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Siemens to Present on Efficient, Sustainable Production at SPS IPC Drives Automation Trade Fair

At this year's SPS IPC Drives automation trade fair, Siemens will be supplying answers to the current and future challenges facing manufacturing industry under its trade fair banner "Making Things Right". "Our aim this year is to illustrate to visitors how to improve their production – from design, through engineering and operation to maintenance", explains Heinz Eisenbeiss, Director of the Siemens booth at this year's show.

10 Oct 2013

Global Industrial Plastics Market Estimated to Grow at 6.8% CAGR to $11.1 Billion by 2015

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Industrial Plastics - A Global Market Watch, 2011 - 2016" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 10 Oct 2013

Dow Corning to Present on Improving Compliance with Innovative Silicone-Based Drug Delivery Systems

Dow Corning will address the need for improved efficacy and patient compliance at the forthcoming CPhl Worldwide and the Speakers Corner Lecture at the tradeshow. Myriam Delvaux, Global Pharma Market Leader, will present "Improving efficacy and compliance: Innovative silicone-based topical and transdermal drug delivery systems."

From Dow Corning 10 Oct 2013

RIT Package-on-Package Technology Researcher Awarded Surface Mount Technology Association Grant

Printed circuit boards for consumer electronics are like a city skyline. With limited real estate to build across a neighborhood block, developers build up, story-upon-story. Memory chips and logic devices are being stacked in a similar fashion on circuit boards the size of credit cards as a way to increase power and performance across the board’s “real estate.”

10 Oct 2013

High Performance Polyamide for Monofilament Applications Launched by BASF

BASF is now globally offering Ultramid® S Balance in a version for monofilament applications. The high performance polyamide 6.10, partly based on renewable resources, is available in various viscosities. The bio-based sebacic acid, which is used to produce Ultramid® S Balance, originates from the castor oil plant. In compounded and glass-fiber reinforced versions, BASF has already introduced the material in different commercial applications, e.g. in a design lamp or automotive quick connectors.

From BASF Corporation 10 Oct 2013

New Market Research Report on Functional Materials for Future Electronics

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Functional Materials for Future Electronics: Metals, Inorganic & Organic Compounds, Graphene, CNT

10 Oct 2013

WSU to Host Lab Tours for ASME 2013 Internal Combustion Engine Conference

The Wayne State University College of Engineering will host lab tours as part of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2013 Internal Combustion Engine Fall Technical Conference, set for Oct. 13-16 in Dearborn. The tours will be held for conference participants starting at 8:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16.

10 Oct 2013

Global Uranium Centrifuges Manufacturer Places Major Order for Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum’s Technology

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum received a double-digit million Euro order for vacuum technology from a global manufacturer of uranium centrifuges for nuclear power facilities. Oerlikon Leybold’s vacuum solutions will play an essential role in a nuclear plant presently under construction in the United States.

10 Oct 2013

Successful Launch of Delta IV Heavy Rocket Using Omniseal Solutions And Bearings

On August 28, 2013, at 18:03 UTC, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV with a reconnaissance satellite was launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The heavy rocket, which is the most powerful rocket currently flying and known for its delivery of exceptionally demanding payloads, utilized Omniseal Solutions’s OmniSeal® spring-energized seals and Meldin® 7021 bearings within its slip joint system.

From Omniseal Solutions 9 Oct 2013

H.C. Starck, Specialist in the Chemical Industry, to Publish its First Sustainability Report

H.C. Starck, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of technology metals and advanced ceramics, is publishing its first sustainability report, thus strengthening its profile as responsible corporate citizen in th...

9 Oct 2013

New Amino Acids For Life Science Applications From Avantor Performance Materials

Avantor™ Performance Materials has added three new amino acids to its portfolio of J.T.Baker® brand amino acids, used in cell cultures, drug formulations and nutritional products. The company now offers all ...

9 Oct 2013

Next Generation Krystal Glass Bottom Plates Perfect for Imaging Growing Cells

Porvair Sciences new generation Krystal™ glass bottom plates are precision manufactured using a proprietary process resulting in excellent light transmission and an ultra-flat optical plane (+/- 15µm) making them perfect for imaging growing cells.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 9 Oct 2013

New Technical Paper From Nordson MARCH

Nordson MARCH, a Nordson Company (NASDAQ: NDSN), a global leader in plasma processing technology, will present the paper “Overcoming the Challenges Presented with Automated Selective Conformal Coating of Advanced Electronic Assemblies by Employing Plasma Treatment Technology,” by David Foote, Global Applications Manager, Nordson MARCH, at SMTA International 2013, Fort Worth, TX, Tuesday, October 15, 4:00 – 5:30 PM in Technical Session MFX3, Room 202D.

From Nordson MARCH 9 Oct 2013

PI Introduce New Piezo Linear Drive Designed for Large Volume Production

The U-264KSPA linear actuator from PI (Physik Instrumente) is a self-locking drive that has been optimized for being produced in large quantities from engineering thermoplastics.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 9 Oct 2013

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Announce Ion Beam and ALD Workshop at UCSB

Continuing their informative and educational series of global plasma seminars and workshops, Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, together with UC Santa Barbara, CA, USA will hold a technical workshop addressing latest developments in ALD and Ion Beam etch and deposition on 12th November 2013.

From Oxford Instruments Semiconductor 9 Oct 2013