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Hyperpectral CMOS Camera For Snapshot And Video Introduced By Imec

At SPIE Photonics West 2013, Imec presents a prototype hyperspectral imager for snapshot and video acquisition. Being fast, compact and cost-efficient, imec’s CMOS-based imaging systems with integrated hyperspectra...

From IMEC 31 Jan 2013

People’s Choice At Made In Britain Awards Goes To Addmaster

Staffordshire based additive supplier Addmaster is extremely proud to announce that readers of the Mail on Sunday have voted us the People’s Choice for the first Made in Britain awards. The awards ceremony w...

From Addmaster (UK) Ltd 31 Jan 2013

BASF Shanghai Breaks Ground for New Automotive Coatings Plant

BASF Shanghai Coatings Co., Ltd. broke ground today on a new automotive coatings plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai. This s t ate-of-the-art production facility is scheduled to commence operation in early 2014. It complements the company’s existing plant in Shanghai, which has been operating for more than 15 years.

From BASF Corporation 31 Jan 2013

Mentor Graphics Releases New HyperLynx Product for High-Speed Electronics Design and Analysis

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced the newest release of its market-leading HyperLynx® product for superior high-speed design and analysis. Key features in the new HyperLynx product release include advanced 3D channel and trace modeling, improved DDR signoff verification, and accelerated simulation performance—up to 5X faster.

31 Jan 2013

Magnolia Solar Achieves High Quality Nanostructured AR Coatings for Solar Cells

Magnolia Solar Corporation ("Magnolia Solar" or the "Company"), developer of revolutionary thin-film solar cell technologies employing nanostructured materials and designs, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary Magnolia Solar, Inc. achieved high quality 6-inch growth of nanostructured antireflection (AR) coatings on glass for solar cell applications. The Company believes this milestone brings this AR technology closer to commercial viability in the existing solar power market.

31 Jan 2013

Pulse Launches Pin-In-Paste Compatible RF Multimedia over Cable Alliance Filter Modules

Pulse Electronics Corporation, a leading provider of electronic components, introduces RF MoCA (Multimedia over Cable Alliance) filter modules that are pin-in-paste compatible. Pin-in-paste manufacturing uses a reflow instead of a wave soldering process to apply solder to the components, saving time, increasing throughput, and reducing costs. These filters are compliant with MoCA 1.1 and 2.0 requirements and are qualified with leading MoCA silicon vendors.

31 Jan 2013

Pitfalls Associated with Molecular Dynamic Simulation Methods

In an article about to be published in EPJ Plus, Daan Frenkel from the University of Cambridge, UK, outlines the many pitfalls associated with simulation methods such as Monte Carlo algorithms or other commonly used molecular dynamics approaches.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 31 Jan 2013

New Report on Global Thermoplastic Elastomers Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Thermoplastic Elastomers Market (SBCs, TPOs, TPUs, TPVs & Copes) - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth And Forecast 2012 - 2018" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 31 Jan 2013

Method to Manufacture Memory Chips Wins the Japan Prize

C. Grant Willson, professor of chemistry and chemical engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, has won the Japan Prize, an international award similar to the Nobel Prize, for his development of a process that is now used to manufacture nearly all of the microprocessors and memory chips in the world.

31 Jan 2013

Zwick Honors Russian University for Oldest, Working Materials Testing Machine

Russia’s Saint-PetersburgStateTransportUniversity was declared the winner of a contest to find the oldest materials testing machine still in use.

From ZwickRoell GmbH Co. KG 31 Jan 2013

TMS to Present Keynote Session on Impurities in the Aluminum Supply Chain

Approximately 4,000 materials science and engineering professionals from around the world will gather at the TMS 2013 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, a must-attend global forum providing an outstanding exchange of technical knowledge that leads to innovative solutions in the workplace and in society.

31 Jan 2013

Sales And Support Transferred By Michelman

LexJet takes over U.S. and Canadian sales for Michelman's digital press supplies, enhancing service with new online ordering and strategic warehouses.

From Michelman Inc 31 Jan 2013

ThyssenKrupp to Supply New Plants to Turkey BAGFAS Fertilizer Complex

ThyssenKrupp's plant construction business has received an order from Bandirma Gübre Fabrikalarý A.Þ. (BAGFAS) in Bandirma, Turkey, to supply a plant for the production of calcium ammonium nitrate fertilizer. Under the roughly €141 million contract, the new plant will be integrated into the existing facility on the southern coast of the Sea of Marmara, and is scheduled to start operation in early 2015.

31 Jan 2013

Milliken Receives Sponsorship for VDI Plastics in Automotive Engineering Conference

Technical plastics recycling and compounding company Luxus and plastics additive manufacturer Milliken have been sponsored by the Renault-Nissan alliance to speak at the next international VDI conference, ‘Plastics in Automotive Engineering’, 13-14th March 2013, Mannheim, Germany.

From Milliken & Company 31 Jan 2013

Networking Session at Pittcon 2013 To Be Facilitated By Michael Krancer

The Pittcon 2013 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, Michael Krancer, will facilitate the Conferee Networking Session, "The Future of Marcell...

From Pittcon 30 Jan 2013