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Gorham Successfully Commercializes Portfolio of Barrier Packaging Papers

Gorham Paper and Tissue announced their success in fully commercializing a portfolio of barrier packaging papers. The offering is used in Food Service and Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) applications with stringent functionality requirements including oil and grease resistance, wet strength, printability and surface smoothness for foil or film laminations and wax or poly coatings.

21 Jan 2013

Nederman to Supply Fume Mitigation Solution for Bradken’s Electric Arc Furnaces

Nederman has entered into an agreement to supply one of Bradken’s foundries in Queensland, Australia with a complete solution for fume mitigation for their electric arc furnaces. Bradken® approached Nederman to assist them with the development of a solution to further reduce the level of emissions from the electric arc furnaces in their Queensland foundry.

21 Jan 2013

Global Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Market Forecast to Reach $159.98 Billion by 2015

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Market 2011-2015" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 21 Jan 2013

MIT Researchers Demonstrate Hydrophobic Ceramics

Water-shedding surfaces that are robust in harsh environments could have broad applications in many industries including energy, water, transportation, construction and medicine. For example, condensation of water is a crucial part of many industrial processes, and condensers are found in most electric power plants and in desalination plants.

21 Jan 2013

Volvo Car’s Connected Infotainment Solution to be developed by Cybercom

Cybercom is developing solutions and services for Volvo Car’s first connected infotainment solution. The system was unveiled at the global consumer electronics show CES in Las Vegas this week.

21 Jan 2013

Triumph to Acquire Pump and Engine Control Systems Business of Goodrich

Triumph Group, Inc. today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the pump and engine control systems business of Goodrich Corporation (Goodrich Pump & Engine Control Systems or GPECS) from United Technologies Corporation.

21 Jan 2013

FORTUNE 1000 Company, Applied Industrial Technologies Celebrates 90th Year in Business

Applied Industrial Technologies is celebrating its 90th year in business. Founded in 1923 as The Ohio Ball Bearing Company in Cleveland, Ohio, the company has grown to become one of the largest industrial distributors in North America, providing more than four million products, plus specialized, innovative value-added solutions.

21 Jan 2013

New Report on North America Ethylene Glycol Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "North America Ethylene Glycol (EG) Industry Outlook to 2016 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts of All Active and Planned Plants" to their offering.

From Research and Markets 21 Jan 2013

TITANIUM EUROPE Conference to be Held in Germany in March 2013

A dozen top international titanium industry leaders have been selected by the International Titanium Association (ITA) to offer their candid insights on leading-edge consumption trends for the metal in what is anticipate...

19 Jan 2013

Global Glass Fiber Supply to Grow by More Than 8% to 5.30 Million Tons

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global and Chinese Glass Fiber Industry Report, 2012-2015" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 19 Jan 2013

MicroTech Introduces Product Tool for High Throughput Processing of Thin Film Solar Cells

MicroTech, a Silicon Valley wet process station supplier, has launched a product line specifically designed for high throughput processing of thin film solar cells. These cells can produce substantial cost reduction and cell integration by processing an entire array of solar cells on a single substrate.

19 Jan 2013

New Report on Global and Chinese Photovoltaic Glass Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global and Chinese Photovoltaic Glass Industry Report, 2012-2014" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 19 Jan 2013

Electric Power Grid Expansion Essential to Ensure Reliable Future Energy Supplies

Another focus of the research activities is the interconnection of the electric power grid with the existing gas distribution network in order to use gas distribution networks as energy storages. The Helmholtz Association will subsidise the Energy Alliance with 3.2 million Euros from its Initiative and Networking Fund in 2013 and 2014.

19 Jan 2013

Surface Roughness Grows at a High Rate When Spheres and Highly Stretched Particles are Deposited

Last year, a team of University of Pennsylvania physicists showed how to undo the “coffee-ring effect,” a commonplace occurrence when drops of liquid with suspended particles dry, leaving a ring-shaped stain at the drop’s edges. Now the team is exploring how those particles stack up as they reach the drop’s edge, and they discovered that different particles make smoother or rougher deposition profiles at the drop edge depending on their shape.

19 Jan 2013

PCA Anticipates 8.1% Growth in Cement Consumption in 2013

Improving underlying economic fundamentals, the existence of large pent-up demand balances, and the diminishment of economic fiscal cliff uncertainty will combine to result in strong growth rates in 2013 and an increase in cement consumption.

19 Jan 2013