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New Compostable Film Grade Resin from Metabolix

Metabolix, Inc., an innovation-driven performance biomaterials company delivering sustainable solutions to the plastics, chemicals and energy industries, today announced Mvera™ B5010, a new compostable film grade resin. Mvera B5010 film grade resin is designed for the compostable bag and film markets across the globe.

17 Sep 2013

ZAE Bayern’s Energy Efficiency Center Utilizes Cabot Aerogel for Window Systems

Cabot Corporation’s Lumira® aerogel has been utilized in the window system for the Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research’s (ZAE Bayern) recently opened Energy Efficiency Center (EEC).

17 Sep 2013

Airgas Carbonic and Fox River Valley Ethanol Sign Long-Term Liquid CO2 Supply Agreement

Airgas, Inc. today announced that its subsidiary, Airgas Carbonic, has signed a long-term agreement for the supply of liquid carbon dioxide (CO2) from Fox River Valley Ethanol's recently acquired plant in Oshkosh, WI. Under the terms of the agreement, Airgas Carbonic will market food and beverage-grade liquid CO2 co-products from the plant, which is expected to begin production in October and yield 250 tons per day of liquid CO2.

17 Sep 2013

Freudenberg Advances Hygienic Standards for Screw Connections with Hygienic Usit Ring

With its Hygienic Usit® ring, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies Process Seals has developed the first step toward completely new hygienic standards for screw connections in the food, beverage, chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

17 Sep 2013

BASF Unveils New High-Performance SLENTITE Insulating Material

After seven years of research, BASF unveiled its new high-performance insulating material at its Lemförde location to selected guests from the media and trade press.

17 Sep 2013

Technogeniais Opens Two New Lasercarb Hardfacing Centers in Canada

Technogenia, a specialist manufacturer of highly resistant anti-wear coatings based on tungsten carbide, is opening two new Lasercarb® hardfacing centers in Canada, as the French company's global expansion continues apace. The centers feature the firm's unique Lasercarb® laser cladding technology.

17 Sep 2013

GaN Systems to Present on New Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors at Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Conference

GaN Systems Inc, a leading developer of gallium nitride power switching semiconductors, is presenting a paper on new wide-bandgap semiconductors and their role in transforming automotive power electronics at the Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Conference & Expo in Michigan 17 - 19 September.

17 Sep 2013

PRIAMUS Introduces Automatic Valve Gate Control for Cold Runners in Injection Molding Processes

In hotrunner technology control systems are successfully used since many years for the automatic balancing of multi cavity molds.

17 Sep 2013

New Compostable Film Grade Resin Launched By Metabolix

Metabolix, Inc. an innovation-driven performance biomaterials company delivering sustainable solutions to the plastics, chemicals and energy industries, today announced Mvera™ B5010, a new compostable film grade re...

From Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. 16 Sep 2013

New Halogen-free Solder Paste Added To Ellsworth Adhesives Europe Range Of Products

The Electronics Group of Henkel has just launched Loctite Multicore HF 212 a halogen-free solder paste ideal for high value PCB assemblies, and from today, you can purchase this new product from Ellsworth Adhesives Europ...

From Ellsworth Adhesives Europe 16 Sep 2013

Pittcon 2014 Conferee Registration Open

The Registration Committee today announced that conferee registration is now open for Pittcon 2014, the worl’d’s largest annual conference and exposition for laboratory science.

From Pittcon 16 Sep 2013

Order For PlasmaPro 100 Etch System From SITP Shanghai

Leading provider of etch and deposition systems to the global semiconductor research market, Oxford Instruments, has just won an order for its PlasmaPro 100 etch system from the prestigious multi-disciplinary Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (SITP-CAS).

From Oxford Instruments Semiconductor 16 Sep 2013

Lighthouse Turret off Lorient Coast in Brittany Improved with EPFL Technology for Bridges

A lighthouse turret off the coast of Lorient in Brittany has been enhanced with technology developed at EPFL for bridges. This trial run will test the application of Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC).

16 Sep 2013

MIT Researchers Show that Software Must Manage the High-Speed on-Chip Memory Banks Called ‘Caches.’

In today’s computers, moving data to and from main memory consumes so much time and energy that microprocessors have their own small, high-speed memory banks, known as “caches,” which store frequently used data. Traditionally, managing the caches has required fairly simple algorithms that can be hard-wired into the chips.

By Larry Hardesty 16 Sep 2013

Research Team Freeze One Step of Speedy Chemical Reaction for Better Understanding

In synthetic chemistry, making the best possible use of the needed ingredients is key to optimizing high-quality production at the lowest possible cost.

16 Sep 2013