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High-Purity Moulded Fused Silica Melting Vessels by Goodfellow

Fused silica is a popular choice of melting vessel material due to excellent thermal and chemical stability, allowing vessels to be used with a wide range of materials that may be subject to rapid temperature changes during processing.

From Goodfellow 29 May 2013

A. Schulman Enters Acquisition Deal for Network Polymers

A. Schulman, Inc. announced today that it has reached an agreement in principle to purchase Network Polymers, Inc., a U.S. niche engineered plastics compounding and distribution business, for approximately $50 million, subject to completion of due diligence. The transaction is anticipated to close within the next few months.

29 May 2013

Unifi Manufacturing Earns Responsible Source Certification for its REPREVE Products

SCS Global Services (SCS) announced that Unifi Manufacturing, Inc., a leading producer of multi-filament polyester, nylon textured yarns, and related raw materials, is the first manufacturer of its kind to earn Responsible Source™ certification.

29 May 2013

UMass Amherst Chemical Engineer Earns DuPont Young Professor Grant

A University of Massachusetts Amherst chemical engineer, Paul Dauenhauer, is one of only 14 scientists worldwide to receive recognition for scientific innovation from the 2013 DuPont Young Professors Program, the company recently announced. He will receive $75,000 over three years to advance progress on his discovery of a process for making renewable plastics and chemicals from biomass.

29 May 2013

Air Products’ South American JV, INDURA Makes New Investments in Chile

Air Products today announced that INDURA, its South American joint venture, will build a new plant in Antofagasta, Chile, as well as expand the capacity of its Graneros plant, south of Santiago.

29 May 2013

Technical Reference on Hydrogen Compatibility of Materials Makes Debut on OpenEI

As part of the Open Government initiative launched by the Obama administration, Sandia National Laboratories’ Technical Reference on Hydrogen Compatibility of Materials has made its debut on the Energy Dataset of OpenEnergyInfo, or OpenEI.

From Sandia National Laboratories 29 May 2013

Avomeen Analytical Services Opens New Complex of Multiple Laboratories

Avomeen Analytical Services has finished moving into its new location which was inspired by the consistent growth the chemical testing laboratory has experienced during recent years. Avomeen’s new location is over 25,000 square feet and houses multiple state-of-the-art product testing and development laboratories.

29 May 2013

Molded Fiber Glass Southeast Commemorates a Decade of Operation

Molded Fiber GlassSoutheast is celebrating ten years with the Molded Fiber Glass Family of companies with headquarters located in Ashtabula Ohio. “The success of any company is based on adapting to suit the changes of the economy.

29 May 2013

New Application Note on Porvair Sciences’ Chromatrap ChIP Assay Kit

A new application note from Porvair Sciences details a protocol for its Chromatrap® ChIP assay kit that has been developed to enrich epigenetic marks from primary human tissue cells.

29 May 2013

Experts to Discuss Toxicological Significance of Mercury Exposure at Mercury Conference

One of the panel sessions at the ‘Mercury 2013’ International Conference in Edinburgh (28th July – 2nd Aug) “will be highly contentious and should result in a heated debate,” says Prof. K. Clive Thompson who will be chairing the session with Eric Uram from SafeMinds.

29 May 2013

Conquer Scientific to Discuss Options of Pre-owned Mass Specs for Laboratories at 2013 ASMS Conference

At the annual 2013 ASMS conference (9-13 June 2013, Minneapolis, Minnesota) Conquer Scientific will be available to discuss the options of pre-owned mass specs for laboratories with tight budgets or ones looking to get the most for their funds.

From Conquer Scientific 28 May 2013

Safe Technology Ltd Use Finite Element models for Fatigue Analysis of Woven Fibres

Safe Technology Limited, Sheffield, UK, announces a new and unique capability for the fatigue analysis of woven fibres from Finite Element models. The tool is included in the latest release of fe-safe/Composites&trade...

From Dassault Systèmes 28 May 2013

Ceram Releases New Video on CE Marking of Construction Products

Ceram, the international materials technology company, has released a video which discusses how they can test products to the relevant standards and help guide manufacturers through the process of CE marking their constr...

28 May 2013

SPECTRO Analytical Instruments to Offer Free Readout App for the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad

Working with the SPECTROTEST mobile metal analyzer has just gotten easier. SPECTRO Analytical Instruments, a unit of AMETEK, Inc., now offers SPECTRO MMA, a free readout App for the Apple iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, that works with the latest version of the high-performance SPECTROTEST mobile metal analyzer.

From SPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH 28 May 2013

New Liquidyn P-Jet CT Jetting Valve by Intertronics

Intertronics’ introduction of the new Liquidyn P-Jet CT Jetting Valve brings to manufacturers the capability for high performance micro-dispensing of materials such as oils, greases, adhesives, silicones, paints, flux, pharmaceutical media and other chemicals, including filled fluids.

From INTERTRONICS 28 May 2013