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Pristine Sun Selects Upsolar’s Smart Modules for 10 MW Deal

Upsolar, a leading international provider of solar PV modules, today announced the company has been selected by Pristine Sun to supply a minimum of 10 MW of its Smart Modules for solar farms in California. This agreement highlights the growing interest in truly integrated Smart Modules.

13 Mar 2013

Canada Carbon Becomes Exclusive North American Distributor for CGT Carbon Products

Canada Carbon Inc. (formerly Bolero Resources Corp.) (the "Company" or "Canada Carbon") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an Exclusive Distribution Agreement ("Agreement") between Canada Carbon Inc., and CGT Carbon GmbH ("CGT Carbon" or "CGT"), a German company.

13 Mar 2013

Olympus to Exhibit IX3 Inverted Microscope Systems at FOM

Olympus will exhibit their IX3 inverted microscope systems for live cell applications in booth 46-48 at the Focus on Microscopy 2013 (FOM) annual conference in Maastricht, Netherlands, 24th-27th of March.

13 Mar 2013

Anti-Seize Pastes for Lubrication Applications

Anti-seize pastes are a class of specialty lubricants that contain synergistic combinations of lubricating solids in base oils. High solids content makes these pastes far different than conventional greases, which are formulated with little or no solid lubricants. They are especially suited for severe-duty applications involving high loads, harsh environments, extreme heat, or low sliding speeds or oscillatory movements.

From Dow Corning 13 Mar 2013

New Hamilton PRP-C18 HPLC Column for High-Efficiency Reversed-Phase Separations

Hamilton’s Laboratory and Sensor Products Division introduces the new Hamilton PRP™-C18 Reversed-Phase HPLC Column, designed to increase the accuracy and quality of separations performed by pharmaceutical companies, environmental scientists, and others.

13 Mar 2013

New XRF Analysis Software Launched By PANalytical

PANalytical, the world's leading supplier of analytical X-ray equipment and software, is set to launch its new software for X-ray fluorescence (XRF) systems. PANalytical developed Stratos, a brand new software packag...

12 Mar 2013

Momentive Introduces Epikote Binder System 620 at JEC Composites Show

Automobile manufacturers are now better able to mass produce composite parts thanks to a new binder system introduced by Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. (“Momentive Specialty Chemicals”, “MSC” or the “Company”). The EPIKOTE™ Binder System 620, introduced at the JEC Composites Show in Paris, enables mass production of automotive composite in hot-melt preforming processes.

12 Mar 2013

General Steel Begins Construction of Additional Rebar Capacity

General Steel Holdings, Inc., a leading non-state-owned steel producer in China, today announced its principal manufacturing facility, Shaanxi Longmen Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. ("Longmen Joint Venture") has begun construction of an additional continuous advanced-rebar-rolling production line.

12 Mar 2013

ON Semiconductor Acquires OKIfs Exhaust Gas Treatment Equipment for Atmospheric Pressure CVD Manufacturing

OKI Engineering, provider of reliability evaluations and environmental conservation technologies for the OKI Group, recently delivered KGT-3MM-AP exhaust gas treatment equipment for atmospheric pressure CVD manufacturing equipment to semiconductor manufacturer ON Semiconductor's European plants.

12 Mar 2013

GE to Supply Wide Range of Equipment for Emirates Aluminium Phase 2 Expansion

GE has received contracts totaling approximately $500 million to provide equipment and long-term services, directly and via engineering procurement contractors, for the Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) smelter complex in Abu Dhabi.

12 Mar 2013

Global Solar PV Installations Increase to 31 GW in 2012

Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Global Solar PV Markets - Analysis of Module Price and other Dynamics" to their offering.

From Research and Markets 12 Mar 2013

ProTek Transient Voltage Suppressor Components Deliver Advanced Circuit Protection for Smartphones

A new series of transient voltage suppressor (TVS) components from ProTek Devices™ deliver advanced circuit protection for smartphones, battery chargers and battery packs, and other popular portable consumer electronics devices.

12 Mar 2013

AGC and nMode Partner to Develop Semiconductor Packaging Solutions Using Ultra-Thin Glass

Leveraging synergies in their respective technologies, Tokyo-based Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (AGC) and nMode Solutions Inc. of Tucson, Arizona, have invested $2.1 million to co-found a subsidiary business, Triton Micro Technologies (www.tritonmicrotech.com), to develop innovative via-fill technology for interposers, enabling next-generation semiconductor packaging solutions using ultra-thin glass.

12 Mar 2013

Transphorm Acquires AIXTRON’s G5+ MOCVD System to Step up Production of GaN-on-Si

AIXTRON SE today announced that US company Transphorm Inc. is stepping up production of gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) with its latest order of AIXTRON’s G5+ MOCVD system, capable of handling five 200 mm (5x8-inch) wafers. The order was made in the fourth quarter of 2012 with delivery due in the second quarter of 2013.

12 Mar 2013

Rothamsted Employs ASD AgriSpec Portable Near-Infrared Spectrometer for Nitrogen Measurement

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical solutions to the UK and Ireland, is pleased to report on the use of AgriSpec portable near-infrared (NIR) spectrometer from ASD Inc. at Rothamsted Research Ltd, the longest running agricultural research station in the world. The spectrometer is used for nitrogen measurements in grain.

12 Mar 2013