software. These features take SEC—the gold standard in protein aggregate analysis—to a whole new level of speed, sensitivity and reproducibility.

From Agilent Technologies, Inc. 26 Feb 2014

Berry Plastics Receives 2013 Tube of the Year Award

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. is proud to be recognized as the recipient of the 2013 Tube of the Year Award for a food product with its French’s® Flavor Infuser® package / tube design. This award, presented by The Tube Council, is considered a prestigious recognition for innovative packaging manufacturers.

From Berry Global, Inc. 26 Feb 2014

Axalta Presents Research on Better Formulations for Waterbased Coatings

Axalta Coating Systems research associate Dr. Ayumu Yokoyama presented research that better formulates waterbased coatings. Speaking at the Waterborne Symposium at the University of Southern Mississippi, Dr. Yokoyama explained the scientific breakthrough that reduces the gassing that can result when traditional solvent based coatings are reformulated to use water.

26 Feb 2014

Alcoa Among 60 Founding Members of ‘National Lightweight and Modern Metals Innovation Institute’

Alcoa, a global leader in lightweight metals engineering and manufacturing, is a founding member of the country’s first manufacturing institute focused solely on light metals: the National Lightweight and Modern Metals Innovation Institute in Detroit, Michigan. The institute was formally unveiled by President Obama during an event in Washington today.

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 26 Feb 2014