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BASF's Coatings Ensure Longevity and Efficiency of New Wind Turbine in Hamburg

Since mid-August, Hamburg’s port has hosted a new inland wind turbine whose rotor blades are nearly 60 meters long. BASF’s RELEST® coatings make a crucial contribution to the longevity of the turbine. They ensure high surface quality and protect the glass-fiber reinforced plastic rotor blades from enormous stresses brought about by weathering, erosion and UV radiation, for example.

From BASF Corporation 19 Sep 2013

Metso Concludes Statutory Negotiations in Most Units Serving the Paper Industry

Metso’s Pulp, Paper and Power segment has completed statutory negotiations in most of units serving the paper industry. As a result of these, the workforce in Finland will be reduced by a total of 660 positions.

19 Sep 2013

Innovative Odor-Releasing Materials Provide Safer, More Consistent Way to Train Dogs

Traditionally, the training of bomb-sniffing dogs has been a hazardous job, but newly developed odor-releasing materials could take the risk out of that work. Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are seeking to patent a novel system that can capture scents and release them over time.

19 Sep 2013

Study Findings Help Improve Performance and Safety of Lithium-Ion Batteries

A research group led by Dr. Yoshitaka Tateyama from the NIMS International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), in collaboration with Fujifilm Corporation, succeeded in elucidating, on the atomic level, reaction mechanisms of the reductive decomposition and binding of electrolytes toward formation of solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) on the interface between electrolyte and electrode, by using the K computer, the current flagship supercomputer in Japan. The findings will play a key role in improving the performance and safety of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs).

19 Sep 2013

Vulcan Materials Announces Commencement of Mine Development at Azusa Rock Quarry

Vulcan Materials Company today announced the commencement of mine development at the Company's Azusa Rock Quarry, east of Los Angeles, California. This strategically located source of reserves in the San Gabriel Valley contains over 100 million tons of quality granite aggregate, allowing Vulcan to supply critical California infrastructure projects and commercial development for decades to come.

19 Sep 2013

MIT Researchers Find New Class of Materials Capable of Promoting Oxygen Evolution

MIT researchers have found a new family of materials that provides the best-ever performance in a reaction called oxygen evolution, a key requirement for energy storage and delivery systems such as advanced fuel cells and lithium-air batteries.

By David L. Chandler 19 Sep 2013

New Report Provides Trends and Forecasts of Global Battery Materials Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Battery Materials Market: Trends & Forecasts to 2018" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 19 Sep 2013

Momentive’s New Niax 2-EHA-Free Tin Catalyst for Flexible Foam Applications

Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (MPM) will launch Niax Catalyst D-25, a new tin catalyst free of two ethyl-hexanoic acid (2-EHA), at the 2013 Polyurethanes Technical conference September 23-25 in Phoenix, Ariz. MPM is introducing Niax Catalyst D-25 in response to the industry need for an alternative material without 2-EHA, which is a chemical listed on California’s Proposition 65.

From Momentive Performance Materials, Inc. 19 Sep 2013

Indium Corporation to Present on Bottom Termination Components at the Business Electronic Soldering Technologies (BEST) 2013 Symposium

Indium Corporation’s Brook Sandy-Smith, Product Support Specialist – PCB Assembly Materials, will present at the Business Electronic Soldering Technologies (BEST) 2013 Tech Symposium on Bottom Termination Components (BTC), September 25 in South Barrington, IL.

18 Sep 2013

Exova Unveil State Of The Art Corrosion Centre in Dudley, UK

Global testing group Exova today unveiled its state of the art £3million Corrosion Centre in Dudley, West Midlands (UK).

18 Sep 2013

New High-Speed, High-Precision Deep-Imaging Multiphoton Microscope from Olympus

The new Olympus FluoView FVMPE-RS, a dedicated multiphoton microscope system, enables high-precision, ultra-fast scanning and stimulation, allowing researchers to see deep within specimens, take measurement...

18 Sep 2013

New Michell Instruments White Paper: Increased Confidence in Hydrocarbon Dew Point Measurements

Michell Instruments have published a white paper which takes an unbiased look at the reasons for carrying out field verifications of hydrocarbon dew point measurements, and the benefits of each of the currently available options.

From Michell Instruments Ltd 18 Sep 2013

New BlueLine Voltage Module from PRIAMUS for Injection Molding Processes

The PRIAMUS FILLCONTROL systems monitor and control the injection molding process on the basis of real process parameters such as cavity pressure and cavity temperature measured directly on the molded part inside the injection mold.

From Priamus System Technologies AG 18 Sep 2013

ZMDI Introduces Leading-Edge RGB/Ambient Light and Proximity Sensor IC, ZOPT3100

ZMD AG (ZMDI), a Dresden-based semiconductor company that specializes in enabling energy efficient solutions, today announces the launch of the ZOPT3100, a leading-edge RGB/ambient light and proximity sensor IC. As a global supplier of analog and mixed signal solutions for automotive, industrial, medical, information technology and consumer applications, ZMDI has developed the ZOPT3100 to expand its family of low-power ICs for hand held and mobile sensing applications.

18 Sep 2013