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Ricardo Purchases Technical Center in Santa Clara

Ricardo, Inc., a multi-industry consultancy for engineering, technology, project innovation and strategy, announced today that the company has completed the asset purchase of a technical center in Santa Clara, Calif., with development and testing capabilities for aftertreatment systems used with gasoline, diesel, dual-fuel and natural gas powered engines, as well as for fuel cell development and testing. This world-class technical center is Ricardo's third in the United States, with the other two located in Detroit and Chicago.

22 Jan 2014

Bosch to Present on Clean Diesel and Safety Solutions at SAE 2014

Bosch is committed to advancing the automotive industry through innovative technologies that lead to injury- and collision-free driving and significantly improve fuel efficiency and performance while lowering exhaust emissions.

22 Jan 2014

BASF To Invest Around €7 million for Expanding Resin Production at Münster Site

BASF is investing around €7 million to expand and optimize the resin production at its Münster site. Resin is an important intermediate for the production of all paint materials. The capacity expansion supports the company’s plans for growth.

From BASF Corporation 22 Jan 2014

NPL Fellow Graham Machin Elected Chair of EURAMET Technical Committee of Thermometry

Graham Machin, an NPL Fellow and one of the world's top temperature measurement scientists, has been elected Chair of the EURAMET Technical Committee of Thermometry.

22 Jan 2014

New Thermo Scientific DXRxi Raman Imaging Microscope For High-Resolution Materials Analysis

Materials scientists, engineers, and academic researchers can accelerate their research and understand materials in applications ranging from pharmaceutical formulation and life sciences to semiconductor manufacturing and geology using a new Raman imaging microscope.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific – Materials & Structural Analysis 22 Jan 2014

Research and Markets Adds Composite Market Report 2013

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Composite Market Report 2013 - Includes Forecast to 2016" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 22 Jan 2014

Introducing Cellulosic Denim Fabrics with INVISTA's LYCRA and LENZIG's TENCEL Fibre

INVISTA, one of the world’s largest integrated producers of polymers and fibers and owner of the LYCRA® brand, and Lenzing, a leading producer of man-made cellulosics like rayon, modal, and lyocell, are working together to bring improved aesthetic performance to stretch fabrics. By combining INVISTA’s patented LYCRA® dualFX® fabric technology with LENZING’s TENCEL® fiber, the two companies are delivering a unique solution to the industry: cellulosic denim fabrics with significantly improved shape retention.

From INVISTA 22 Jan 2014

Lehigh Technologies Has New Key Leadership and Enhances R&D Capabilities

Lehigh Technologies Inc., a leading sustainable materials company, announced today that it has strengthened its state-of-the-art research and development capabilities, adding Chad Jasiunas as Technical Manager for Functional Materials and investing significantly in new mixing and analytical equipment for its Application and Development Center (ADC). This expansion enables Lehigh to drive further adoption of its sustainable micronized rubber powder (MRP) material in green tire applications,

22 Jan 2014

Mill Powder Tech to Build Six Powder Process Lines for Nestle

Mill Powder Tech (MPT) is a provider of powder handling equipment solutions, their innovative design has allowed them to build six powder process lines for Nestlé in order to expand the market in Asia.

22 Jan 2014

Researchers Study Novel Type of Liquid Crystal that Dissolves In Water

Liquid crystals are remarkable materials that combine the optical properties of crystalline solids with the flow properties of liquids, characteristics that come together to enable the displays found in most computer monitors, televisions and smartphones.

22 Jan 2014

Janis Research Develops 5-Axis High Power Sub-K He-3 Cryostat for ARPES Applications

After successfully developing the world’s first 4-axis high power sub-Kelvin He-3 cryostat for Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES) application in 2008, Janis Research’s ultra low temperature (ULT) group is proud to announce a 5-axis high power sub-K He-3 cryostat for ARPES application has been successfully tested recently, and it has the following performance specifications:

From Janis Research Company 21 Jan 2014

Global Packaging Market Projected to Grow at 5.1% CAGR to Reach $99,621.9 Million by 2018

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Flexible Packaging Market by End-Use & Material - Global Trends & Forecast to 2018" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 21 Jan 2014

Shanghai ZhangJiang Institute Adopts Mentor Graphics’ Veloce 2 Emulation System for Verification of SoC IC Designs

Mentor Graphics Corp., a leader in advanced system verification solutions, announced today that the Shanghai ZhangJiang Institute has adopted the Veloce® 2 emulation system for its research and development activities targeting the functional verification of System-on-Chip (SoC) integrated circuit designs.

21 Jan 2014

PerkinElmer Debuts Chemagic Automated Nucleic Acid Workstation at SLAS 2014 Conference

PerkinElmer Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, will introduce several novel products at the third Annual Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) Conference (#SLAS2014) in San Diego, January 18-22, including the Opera® Phenix™ high content screening system, JANUS® chemagic nucleic acid workstation (Booth #1005).

From PerkinElmer 21 Jan 2014

Michelman’s Food Contact PIM Compliant Fiber Sizings to be Introduced at JEC Europe Composites Show

Michelman will introduce new fiber sizings that comply with the European Plastic Implementing Measure (EC/10/2011) at the JEC Europe Composites show taking place March 11-13, 2014 in Paris, France.

From Michelman Inc 21 Jan 2014