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iCeMS Researchers Create Rare Metal Alloy

Researchers at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), led by adjunct professor Hiroshi Kitagawa, have succeeded in creating a rare metal alloy used for industrial purposes.

27 Jan 2014

International Fuel Technology Doubles Products Sales in 2013

International Fuel Technology, Inc. (IFT) announced today that worldwide sales of its proprietary fuel additive products surpassed $700,000 for the calendar year 2013. This is a record for any year in the Company’s history and more than double product sales in 2012.

27 Jan 2014

I'M Intelligent Memory Releases New Family of SDRAM Memory Components

I'M Intelligent Memory, a Hong Kong based fabless DRAM manufacturer, announces the release of a new family of SDRAM memory components for industrial applications.

27 Jan 2014

MTS Aerospace Testing Solutions to be Utilized in NIAR Aircraft Structural Test and Evaluation Center

MTS Systems Corporation, a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and position sensors, today announced that it has sold an extensive array of state-of-the-art mechanical testing systems to Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR). The MTS systems will be used in NIAR's new Aircraft Structural Test and Evaluation Center (ASTEC), one of the world's largest and most sophisticated full-scale structural testing facilities.

27 Jan 2014

Cyprium Announces Exit from Investment in Alpha Sintered Metals

Cyprium Partners (Cyprium), a private equity firm focused on making non-control investments, announced today an exit from its investment in Alpha Sintered Metals, Inc. (ASM), through a sale of the company to management and O2 Investment Partners, LLC. Headquartered in Ridgway, Pennsylvania, ASM is a premier manufacturer of high-precision powder metal components for the automotive, small engine, recreational vehicle, lawn and garden, commercial vehicle and agricultural equipment industries.

27 Jan 2014

Burrows Plans Expansion of Domestic Paper and Global Packaging Business

Burrows Paper Corporation, headquartered in Little Falls, New York, today announced another step in its Innovate and Invest global strategy. The company is implementing a simultaneous conversion and expansion project, part of a comprehensive strategic plan to expand Burrows domestic paper and global packaging business groups. Burrows is a worldwide supplier of light weight specialty paper and packaging solutions.

27 Jan 2014

Trends & Forecast Report on International Automotive Paints Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2013 Report on the International Automotive Paints Market - Trends & Forecast to 2018" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 27 Jan 2014

Stratasys Launches Color Multi-Material 3D Printer

Stratasys Ltd., a manufacturer of 3D printers and materials for personal use, prototyping, and production, today announced the launch of the ground-breaking Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer, the first and only 3D printer to combine colors with multi-material 3D printing.

From Stratasys Ltd. 27 Jan 2014

Garfield Refining wins 2013 Townie Choice Award

Garfield Refining Company, a leading refiner of precious metals, has won the 2013 Townie Choice Award for the third consecutive year in the "Scrap Metal Refining Category." Garfield Refining is pleased to accept the honor, which is awarded based on votes from the professional dental community.

27 Jan 2014

Moissanite Becoming Attractive Alternative to Natural Diamonds

Moissanite has a fascinating history. In 1893, Dr. Henry Moissan, a French chemist, examined rock samples from Meteor Crater in northern Arizona, and at first mistakenly identified what he found as diamonds. In 1904, he correctly identified the crystals as silicon carbide. The mineral form of silicon carbide was named moissanite in his honor. Until the 1950s, no other source for moissanite other than meteorites had been encountered.

27 Jan 2014

Global SOC Test Equipment Market Forecast to Grow at 3% CAGR over the Period 2013-2018

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global System-on-Chip (SOC) Test Equipment Market 2014-2018" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 27 Jan 2014

CSC Honors INRS Director with 2014 Award for Research Excellence in Materials Chemistry

The Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) has bestowed its 2014 Award for Research Excellence in Materials Chemistry on Professor Federico Rosei, director of the INRS Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications research centre, in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the field. Professor Rosei will be honoured at the society's annual conference, which will take place June 1 to 5, 2014, in Vancouver.

27 Jan 2014

SINOPEC, BASF Host Groundbreaking Ceremony to Construct World-scale INA Plant in China

BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC) broke ground today on the construction of its world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in Maoming Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, Maoming, China.

25 Jan 2014

Local Motors Signs Deal to Develop Technology for Production of World’s First 3D Printed Vehicle

Local Motors, Inc. announces a groundbreaking new partnership with the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Local Motors will work with the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at ORNL to develop and deliver technology to produce the world’s first production 3D printed vehicle.

25 Jan 2014