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Labinal Honors Souriau With Best Supplier Award

Esterline Corporation, a leading specialty manufacturer serving global aerospace/defense markets, today reported that its France-based Souriau subsidiary was awarded Best Supplier of the Year 2012 by Safran Group subsidiary Labinal, the worldwide leader in wiring production for the aerospace industry. The award recognizes the supplier achieving the highest level of cooperation in a variety of criteria to support Labinal’s success during the year.

From TransDigm Group Inc 3 Aug 2013

New Accelerating Rate Calorimeter Announced By Netzsch

Netzsch's ARC 254 accelerates thermal analysis, offering superior data collection for chemical and battery industries to optimize safety and performance.

From NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH 2 Aug 2013

New High Temperature Coin Cell Module On MMC 274 Nexus

With Netzsch's high-temperature coin cell module, researchers can analyze thermal behavior, enhancing battery efficiency and safety in various applications.

From NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH 2 Aug 2013

High Adhesion of Metallization Paste Plays an Important Role in PV Cell Production

The adhesion of silver metallization pastes to silicon is a vital requirement in the production of solar cells and modules. Experts at the Heraeus Photovoltaics Business Unit believe this is a very important parameter which should be viewed along with the electrical performance. Mechanical reliability is critical in how modules are evaluated.

2 Aug 2013

Dow and USA Luge Develop Faster, Technically-Advanced Sled for Olympic Winter Games

With a desire to have more competitive and technically-advanced sleds to compete head-to-head with the international elite, USA Luge partnered with Dow, Worldwide Olympic Partner and “The Official Chemistry Company” of the Olympic Games, to re-engineer the team’s sleds leading up to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.

From Dow Chemicals 2 Aug 2013

New Lightweight and Crash-Safe Construction Technology for the Auto Industry

Lightweight or crash-safe – must it always be a trade-off for auto makers? The answer is no. With a new lightweight construction technology, researchers are making it possible to do both. The result is less fuel consumption and lower manufacturing costs.

From Fraunhofer FEP 2 Aug 2013

Kratos to Develop UH-60 Black Hawk MEDEVAC Air Crew Training Systems

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today it has received a new multi-million dollar contract award to develop UH-60 Black Hawk MEDEVAC air crew training systems. Kratos will provide multiple simulated full-fidelity Medical Support Equipment Suite (MSES) trainers to teach Flight Medic students how to operate all on-board systems.

2 Aug 2013

Advantest Installs V93000 Smart Scale Tester at HiSilicon Technologies

Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation has installed a V93000 Smart ScaleTM tester at HiSilicon Technologies Co., Ltd., a Chinese producer of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and other chipsets for communication networks and digital media, which will use the system in developing and manufacturing ICs for telecommunication networks, wireless terminals, digital media and other mass-market applications.

2 Aug 2013

Slowdown Ripples Through Global Chemical Industry

The world's 50 largest chemical companies — with combined 2012 sales of almost $1 trillion and products that touch the lives of people everywhere — are the topic of the cover story in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News. C&EN is the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society.

2 Aug 2013

STATS ChipPAC Honors Advantest with Best Supplier Award

Semiconductor test equipment leader Advantest Corporation has received the Best Supplier Award from Singapore-based STATS ChipPAC Ltd., a leading provider of advanced semiconductor packaging and test services. Advantest won this year's award by unanimous decision of the judges and now has earned this supplier recognition every year since 2007.

2 Aug 2013

New Northeast Technology Center Opened by Dow in Collegeville, Pennsylvania

Representing a new chapter in the company’s storied history in the Delaware Valley, The Dow Chemical Company today inaugurated its brand new Northeast Technology Center (NTC) in Collegeville, Pennsylvania.

From Dow Chemicals 2 Aug 2013

Arburg to Exhibit Electric Cube-Mould Application at Drinktec 2013

Arburg will focus on production efficiency at the Drinktec 2013, which takes place in Munich, Germany from 16 to 20 September. Together with partner Foboha, Arburg will present a electric cube-mould application on exhibition stand no. 420 in hall B3. An electric two-component Allrounder 720 A will produce twelve juice container closures in a cycle time of six seconds. In this application, fully electric means that both rotation of the cube and the linear mould movement are powered electrically.

From Arburg GmbH 2 Aug 2013