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Puget Signs MOU with Weistek to Intensify Market Distribution of 3D Printers

Puget Technologies today announced an updated memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed with Weistek, the award-winning international manufacturer of advanced 3D printers.

24 Jan 2014

Spider Silk May be a Thermal Insulator Rather Than a Good Conductor

Two years ago, researchers from Iowa State University (USA) published a study which concluded that spider silk conducts heat as well as metals. Now, a team from the University of the Basque Country (Spain) has repeated the experiment and the results throw this discovery into question. This has reaffirmed the need to validate scientific findings before proclaiming their validity in the press.

24 Jan 2014

Anomet Offers Full Line of Metallurgically Bonded Platinum Clad Anodes

Anomet Products, Inc. offers a full line of metallurgically bonded platinum clad rod, wire, and mesh anodes that handle high current output and are dimensionally stable for longer life.

From Anomet Products 24 Jan 2014

NEI Offers New Service for Producing Nanoscale Fibers through Electrospinning

NEI Corporation announced today a new service for producing nanoscale and microscale fibers through electrospinning. NEI is offering its knowledge and expertise in helping to transition concepts into working prototypes. Electrospinning is a technique to form fibers by the use of a voltage potential between a solution of the material and a grounded collector.

From NEI Corporation 24 Jan 2014

New Exova Aerospace Testing Laboratory Opens in Toulouse

Exova, the global testing, calibration and advisory services provider, has today opened a new flagship laboratory at the heart of the Aerospace Cluster in Toulouse, continuing the company’s 26 year presence in the city.

24 Jan 2014

Extrel CMS Releases 2014 Mass Spectrometry Training Schedule

Extrel CMS announces its Mass Spectrometry Training Schedule for 2014. The popular class will be held four times throughout the year, offering customers hands-on instruction on Extrel’s MAX300 line of spectrometers.

From Process Insights - Mass Spectrometry 24 Jan 2014

Porvair Introduces Combipack Protein Precipitation Sample Preparation Kit

The Combipack™ from Porvair Sciences has been introduced for laboratories tasked with protein precipitation sample preparation. Comprising five colour coded Porvair P3 protein precipitation plates and five 1ml deep well collection plates the Combipack™ contains all the elements required to accelerate the traditionally troublesome procedure at a budget price.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 24 Jan 2014

Victrex Plc Rated in Top 20 Admired UK Companies

Victrex plc, whose Polymer Solutions division is a specialized manufacturer of PAEK (polyaryletherketone) polymers, has achieved the No.15 position in a survey of the most admired 250 companies in the UK. The survey, ...

From Victrex plc. 23 Jan 2014

Polymer Library From Smithers Rapra Now Updated On Weekly Basis

Smithers Rapra is pleased to announce that the Polymer Library will now be updated on a weekly basis, giving subscribers access to the latest information more quickly. The Polymer Bulletin service from the Polymer Lib...

From Smithers Rapra 23 Jan 2014

Lake Shore Cryotronics to be Awarded a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer Grant

Lake Shore Cryotronics, a leading innovator in solutions for measurement under extreme temperature and magnetic field conditions, announced today that the Air Force intends to award the company a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant.

From Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc. 23 Jan 2014

3M Launches New Loose-Fill Thinsulate™ Featherless Insulation

3M announced today the launch of 3M™ Thinsulate™ Featherless Insulation, a new loose fill insulation alternative to natural down. This loose fill alternative is a first for the brand that has been trusted to keep people warm for more than 30 years.

From 3M 23 Jan 2014

DSM Launches New Facility to Offer Coating Services for its ComfortCoat Technology

DSM, a global leader in biomedical materials science and regenerative medicine, today announced that the Company has launched a new facility to offer coating services for its ComfortCoat® coating technologies. As a strategic partner to medical device makers, DSM offers a full suite of coating application processes, which include coating, testing, packaging, and labeling as well as additional customized processes such as cutting.

23 Jan 2014

Research and Markets Adds Report on Global ABS Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2013 Report on the Worldwide Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene Copolymer (ABS) Market - Outlook and Forecast up to 2017" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 23 Jan 2014

Berry Plastics Acquires Controlling Interest of Qingdao P&B Co

Today Berry Plastics Group, Inc. announced that its acquisition of the controlling interest of Qingdao P&B Co., Ltd (P&B) has been approved by the competent approval authority in China. Pending registration with the local company registry, which is expected to be completed by February 2014, Berry Plastics will own 75 percent of P&B, with a minority ownership position retained by Peter Song, who is the original founder of P&B and the current General Manager of the business. Song will remain in the same position going forward.

23 Jan 2014

RTI International Metals Acquires Directed Manufacturing for Engineering Development Applications

RTI International Metals, Inc. announced today it has acquired Directed Manufacturing, Inc., a leader in Additive Manufacturing of metals and plastics for both commercial production and engineering development applications, for $23 million in cash.

From RTI International 23 Jan 2014