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Brookhaven National Laboratory Evaluates the Hidex Sense Microplate Reader

Brookhaven National Laboratory, a multi-purpose research institution with close links to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, has recently been evaluating the Hidex Sense Microplate Reader’s abi...

From Hidex 21 Nov 2013

Kateeva Launches YIELDjet Inkjet Printing Solution for Mass Production of OLEDs

Aiming to cut the cost of manufacturing flexible and large-size OLEDs, Kateeva today debuted YIELDjet™—an inkjet printing manufacturing equipment solution to produce such OLEDs in high volume. It’s the world’s first inkjet printer engineered from the ground up for OLED mass production. When compared to existing manufacturing technologies, YIELDjet will enable dramatic yield improvements, which, in turn, will drive production costs lower.

21 Nov 2013

Soon, Wearable Solar-Powered Electronics Woven Into Clothing Fibers

Though some people already seem inseparable from their smartphones, even more convenient, wearable, solar-powered electronics could be on the way soon, woven into clothing fibers or incorporated into watchbands. This novel battery development, which could usher in a new era of "wearable electronics," is the topic of a paper in the ACS journal Nano Letters.

21 Nov 2013

BASF Receives 2013 SPE European Automotive Division Award for its Key Contribution on Neopolen Particle Foam for Automotive Interiors

Plastic automotive components that received prizes at the 2013 SPE European Automotive Division Award ceremony for the Body Interior category included an innovative center console to which BASF had made a key contributio...

From BASF Corporation 21 Nov 2013

TenCate Supporting NASA as their Advanced Composites are to be Launched for Mars again on MAVEN orbiter

TenCate Advanced Composites, as a key supplier of advanced composite materials to Lockheed Martin, is proud to be supporting NASA on the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) orbiter that was successfully launched this week.

From Toray Advanced Composites 21 Nov 2013

New Modelling Technique with More Accurate Predictions Could Eliminate Need to Build Expensive Prototypes

A new modelling technique has been developed that could eliminate the need to build costly prototypes, which are used to test engineering structures such as aeroplanes.

21 Nov 2013

Enormous Opportunities Fuel Growth of the Functional Printing Market

"Functional Printing Market by Materials (Substrate, Inks), Technology (Inkjet, Screen, Flexo, Gravure), Application (Sensors, Displays, Batteries, RFID, Lighting, PV, Medical), & Geography (North America, Europe, APAC, ROW) (2013 - 2020)"

21 Nov 2013

PCC Installs Two 40mm Twin-Screw Extruders at North Carolina Manufacturing Facility

PCC (Plastics Color Corporation), a leading supplier of color concentrates, compounds, custom-functional masterbatches and other polymer technologies, has added two new production lines to its Asheboro, North Carolina manufacturing facility.

21 Nov 2013

DUNMORE's Multi-Layer Insulation Materials Protect Electronics Onboard MAVEN Spacecraft

DUNMORE Corporation is protecting mission critical payload instruments carried aboard the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) space mission and the spacecraft itself. DUNMORE's multi-layer insulation (MLI) materials shield onboard electronics from extreme temperatures as the spacecraft travels ten months to an orbit around Mars.

21 Nov 2013

Altuglas Reintroduces Plexiglas Acrylic Sheets for the Aerospace Market

Altuglas International has reintroduced Plexiglas® II UVA and Plexiglas® P55 acrylic sheets to the aerospace market. Both acrylic sheets are preshrunk and specially designed for use in a wide variety of aircraft components including military canopies, aircraft windshields, wing tip lights, instrument clusters, helicopter bubbles, aircraft side windows and other transparent aerospace enclosures.

From AM Machinery Sales, Inc. 21 Nov 2013

Materion Develops New Copper-Nickel-Tin Alloys for Next-Generation Electronics

As the consumer electronics industry works to develop smaller, lighter devices that perform better and have ever-increasing capabilities, engineers need materials that enable – and even enhance – their next-generation designs. Materion Brush Performance Alloys, a Materion Corporation business, is focused on meeting emerging electronics needs, and recently developed three new products for its BrushForm®158 product line (BF TM12, BF TM04 and BF TM06) specifically for next-generation electronics devices.

From Materion Ceramics 21 Nov 2013

Exeter Analytical Develops Proprietary Techniques for Accurate Analysis of Carbon Fibre Composites

Exeter Analytical, specialists in elemental microanalysis, has developed proprietary techniques based on their Model 440 CHN analyser to enable accurate determination of percentage Carbon (C) and Hydrogen (H) in Carbon fibre composite materials.

From Exeter Analytical (UK), Ltd 21 Nov 2013

BASF Launches RELEST Wind LEP Paint for High-Resistance Rotor Blades

Wind turbines need to have a service life of 20 years in order to be economically efficient. This means that they need to be robust. BASF has now developed a paint that protects rotor blades even better, especially on the edges. RELEST ® Wind LEP technology offers four times higher resistance than conventional solutions.

From BASF Corporation 20 Nov 2013

Novelis Signs Definitive Agreement for Sale of its North American Consumer Foil Business

Novelis Inc., the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement for the sale of its North American consumer foil products business to Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.

From Novelis Corp 20 Nov 2013

Air Products PRISM Technology Selected by ArcelorMittal for Consistent On-Site Gas Production

Air Products has signed a contract with ArcelorMittal, a leading steel and mining company, to supply three PRISM® PHG100 hydrogen gas generators (PHG) and a high-purity PRISM® GN700 nitrogen generator at its Saint Chély d'Apcher plant in Southern France.

20 Nov 2013