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MakerBot Begins to Take Orders for Replicator Mini Compact 3D Printer

MakerBot, the global leader in desktop 3D printing, is excited to announce it is now taking orders for one of its newest 3D printers, the user-friendly and affordable MakerBot® Replicator® Mini Compact 3D Printer. Orders may be placed online at makerbot.com/mini, by calling 347-334-6800, and at the three MakerBot retail stores in New York, Boston and Greenwich, Conn.

26 Feb 2014

3-D Printed Implantable Device with Embedded Sensors for Prediction of Cardiac Disorders

Using an inexpensive 3-D printer, biomedical engineers have developed a custom-fitted, implantable device with embedded sensors that could transform treatment and prediction of cardiac disorders.

26 Feb 2014

Raytheon Achieves Several Milestones as Part of DARPA MTO Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Program

Raytheon Company announced today that under the DARPA Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Program, the company has systematically matured Gallium Nitride (GaN) from basic material to transistors, Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs), Transmit/Receive (T/R) Modules and finally Transmit/Receive Integrated Multichannel Modules (TRIMMs), enabling game changing system performance for the DoD.

26 Feb 2014

Styron Plans Latex Capacity Expansion with New Reactor at Zhangjiagang Facility

Styron, the global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber, announced plans to expand its latex capacity with a new reactor at its Zhangjiagang, China, production facility. This expansion will mainly support the demand for latex in China’s paper and paperboard industry, forecast to grow in the next five years.

From Trinseo 26 Feb 2014

Trelleborg Signs Agreement to Acquire Stake in Max Seal

Trelleborg has, through its business area Trelleborg Industrial Solutions, signed an agreement to acquire a 51-percent stake in the North American group Max Seal. Pursuant to specific terms and conditions of the agreement, Trelleborg has an option and intends to acquire the outstanding share in the company.

26 Feb 2014

New High-Performance Terminal Sealant for TFT LCD Displays from Dow Corning

Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, today introduced new Dow Corning® EA-2000 Silicone Adhesive, a high-performance terminal sealant for faster, more cost-effective manufacturing of thin-film transistor (TFT) LCD displays.

From Dow Corning 26 Feb 2014

INFICON Awarded Golden Gas Award for their Micro GC Fusion Gas Analyzer

INFICON has been selected to receive the prestigious Golden Gas Award for 2014, presented annually by Gases & Instrumentation International Magazine to recognize significant new products for their ability to solve an important challenge for the gas industry.

From INFICON Inc. 26 Feb 2014

SABIC's Innovative Material Solutions Used in Award Winning SWITCH Infinia LED Bulb

With support from SABIC, manufacturer Switch Lighting designed its SWITCH® infinia™ LED A-lamp bulb with a polycarbonate globe made from SABIC’s LEXAN™ LUX resin.

From SABIC Innovative Plastics 25 Feb 2014

Benefits of Lightweight OG Flowmeters

Titan Enterprises Oval Gear (OG) flowmeters provide an ideal solution for applications that require a highly accurate, compact and lightweight flow measurement device. Recent applications that have benefited from Tita...

From Titan Enterprises Ltd. 25 Feb 2014

Exova Lab grows fire safety testing services for construction sector

Exova Warringtonfire Frankfurt has been recognised as a testing facility for materials and components to the construction sector in Germany. This latest acknowledgement by the DiBT (“Deutsches Institut f...

25 Feb 2014

The World's First SEC-MALS detector for UHPLC

The μDAWN™ is the world’s first multi‐angle light scattering (MALS) detector that can be coupled to any UHPLC system in order to determine absolute molecular weights and sizes of polymers, peptides, and proteins or other biopolymers directly, without resorting to column calibration or reference standards.

From Waters | Wyatt Technology 25 Feb 2014

Saint-Gobain Diaphragms Recently Certified USP Class VI Compliant

Omniseal Solutions’s Marathon® diaphragms were recently certified as USP Class VI compliant, in which the plastic resin material passed Class VI certification for particular use in medical devices and expected to produce favorable biocompatibility results.

From Omniseal Solutions 25 Feb 2014

Forecast Report on China Automotive Aluminum Wheel Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Research and Investment Forecast of China Automotive Aluminum Wheel Industry, 2014-2018" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 25 Feb 2014

Dow Corning to Present on ‘Materials Solutions for Maximizing LED Package Efficiency’ at Strategies in Light 2014

Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, announced today that Kaz Maruyama, global industry director for Dow Corning Lighting Solutions, will deliver a presentation at the 15th Edition of Strategies in Light in Santa Clara, Calif.

From Dow Corning 25 Feb 2014