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GT Advanced Technologies to Highlight Sapphire Cover Screens at SID Display Week

GT Advanced Technologies is participating in the 2013 Society for Information Display's Display Week event May 20-24 in Vancouver, BC. The company will be showcasing sapphire cover screens for smartphones and other mobile devices including touch panel demonstrations with sapphire screens developed by Atmel and Ocular that highlight sapphire touch sensitivity when integrated into a touch module.

21 May 2013

PPG Strengthens Aerospace Coatings Business through Completion of Deft Acquisition

PPG Industries announced today that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of certain assets of Deft Incorporated, a privately-owned specialty coatings company based in Irvine, Calif. Financial terms were not disclosed.

From PPG Industries Inc. 21 May 2013

EPA Issues SNAP Approval for Commercial Blends of Solvay’s Solkane 365/227

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Friday (May 17, 2013) issued a SNAP (Significant New Alternatives Policy) approval for commercial blends of Solvay’s Solkane® 365/227.

21 May 2013

Comprehensive Report on Global Market for Aluminum Foil Packaging

The global market for aluminium foil packaging is poised for substantial growth in the upcoming decade, primarily spurred by the stable economic growth in the developing countries, rising disposable incomes and enhancing customers’ awareness of products quality and quantity. The competition is set to become more intense owing to low labor costs and development of new products.

21 May 2013

Euro PM2013 Technical Programme Brochure Available Now for Download

The Euro PM2013 Congress & Exhibition Technical Programme is now available for download. The Euro PM2013 Congress & Exhibition 15 – 18 September, Gothenburg, Sweden will cover all areas of Powder Metallurgy, including, a first for a Euro PM event, technical papers and a Special Interest Seminar covering metal powder Additive Manufacturing.

From European Powder Metallurgy Assn. 21 May 2013

Wausau Paper Signs Deal to Sell Specialty Paper Business

Wausau Paper today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its specialty paper business to a new company sponsored by KPS Capital Partners L.P. (“KPS”), a New York-based private equity firm with significant experience in the paper industry. The new company will be known as Expera Specialty Solutions, LLC (“Expera”).

21 May 2013

Second Kiln at Texas Industries’ Hunter Cement Plant Achieves Operational Status

Texas Industries, Inc. announced today that its Texas subsidiary has achieved operational status of its second kiln at its Hunter cement plant, near New Braunfels, Texas. Following a successful commissioning process which began in November of 2012, the 1.4-million ton state-of-the art kiln line has realized its design performance capabilities and is producing efficiently.

21 May 2013

New Report Analyzes Seals Market in North America

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Analysis of the North American Seals Market

From Report Linker 21 May 2013

Nanotechnology Expert Chad Mirkin Selected for Linus Pauling Medal Award

Northwestern University scientist Chad A. Mirkin has been selected to receive the 2013 Linus Pauling Medal Award from the Oregon, Portland and Puget Sound local sections of the American Chemical Society.

21 May 2013

New Approach to Make Iron-Platinum Alloys with an Ordered Crystal Structure

Meeting the demand for more data storage in smaller volumes means using materials made up of ever-smaller magnets, or nanomagnets. One promising material for a potential new generation of recording media is an alloy of iron and platinum with an ordered crystal structure.

21 May 2013

AK Steel Announces Completion of Financing for New Iron Ore Pellet Plant

AK Steel said today that Magnetation LLC ("Magnetation"), its joint venture with Magnetation, Inc., has successfully completed a $325 million senior secured note offering and has entered into a $50 million senior secured credit facility.

From Cleveland-Cliffs 21 May 2013

DuPont Exhibits Innovative Products at Chinaplas 2013

Plastics that can reduce vehicle component weight and plastics that can be used for safer consumer electronic devices highlight DuPont Performance Polymers presence at Chinaplas 27th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries, which opens today.

21 May 2013