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Three Customers Honor Berry Plastics with Top Awards

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. is proud to announce that it recently received top awards from three of its valued customers: NB Handy, Eastman Chemical, and Brown-Forman. The Company received the Vendor of the Year 2012 award from NB Handy, and a Supplier Excellence award from both Eastman Chemical and Brown-Forman.

31 Aug 2013

Forecast Report on China Solid Tire Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: In-depth Research and Development Forecast of China Solid Tire Market, 2013-2017

31 Aug 2013

Agilent to Host MS Meeting and Training Workshops for Mass Spectrometry Users

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that it will host a Chemical Analysis MS Meeting and training workshops for mass spectrometry users working in the food and environmental industries.

From Agilent Technologies, Inc. 31 Aug 2013

TableTop Furnace Offers Affordable Electric Kilns and Furnaces

Whether you're melting metals, forming clay's, making jewelry, annealing glass, performing heat treats/tests, working in your lab or just want to play with an electric oven that gets incredibly hot (2200°F!) insanely fast (less than 5 minutes on some models), The TableTop Furnace Company has the best AND most affordable electric furnace or kiln to fit your needs.

31 Aug 2013

Global Thermoplastic Elastomers Market Forecast to Rise at 5.5% through 2017

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: World Thermoplastic Elastomers Market

31 Aug 2013

Designing Spaces Home Improvement Show to Feature BASF’s Neopor Insulation

Popular home improvement show Designing Spaces™ airing on Lifetime TV will feature Neopor® insulation from BASF, The Chemical Company, on Friday, August 30, 2013 at 7:30 a.m. (ET/PT). This “Think Green” episode of Designing Spaces captures how a couple renovates their home using Neopor insulation products.

31 Aug 2013

Electric Vehicles Fuel Global Power Semiconductors Market

Environmental regulations, the electrification of the powertrain, the need for efficient power management and the availability of new safety features are driving the global power semiconductor market in the automotive industry.

31 Aug 2013

Toshiba Commences Mass Production at New Semiconductor Facility in Thailand

Toshiba Corporation today announced that its Thai-based Group company, Toshiba Semiconductor (Thailand) Co., Ltd.(TST), has completed its relocation to a new semiconductor manufacturing facility and started mass production, marking the company's full recovery from the devastating flooding of 2011.

From Toshiba America, Inc. 31 Aug 2013

Molecular Hydrogen-Producing Catalysts Interfaced With a Semiconductor That Absorbs Visible Light

In the search for clean, green sustainable energy sources to meet human needs for generations to come, perhaps no technology matches the ultimate potential of artificial photosynthesis. Bionic leaves that could produce energy-dense fuels from nothing more than sunlight, water and atmosphere-warming carbon dioxide, with no byproducts other than oxygen, represent an ideal alternative to fossil fuels but also pose numerous scientific challenges.

31 Aug 2013

Surface Tension Drives Significant Deformation in Soft Solid Materials

The interior molecules of a liquid are pushed and pulled by neighboring molecules in every direction, but those at the surface have only half as many neighbors to interact with. The resulting density change of molecules arranged near the surface causes a drop of water to form a sphere and prevents the insect from sinking even though its density is greater than the water’s.

31 Aug 2013

Pittcon’s Amit Ghosh And Koichiro Matsuda Organize Fourth Annual U.S. Symposium At JASIS

The Pittsburgh Conference is pleased to announce that the PIttcon 2014 Program Chairman, Amit Ghosh, and colleague Koichiro Matsuda (Horiba) have organized a session on materials science for presentation at JASIS.

From Pittcon 30 Aug 2013

Composite Advantage Supply FiberSPAN Fiberglass-Reinforced Polymer for Washington DC Vehicle Bridge Deck

When the District of Columbia’s 29th Street Bridge needed replacing, the District Department of Transportation [Washington, DC] chose FiberSPAN™. Composite Advantage’s fiber-reinforced polymer bridge deck product provided the federal district with key performance advantages it couldn’t get with conventional material. The new bridge crosses the original C&O canal that runs through Georgetown, Washington D.C. and is the area’s first fiberglass-reinforced vehicle bridge deck.

From Creative Composites Group 30 Aug 2013

Smithers Rapra Launch New Book on Polymeric Protective Technical Textiles

Smithers Rapra Publishing has announced the release of Polymeric Protective Technical Textiles The current size of the personal protective clothing and equipment market in the EU alone is estimated at € 9.5-10 bi...

From Smithers Rapra 30 Aug 2013

Point Grey Announces New 4.1 MP CMOS Grasshopper3 Cameras

Point Grey, a world-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative, high-performance digital cameras, today announced the addition of new 4.1 megapixel global shutter CMOS models to the Grasshopper3 family of high quality, high resolution USB 3.0 cameras.

From Teledyne FLIR LLC 30 Aug 2013

3M Launches FIP 1-Step Firestop Foam

3M Fire Protection Products introduces 3M FIP 1-Step Firestop Foam, a breakthrough technology that is UL tested and listed and satisfies the International Building Code for passive fire protection. 3M FIP 1-Step gives contractors an outstanding alternative to mineral wool, bricks and runny, ineffective foams, and enables firestop installations to be completed up to three times faster than traditional methods.

30 Aug 2013