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Wilmar and Elevance Begin Shipment of Specialty Chemicals from Gresik JV Biorefinery

Wilmar International Limited, Asia’s leading agribusiness, and Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., a high-growth specialty chemicals company, announced today that they have begun shipping commercial products, including novel specialty chemicals, to customers from their first world-scale joint venture biorefinery, located in Gresik, Indonesia. The biorefinery is the first based on Elevance’s proprietary metathesis technology.

19 Jul 2013

Kreyenborg and BKG Bruckmann & Kreyenborg Granuliertechnik to be Acquired by Nordson

Nordson Corporation today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Münster, Germany based Kreyenborg Group’s Kreyenborg GmbH and BKG Bruckmann & Kreyenborg Granuliertechnik GmbH companies. Material terms of the transaction are being provided in required regulatory filings.

19 Jul 2013

New Report on China’s Aluminum Rolling Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Aluminum Rolling Industry Report: A Focus on China" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 19 Jul 2013

KapStone Acquires Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation today announced that it has completed the stock purchase of Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging, Inc. ("Longview"). Longview, headquartered in Longview, WA, is a leading manufacturer of high quality containerboard, lightweight high performance multiwall paper, specialty Kraft papers, and corrugated products. Longview employs about 1,800 people.

19 Jul 2013

Elmet Increases Production at Covington Facility to Address Increasing Demand for Synthetic Sapphire

Elmet Technologies is responding to aggressive market demand for synthetic sapphire by ramping up production at its new Covington, Georgia, facility. Synthetic sapphire is a critical component in LED production and has significant potential as the screen material for mobile devices and in aerospace and defense applications.

From Elmet Technologies, Inc. 19 Jul 2013

KMSA Launches Non-Contact In-Line System for Real-Time Analysis of Color

Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc. (KMSA), the worldwide leader in the industrial measurement of color, light and 3D shape, announces the launch of its latest color measurement solution; the innovative NC-1 non-contact in-line system. Expertly crafted and engineered to monitor and control color, the new system provides real-time analysis of color for quality and process control.

From Konica Minolta 19 Jul 2013

James Webb Space Telescope Receives Cryogenic Flight Electronic Boxes from Ball Aerospace

The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. cryogenic flight electronic boxes recently shipped to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems for the James Webb Space Telescope are unlike any previously designed and manufactured.

19 Jul 2013

New Computational Method to Predict Toxicity of Chemicals

A new computational method for working out in advance whether a chemical will be toxic will be reporting in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics.

19 Jul 2013

New Market Report on High Performance Polymers 2014

Over the past 20 years, the high performance polymers (HPPs) industry has grown from $1 billion to over $7 billion. As overall global demand is increasing, the HPP space is filling out with new products and participants, leading to increasing competition. Where and how will new applications emerge for existing and new products?

19 Jul 2013

SEMICON West 2013: Palomar to Showcase 8000i Wire Bonder, i2Gi and VisionPilot Die Attach

Palomar Technologies, the world-leading provider of precision microelectronics and optoelectronic packaging systems, today announced the launch of new products at SEMICON West 2013: the 8000i Wire Bonder with Intelligent Interactive Graphical InterfaceTM (i2GiTM) and VisionPilotTM for automated high-precision die attach. The 8000i Wire Bonder, i2Gi and VisionPilot will be showcased through live demonstrations in booth #6251 at SEMICON West 2013, July 9-11, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA.

19 Jul 2013

Honored Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Used LECO GCxGC Technology

The American Chemical Society (ACS) recently honored Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute with the prestigious R.A. Glenn Award,...

From LECO Corporation 19 Jul 2013

Boys & Girls Club of East Providence Receives Grant from Saint-Gobain Corporation Foundation

In June, Saint-Gobain Seals Group presented a $5,000 check from Saint-Gobain Corporation Foundation to the Boys & Girls Club of East Providence, which will be used to fund a summer program, Positive Sprouts, at their...

19 Jul 2013

Zeiss Completes Acquisition of Xradia, Inc

ZEISS, the international leader in the fields of optics and optoelectronics announced today that the acquisition of US-based Xradia, Inc. has been completed. The closing took place on July 12, 2013 after all formal conditions, as set in the Acquisition Agreement, were fulfilled. Xradia, Inc. is now operating under the new name of Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc.

From Xradia 18 Jul 2013

New Publication by Woodhead Publishing: Environmentally Friendly Polymer Nanocomposites

Concerns about global warming and the depletion of oil reserves have led to significant research into more sustainable composite materials made from natural materials.

18 Jul 2013

Indium Corporation and Duksan Hi-Metal Form Strategic Alliance for SACM™ Solder Balls

Indium Corporation and Duksan Hi-Metal Co., Ltd. announce a formal agreement to facilitate the global supply of an advanced alloy technology used to manufacture solder balls (spheres) for semiconductor packages. SACM&tra...

18 Jul 2013

Materials Science News

Wilmar and Elevance Begin Shipment of Specialty Chemicals from Gresik JV Biorefinery

Kreyenborg and BKG Bruckmann & Kreyenborg Granuliertechnik to be Acquired by Nordson

New Report on China’s Aluminum Rolling Industry

KapStone Acquires Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging

Elmet Increases Production at Covington Facility to Address Increasing Demand for Synthetic Sapphire

KMSA Launches Non-Contact In-Line System for Real-Time Analysis of Color

James Webb Space Telescope Receives Cryogenic Flight Electronic Boxes from Ball Aerospace

New Computational Method to Predict Toxicity of Chemicals

New Market Report on High Performance Polymers 2014

SEMICON West 2013: Palomar to Showcase 8000i Wire Bonder, i2Gi and VisionPilot Die Attach

Honored Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Used LECO GCxGC Technology

Boys & Girls Club of East Providence Receives Grant from Saint-Gobain Corporation Foundation

Zeiss Completes Acquisition of Xradia, Inc

New Publication by Woodhead Publishing: Environmentally Friendly Polymer Nanocomposites

Indium Corporation and Duksan Hi-Metal Form Strategic Alliance for SACM™ Solder Balls

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