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Nominations Invited for Rockwell Automation’s Manufacturing Safety Excellence Award

Recognize a company for exemplary manufacturing safety performance. Celebrate their commitment to worker safety. Acknowledge top-notch safety professionals.

18 Jul 2013

Praxair Korea Commences Second Air Separation Plant at Samsung Semiconductor Facility

Praxair Korea, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., announced the start-up of its second state-of-the-art air separation plant at the Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung) semiconductor facility in Hwasung, Korea. Through a long-term contract, the plant will supply on-site high-purity oxygen, nitrogen and argon to Samsung, one of the largest electronics companies in the world and the largest global producer of memory chips, TFT-LCDs, CDMA mobile phones and monitors.

18 Jul 2013

Global Strategic Business Report on Metal Packaging

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Metal Packaging - Global Strategic Business Report" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 18 Jul 2013

Avantor™ Performance Materials Expands Distribution Arrangement with VWR International, LLC for Pharmaceutical Production Chemicals in Europe, Middle East and Africa

Avantor™ Performance Materials, a global manufacturer of performance materials and chemicals, today announced it has expanded its arrangement with VWR International, LLC for distribution of its pharmaceutical produ...

17 Jul 2013

First Successful Systematic Investigation of Factors That Control Boiling Heat Transfer

A team of MIT researchers has succeeded in carrying out the first systematic investigation of the factors that control boiling heat transfer from a surface to a liquid. This process is crucial to the efficiency of power plants and the cooling of high-power electronics, and could even lead to improvements in how vehicles travel through water.

By David L. Chandler 17 Jul 2013

Manchester Laser Expert Honored for Outstanding Engineering Innovations in Manufacturing

A University of Manchester laser expert will this week receive one of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s highest accolades – the Sir Frank Whittle medal – for his outstanding and sustained research achievements for engineering innovations in manufacturing that have directly benefitted the UK economy.

17 Jul 2013

Duke Researchers Develop New Biomaterial to Regenerate Back Discs

Cell therapies may stop or reverse the pain and disability of degenerative disc disease and the loss of material between vertebrae, according to Duke University scientists.

17 Jul 2013

DILAS Delivers 10W Output Power from Multi-Single Emitter Based Fiber-Coupled Module

DILAS, the diode laser company, now delivers 10W output power from a multi-single emitter based 450nm, 400-micron, 0.22NA, fiber-coupled module developed for cinema projection and medical applications.

17 Jul 2013

PI Announce New Catalog of Piezo Positioning and Motion Control Products

The new hardcover and online catalog from PI covers their precision positioning technologies and product families from motorized linear translation stages to 6-axis parallel kinematic positioners and from piezo flexure nanopositioning systems to high-speed ceramic linear motors along with the associated drivers and motion controllers.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 17 Jul 2013

Leco Corporation to Hold E-seminar on Future Developments in 2D Gas Chromatography

Join LECO's e-seminar on GCxGC advancements with experts Dr. Libardoni and Dr. Synovec. Register now for insights into future developments in chromatography.

From LECO Corporation 16 Jul 2013

ITT Exelis Receives Contract to Produce Composite Missile Structures for Lockheed Martin’s JASSM

ITT Exelis received a contract in excess of $10 million for Lot 10 production of composite missile bodies and structures for the baseline and extended-range versions of Lockheed Martin’s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM).

16 Jul 2013

FEED Contract for Sasol’s Louisiana Ethane Cracker and Chemicals Facility Awarded to Fluor

Fluor Corporation announced today that the company has secured a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for Sasol’s world-scale ethane cracker and associated derivative chemicals facility at its Lake Charles Chemical Complex in Louisiana.

16 Jul 2013

Study Analyzes Technology and Economics of Producing Ethylene from Ethanol

Ethylene is an important raw material in the world today, and is known to be effective as a raw material used in the production of PVC, polyethylene, ethylene oxide and other products. However, rising oil prices coupled with global concerns about sustainability and global warming have motivated research into ethylene manufacture from renewable sources. Companies such as Petron and Chematur have developed commercially proven technologies to obtain ethylene from ethanol derived from biomass.

16 Jul 2013

Codexis Collaborates with Purolite to Develop Immobilized Enzymes

Purolite Corporation and Codexis, Inc. today announced a joint collaboration to develop and market immobilized enzymes for the pharmaceutical industry.

16 Jul 2013

New Report Forecasts Global and China's Market for Petrochemicals

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Petrochemicals Market By Product - Global And China Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends And Forecast, 2012 - 2018" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 16 Jul 2013

Materials Science News

Nominations Invited for Rockwell Automation’s Manufacturing Safety Excellence Award

Praxair Korea Commences Second Air Separation Plant at Samsung Semiconductor Facility

Global Strategic Business Report on Metal Packaging

Avantor™ Performance Materials Expands Distribution Arrangement with VWR International, LLC for Pharmaceutical Production Chemicals in Europe, Middle East and Africa

First Successful Systematic Investigation of Factors That Control Boiling Heat Transfer

Manchester Laser Expert Honored for Outstanding Engineering Innovations in Manufacturing

Duke Researchers Develop New Biomaterial to Regenerate Back Discs

DILAS Delivers 10W Output Power from Multi-Single Emitter Based Fiber-Coupled Module

PI Announce New Catalog of Piezo Positioning and Motion Control Products

Leco Corporation to Hold E-seminar on Future Developments in 2D Gas Chromatography

ITT Exelis Receives Contract to Produce Composite Missile Structures for Lockheed Martin’s JASSM

FEED Contract for Sasol’s Louisiana Ethane Cracker and Chemicals Facility Awarded to Fluor

Study Analyzes Technology and Economics of Producing Ethylene from Ethanol

Codexis Collaborates with Purolite to Develop Immobilized Enzymes

New Report Forecasts Global and China's Market for Petrochemicals

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