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ALBIS PLASTIC to Showcase Products and Distribution Portfolio at CHINAPLAS 2013

ALBIS PLASTIC GmbH, the Hamburg-based European specialist in the distribution and compounding of technical thermoplastics, will be one of the exhibitors at the 27th International Trade Fair and Exhibition for the Plastics and Rubber Industries in China. CHINAPLAS will take place from 20-23 May 2013 in the city of Guangzhou in Southern China.

From ALBIS PLASTIC GMBH 16 May 2013

100th Leica Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope Acquired By New York University

The Department of Biology at New York University has been equipped with the 100th Leica TCS SP8 X, a state-of-the-art confocal laser scanning microscope with a white light laser. The system offers comp...

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 15 May 2013

Avid Bioservices to Highlight ADCC Bioassay at IBC Symposium

Avid Bioservices, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced that its recent success in qualifying an antibody-dependent, cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) bioassay will be highlighted in a poster presentation at IBC's 23rd International Intensive Symposium Development, Validation and Maintenance of Biological Assays Conference to be held in Seattle, Washington, May 14-16, 2013.

15 May 2013

Santrol Announces Acquisition of Soane’s Self-Suspending Proppant Technology

Santrol, a Fairmount Minerals company, announced today the acquisition of self-suspending proppant technology from Soane Energy of Cambridge, MA, that will enable operators to improve hydrocarbon production by substantially increasing the surface area of propped fractures to the reservoir.

15 May 2013

Albemarle and Senze Meilu Enter JV to Manufacture Mineral Flame Retardants

Albemarle Corporation and Senze Meilu Company, of Shanxi, China, announced today that the two companies have signed definitive agreements to establish a joint venture company in Lvliang, Shanxi.

15 May 2013

Rex-Cut Introduces New Line of Type 27 Cotton Fiber Flexible Abrasive Wheels

Rex-Cut Abrasives has introduced a new line of Type 27 cotton fiber flexible abrasive wheels that replace their Cut-N-Finish™ flexible discs for blending and finishing flat and contoured stainless steel, carbon steel, and aluminum surfaces in one-step.

15 May 2013

Scrap Drum with Underflow Processing System Launched by Eriez

Eriez introduces the groundbreaking P-Rex84 Scrap Drum with Underflow Processing System. The first-of-its-size offered to the industry, this 84-inch by 60-inch drum utilizes revolutionary underflow processing in which fluff passes under the drum rather than rotating over it as it does in traditional processes. This modification greatly enhances fluff removal and metals recovery, generating increased profits for scrap yards.

15 May 2013

Zinc holds Promise for Bioabsorbable Stents

In 2012, more than 3 million people had stents inserted in their coronary arteries. These tiny mesh tubes prop open blood vessels healing from procedures like a balloon angioplasty, which widens arteries blocked by clots or plaque deposits. After about six months, most damaged arteries are healed and stay open on their own. The stent, however, is there for a lifetime.

15 May 2013

AMD Honors Key Suppliers for Innovation and Service

AMD today announced the winners of its 2013 AMD Supplier Excellence Award honored at the company's 2013 Supplier Day event in Austin. The companies recognized exhibited a strong depth of knowledge of AMD's business as well as a demonstrated ability to perform at the highest level based on the specific needs of the company.

15 May 2013

Fully 3D-Printed Mobiles Released

Marco Mahler , a kinetic sculptor specializing in mobiles, and Henry Segerman , a research fellow in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne, are releasing a collection of fully 3D-printed mobiles on May 14th 2013. An extensive online search did not turn up any fully 3-D printed mobiles made by anyone else yet, making these 3-D printed mobiles apparently the first ones in the world.

15 May 2013

Non-Porous, Synthetic Biomaterial Holds Promise for Safe Medical Implants

It's a familiar scenario – a patient receives a medical implant and days later, the body attacks the artificial valve or device, causing complications to an already compromised system.

15 May 2013

New Continuous Annealing Line Commissioned at PRO-TEC Coating Company

Today, United States Steel Corporation and Kobe Steel , Ltd., of Japan formally commissioned the new Continuous Annealing Line at their joint venture PRO-TEC Coating Company. PRO-TEC will now process some of the strongest and most formable grades of steel in North America.

15 May 2013