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New Process for Rendering Paper and Textile Fibers Conductive with Aluminum

Jackets with built-in mobile phones, sports clothes that warn you when your heart rate gets too high, wallpaper with glowing patterns—these are not concepts from a science fiction movie, some of them are actually already available, and they may soon become commonplace. These applications require electrically conductive fibrous materials. Korean researchers have now developed a new process for rendering paper and textile fibers conductive with aluminum. Their report appears in the journal Angewandte Chemie.

20 Jun 2013

Alcoa Announces Completion of Aluminum Lithium Capacity Expansion at UK Facility

Alcoa today announced it has completed the expansion of aluminum lithium capacity at its Kitts Green facility in the United Kingdom to serve the growing demand for the Company’s 3rd generation aluminum lithium alloys. Alcoa projects its aluminum lithium revenues will quadruple over the next six years to nearly $200 million.

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 20 Jun 2013

Vision Systems to Expand SPD-SmartGlass Business Activities Through New Facility

Vision Systems, a Research Frontiers (Nasdaq: REFR) licensee and tier-one supplier of SPD-Smart electronically dimmable windows announced today at the Paris Air Show that it is expanding its SPD-SmartGlass business activities by opening a production and operations facility in Melbourne, Florida.

20 Jun 2013

Teledyne DALSA Announces Receipt of 2013 Bell Award of Excellence

Teledyne DALSA is proud to have received a 2013 Bell Award of Excellence from the Armand Frappier Foundation, one of four awards presented at the Foundation’s Garden Party benefit gala on June 13.

20 Jun 2013

New Report Analyzes Market for High-Performance Flat Glass in USA

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: US High-Performance Flat Glass Market

From Report Linker 20 Jun 2013

Two Component Epoxy From Master Bond - Optically Clear, Low Viscosity And High Strength

Master Bond EP30HV, a two component epoxy, features wide applicability in the electronic, electrical, computer, aerospace, automotive, optical, fiber optic, medical and chemical industries. Formulated for bonding, sealin...

From Master Bond Inc. 19 Jun 2013

Portable Dust Collector Captures Contaminants at the Source, Providing High-volume Collection with Minimal Energy Consumption

Airflow Systems, Inc. The PCH Series of portable dust collection systems provides source-point collection of airborne contaminants and prevents contaminants from migrating throughout the facility to settle on equip...

From Airflow Systems, Inc. 19 Jun 2013

Porvair Sciences’ Krystal 2000 Microplate Range for Sensitive Fluorescence Measurements

To address performance limiting well-to-well crosstalk inherent in most assay plates – Porvair Sciences has developed the Krystal 2000 microplate range.

19 Jun 2013

New JEC Publication Addresses the Incredible Saga of Composites

The official book launch and the presentation to the public will take place during JEC ASIA Composites Show & Conferences, on Wednesday June 26, at the Suntec Center in Singapore.

19 Jun 2013

New Magneti Marelli Plant in Tennessee for Automotive Lighting Production

A new Magneti Marelli Automotive Lighting plant for the production of headlamps and rear lights was inaugurated yesterday in Pulaski, Tenn. This is the first lighting production plant in the United States, further strengthening an already established presence in the NAFTA region, which includes plants in Ciudad Juárez and Tepotzotlán, Mexico, and the R&D Center in Auburn Hills, Mich., with 180 engineers.

19 Jun 2013

ITT Exelis to Fabricate Composite Blade Seal Components for Lockheed Martin F-35 Program

ITT Exelis has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract from Lockheed Martin to fabricate composite blade seal components for all variants of the F-35 Lightning II program. This award will support production for LRIP 6 and 7 through 2015. Production of the blade seals will take place at the new Exelis composite design and manufacturing center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

19 Jun 2013

Waters Unveils New Family of 1.6 Micron Solid-Core UltraPerformance LC Columns

Waters Corporation today introduced CORTECS™ Columns, a new family of 1.6 micron solid-core UltraPerformance LC® Columns that set a new standard in LC column performance. The higher efficiency brought to chromatography with CORTECS Columns allows laboratories to produce greater amounts of information faster with every chromatographic separation.

19 Jun 2013

Polymer Group to Expand Production Capacity for High Quality Nonwoven Products

Polymer Group, Inc. (PGI) announced today that it will invest in a strategic site in Nanhai, China that will enable the company to expand its manufacturing capacity for high quality nonwoven products for the global hygiene and healthcare markets it serves.

19 Jun 2013

New Report Analyzes Global Market for Thermoplastic Elastomers

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Thermoplastic Elastomers Market By Types (SBC, TPO, TPV, TPU, COPE, PEBA), Applications & Geography Trends & Forecasts To 2018" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 19 Jun 2013

New Partnership to Develop Reconfigurable Tooling Technology for Complex Composite Aircraft Structures

Spirit AeroSystems today announced it has been working with Spintech Ventures, of Xenia, Ohio, to develop a new reconfigurable tooling technology for manufacturing complex composite aircraft structures. The solution uses re-formable, reusable mandrels to form complex, highly integrated composite structures, with features that are not possible with traditional tools.

19 Jun 2013