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Collaborative Work to Expand Beralcast Casting Applications for F-35 Lightning II Lockheed Platforms

IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. ("IBC" or the "Company") reports that its wholly owned US subsidiary, IBC Engineered Materials Corp. ("IB-EMC") is in the final stages of a materials and production qualification process with Lockheed Martin's F-35 Electro-optical Targeting System (EOTS) team based in Orlando, Florida.

From IBC Advanced Alloys 5 Dec 2013

Research and Markets Adds Report on Latin American Adhesives and Sealant Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2013 Report on the Latin American Adhesives And Sealant Market" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 5 Dec 2013

AXION Recycled Plastics Signs Contract to Provide Recycled Materials to Thermoplastic Company

In a major deal adding $42 million of new revenues, AXION International Holdings, Inc., a leader in recycled plastic and plastic composite, today announced that its subsidiary, AXION Recycled Plastics Incorporated, signed a 3-year contract to provide recycled materials to a major thermoplastics company.

5 Dec 2013

$15 Million Dollar Purchase Orders Awarded to CPI Aerostructures from Boeing Defense

CPI Aerostructures, Inc. ("CPI Aero®") today announced that it has received purchase orders totaling more than $15 million from the Boeing Defense, Space & Security unit of The Boeing Company ("Boeing") for assemblies for the A-10 aircraft. These represent follow-on orders for CPI Aero’s previously announced long-term requirements contract to support Boeing's A-10 Wing Replacement Program (WRP).

5 Dec 2013

Mediabistro Announces First Major 3D Printing Trade Show in Melbourne, Australia

Mediabistro Inc. today announced that the first major 3D printing and additive manufacturing trade show in Australia will take place July 9-10, 2014 at the Melbourne Exhibition Center in Melbourne, Australia.

5 Dec 2013

Research and Markets Adds Report on Biodegradable Plastics 2013

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Biodegradable Plastics - 2013 Report" to their offering.

From Research and Markets 5 Dec 2013

Protective Film Screen Covers for iPhone 5s/5c/5 Uses Kyocera’s Kyoto Opal Material

Kyocera Corporation announced that the company’s unique “Kyoto Opal” material is being utilized in protective film screen covers for the iPhone 5s/5c/5. The covers, featuring sparkling characteristics similar to natural opal, recently went on sale in Tokyo and will also be available in the U.S. through the maker’s Web site starting December 5 (Power Support International: http://www.powersupportintl.com/iPhone-5-5c-5s-Film-s/1863.htm).

5 Dec 2013

Distek Announce Release of sensIR 3200 Next Generation "Bathless" Disintegrator

Distek, Inc., an industry leader in pharmaceutical laboratory testing instruments, accessories and validation services, is pleased to announce the release of the sensIR 3200 - their next generation “Bathless” Disintegrator.

4 Dec 2013

Nadcap Approval Aim For Hardide

Hardide Coatings’ plan to secure the aerospace industry’s prestigious Nadcap approval is taking off. The provider of advanced surface coating technology aims to reach new frontiers of surface engineering by securing the accreditation within the next 18 months.

From Hardide Coatings 4 Dec 2013

Dynamic Precision Group Closes Acquisition of Eight Unison Engine Components Facilities

Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group today announced that Dynamic Precision Group, operating under the market-facing name Paradigm Precision, a DPG Company, has closed its acquisition of eight aerospace component fabrication and machining facilities located on three sites in the U.S., Canada and the UK from Unison Engine Components, a subsidiary of GE Aviation.

4 Dec 2013

Voxeljet Introduces New Large Format Industrial 3D Printer, VX2000

voxeljet AG, a leading provider of high-speed, large-format 3D printers and on-demand parts services to industrial and commercial customers, today announced the launch of the latest in its full line of large format industrial 3D printers, the VX2000.

4 Dec 2013

Global Biodegradable Plastics Market Expected to Grow at 19.6% CAGR During 2012-2016

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Biodegradable Plastics - 2013 Report" to their offering.

From Research and Markets 4 Dec 2013

3D Systems Announces Flexible, Versatile ProX 950 SLA 3D Printer

3D Systems today announced the immediate availability of its ProX™ 950 Stereolithography (SLA®) 3D printer, the largest-format, highest-speed, greatest accuracy and greenest 3D printer available today.

From 3D Systems 4 Dec 2013

Using Ruby Or Diamond Orifices With WARDJet waterjets

Can you use ruby or diamond orifices with WARDJet waterjets? Yes, you can use either. Of course, the next question is which one should be used. That answer depends on the environment the machine will be working in and a number of other issues.

From WARDJet - Waterjet Cutting Machines 4 Dec 2013

Researchers Develop Innovative Energy-Absorbing Aluminum Hybrid

It has been said that nature provides us with everything that we need. A new study appearing in Springer's Journal of Materials Science may lend credence to that claim. Researchers from the Foundry Institute of the RWTH Aachen University in Germany, and Plant Biomechanics Group of the University of Freiburg, Germany, have developed an aluminum hybrid that could be used to optimize technical components and safety materials. And the inspiration came from an unexpected source – the peel of the pomelo fruit (Citrus maxima).

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 4 Dec 2013