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DUNMORE's Multi-Layered Insulation Materials Defend Electronics and Mission-Critical Technology from Extreme Temperatures

DUNMORE Corporation is protecting four science payload instrument packages carried aboard the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) space mission and the spacecraft itself.

11 Sep 2013

LRM Expands to Second Building and Adds Thermoplastic FlowForming Production Lines

LRM Industries International, Inc., headquartered in Rockledge, Florida, has secured a second building and added two presses due to rapid growth. Operating at 24/7 since May of 2011 and processing 2 million pounds of plastic per month, LRM reached full capacity on its main TPF ThermoPlastic Flowforming® production line.

11 Sep 2013

Cereplast Strongly Positioned to Meet Increasing Demand for Bioplastic Resins in Asia-Pacific

Cereplast, Inc., a leading manufacturer of proprietary biobased, compostable and sustainable bioplastics announced today it is strongly positioned to meet soaring demand for bioplastic resins in the Asia-Pacific market.

11 Sep 2013

Praxair India Signed Contracts with JSW Steel to Operate Small On-Site Nitrogen Plants in Maharashtra

Praxair India Private Limited, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., today announced it has signed two long-term contracts with JSW Steel, to operate small on-site nitrogen plants in support of the company’s expansion efforts in the cities of Kalameshwar and Tarapur, located in the state of Maharashtra.

11 Sep 2013

IBC Advanced Alloys Presented its Beralcast Alloys at SPIE Optics + Photonics 2013 Conference

IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. (“IBC” or the “Company”) released a white paper and presented a preliminary analysis of IBC’s proprietary Beralcast® alloys as a cost-effective high performance alloy solution for advanced optical applications at the recent SPIE Optics + Photonics 2013 Conference in San Diego.

From IBC Advanced Alloys 11 Sep 2013

Japan Graphics Arts Show 2013 to Showcase Phoseon’s UV LED Curing Solutions

The Japan Graphic Arts Show will see the continuing evolution of LED technology from Phoseon for UV LED curing solutions. The Phoseon exhibit will display a wide array of exciting products that utilize patented Semiconductor Light Matrix (SLM)™ technology for UV curing.

11 Sep 2013

3M Receives Order to Supply Enhanced Combat Helmets to U.S. Marine Corps

3M announced today its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ceradyne, Inc., has been issued an $80 million delivery order with the United States government to supply 77,000 Enhanced Combat Helmets and associated spare parts to the U.S. Marine Corps. This contract is an outcome of the joint procurement program led by the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Army to improve head protection for Marines and Soldiers.

From 3M 11 Sep 2013

ReportsnReports Offers Study on Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Global Fluoropolymers Industry

This fluoropolymer market research study provides detailed qualitative and quantitative analysis of the global fluoropolymers industry. The report provides a comprehensive review of major market drivers, restraints, opportunities, winning imperatives, challenges, and key issues in the market.

11 Sep 2013

BASF Produces Cost-Efficient Binders Based on Styrene Acrylics at its Finnish Hamina Site

BASF now produces its new cost-efficient binders (CEBs) based on styrene-acrylics and styrene butadiene at its site in Hamina, Finland. Since 2012, the successful product line has already been supplied primarily to customers in Central Europe from the site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Now, customers in the Northern European and Russian market can also benefit from the new products. BASF can thus supply the whole European paper industry.

From BASF Corporation 11 Sep 2013

UC San Diego and CNRS to Establish UCSD-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory

Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla and President Alain Fuchs of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), the largest governmental research agency in Europe, will meet today to celebrate an agreement to create an international chemical research center on the UC San Diego campus that will aid in the development of new kinds of chemical catalysts for both industry and academe.

11 Sep 2013

Biologically Inspired Materials Obtained by Combining Protein Studies, Material Science and RNA Sequencing

A wide range of biologically inspired materials may now be possible by combining protein studies, materials science and RNA sequencing, according to an international team of researchers.

11 Sep 2013

National Science Foundation CAREER Award to Physicist Pushpa Raghani

Pushpa Raghani, an assistant professor of physics, has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award for her exceptional ability to integrate her cutting-edge research into her teaching activities. Raghani will receive $427,000 over five years to support her research program and provide opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to work in her lab.

11 Sep 2013

Researchers Create Biomimetic Infrared Camouflage Coating Inspired by Pencil Squids

What can the U.S. military learn from a common squid? A lot about how to hide from enemies, according to researchers at UC Irvine's Henry Samueli School of Engineering.

11 Sep 2013

HyperSolar Files Patent with UCSB for Providing Broad Coverage for Polymer Electrocatalyst Coating

HyperSolar, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, today announced that it has jointly filed a non-provisional patent application along with the University of California, Santa Barbara (“UCSB”) for the “protection and stability of electroactive units used for production of fuels and chemicals.”

11 Sep 2013

Milliken, Kiefel, SML and Braskem Partner to Highlight Clear Polypropylene at K 2013

Kiefel, SML, Braskem and Milliken will combine their machine and material innovations to bring the powerful material substitution possibilities of Clear Polypropylene (PP) to life. Highly transparent, deep-draw cups produced live by Kiefel on its productivity-boosting systems will let visitors experience first-hand the exceptional high clarity and performance that can be achieved with Braskem’s Inspire 224 PP containing Milliken’s innovative clarifying agent, Millad® NX™ 8000.

From Milliken & Company 11 Sep 2013

Materials Science News

DUNMORE's Multi-Layered Insulation Materials Defend Electronics and Mission-Critical Technology from Extreme Temperatures

LRM Expands to Second Building and Adds Thermoplastic FlowForming Production Lines

Cereplast Strongly Positioned to Meet Increasing Demand for Bioplastic Resins in Asia-Pacific

Praxair India Signed Contracts with JSW Steel to Operate Small On-Site Nitrogen Plants in Maharashtra

IBC Advanced Alloys Presented its Beralcast Alloys at SPIE Optics + Photonics 2013 Conference

Japan Graphics Arts Show 2013 to Showcase Phoseon’s UV LED Curing Solutions

3M Receives Order to Supply Enhanced Combat Helmets to U.S. Marine Corps

ReportsnReports Offers Study on Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Global Fluoropolymers Industry

BASF Produces Cost-Efficient Binders Based on Styrene Acrylics at its Finnish Hamina Site

UC San Diego and CNRS to Establish UCSD-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory

Biologically Inspired Materials Obtained by Combining Protein Studies, Material Science and RNA Sequencing

National Science Foundation CAREER Award to Physicist Pushpa Raghani

Researchers Create Biomimetic Infrared Camouflage Coating Inspired by Pencil Squids

HyperSolar Files Patent with UCSB for Providing Broad Coverage for Polymer Electrocatalyst Coating

Milliken, Kiefel, SML and Braskem Partner to Highlight Clear Polypropylene at K 2013

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