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Heraeus Photovoltaic Business Unit to Exhibit at International Green Energy Expo

The Heraeus Photovoltaic Business Unit, a world leader in the research and development of metallization pastes for crystalline solar cells, will be exhibiting at this year's International Green Energy Expo from April 3rd through 5th in Daegu, South Korea, booth number A510-519. Heraeus will be featuring their new series of front-side pastes, the SOL9610 Series.

3 Apr 2013

New High Temperature Tantalum Capacitor Line from KEMET

KEMET Corporation, a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced its new T500 High Temperature MnO2 Series of tantalum surface mount capacitors.

3 Apr 2013

Molded Fiber Glass Construction Products Exhibits at World of Concrete

Molded Fiber Glass Construction Products (MFG CP), shows off new tradeshow booth at World of Concrete in Las Vegas last month. The new booth consists of four fiberglass columns reaching seventeen feet high with logoed banners on top.

3 Apr 2013

Hiden Analytical Launches New Advanced Pulsed Plasma Characterisation

The performance of the Hiden family of plasma diagnostic tools is further advanced by integration of on-board timers for real-time pulsed plasma measurement, the fast gating fully controllable within the MASsoft operating program.

From Hiden Analytical 2 Apr 2013

Smithers Rapra Launches New Book - a Practical Guide to Flexible Polyurethane Foams

Smithers Rapra Publishing announces the release of Practical Guide to Flexible Polyurethane Foams. Polyurethanes are one of the most versatile and exciting materials of the plastics family. Although there are many typ...

From Smithers Rapra Technology Ltd 2 Apr 2013

Ningbo Zhehua Wins Major Contract to Supply Spiral Seam Steel Pipes for Zhuji Pipeline Project

Sutor Technology Group Limited (the "Company" or "Sutor"), a leading China-based manufacturer and distributor of high-end fine finished steel products and welded steel pipes used by a variety of downstream applications, today announced its subsidiary Ningbo Zhehua Heavy Steel Pipe Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ("Ningbo Zhehua") won a contract to supply 11,440 meters of spiral seam steel pipes for a water transmission pipeline project in Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province.

2 Apr 2013

Avery Dennison Receives SPE Environmental Stewardship Awards for Bottle-to-Bottle Label

Avery Dennison Corporation, a global leader in the label and packaging industry, won the Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE) 2013 Environmental Award in the Design for Sustainability category for its Bottle-to-Bottle Portfolio of labeling materials, which dramatically improves the recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

2 Apr 2013

Flexible Packaging Association Honors Berry Plastics with Achievement Awards

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. is proud to announce that three of its products recently received Flexible Packaging Association Achievement Awards at the Association’s annual ceremony.

From Berry Global, Inc. 2 Apr 2013

Taiwan's Electronics Manufacturers to Participate in 2013 FIEE Trade Show

Taiwan's Green Trade Project Office is bringing a delegation of exhibitors to participate in the 2013 FIEE trade show in Sao Paulo, Brazil, aiming to help Taiwan's electronics manufacturers seize the great opportunity for business in the run-up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympics.

2 Apr 2013

Harmonic Energy to Choose Partners for Tyre Projects in North America and Europe

Harmonic Energy Inc. is a company focused on vertically integrated tyre manufacturing and recycling using an innovative approach to energy efficiency and sustainability. Harmonic is pleased to announce that it has short listed several highly qualified engineering firms as potential partners for the development and construction of its tyre projects in North America and Europe.

2 Apr 2013

Oil Industry Moving America towards Energy Independence

According to Stag Energy Services, America's oil industry is moving toward a major milestone -- and a tremendous step forward toward U.S. energy independence. The company points to a recent report from Yahoo! Finance, which notes that the U.S. is on track to produce more domestic crude oil than it imports from overseas.

2 Apr 2013

Chomarat Launches TPreg with Innovative Continuous Reinforcement Range

Lighter, lower costs, large series production: Chomarat offers innovative solutions with TPreg, its innovative continuous reinforcement range. TPreg is a range of products that complements the current OrganoSheet line...

From Chomarat 2 Apr 2013

JMC Steel Group Names Drawn over Mandrel Product Line as Sharon Tube

JMC Steel Group announced today that the name of their DOM product line has officially been changed back to Sharon Tube.

2 Apr 2013

Akron Researchers Study Geckos to Develop Synthetic Adhesive That Sticks When Wet

Geckos' ability to stick to trees and leaves during rainforest downpours has fascinated scientists for decades, leading a group of University of Akron researchers to solve the mystery.

2 Apr 2013

Abakan’s CermaClad High-Speed Large-Area Clad Pipe Technology Wins Coveted Award

Adding to an already impressive collection of innovation and technology awards, Abakan Inc. (“Abakan”) today announced that its proprietary CermaClad™ clad pipe product was awarded the coveted “Subsea Pipeline Technology of the Year” award by the Pipeline Industries Guild. MesoCoat, an Abakan subsidiary that developed the CermaClad™ technology, received the award at the Pipeline Industries Guild National Dinner in London on March 12.

From Abakan Inc. 2 Apr 2013