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CRAIC Technologies Offer Raman Spectral Libraries with Raman Microspectrometers

CRAIC Technologies, leading innovator in the field of optical microanalysis, is proud to now offer searchable databases of Raman spectra for use with CRAIC Technology’s Spectral Database Software and the state-of-the-art Apollo™ Raman microspectrometer . With the largest database containing over eight thousand Raman spectra, spectral data may be searched as well as compared with data acquired with the Apollo™ Raman microspectrometer. Sub-sets of the entire Raman database are also offered and include those targeted specifically for customers working in polymer, semiconductor, forensic, chemistry, pharmaceutical, material science and geological fields.

From CRAIC Technologies 7 Jan 2013

International CES: LG to Showcase Full 2013 Line of Smart Appliances

LG Electronics (LG) will introduce its full 2013 line of smart appliances, offering enhanced connectivity and greater user convenience, at next week's International CES® in Las Vegas.

7 Jan 2013

Belgium-Based Chemicals Manufacturer RUETGERS Acquired by Rain CII

Rain CII Carbon LLC USA ("Rain CII") has completed the previously announced acquisition of RUETGERS N.V. ("RUETGERS"), a Belgium-headquartered Coal Tar Pitch ("CTP") and Chemicals manufacturer, from funds managed by Triton ("Triton"), after receiving the necessary regulatory approvals.

7 Jan 2013

Hyundai to Display Future Vehicle Infotainment Systems at CES 2013

Hyundai returns to the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) January 8-11, 2013 (North Hall, booth #315) to debut and showcase a number of new vehicle technologies. Along with demonstrations of its Blue Link® telematics and infotainment platform, Hyundai will again preview its next-generation concepts and future infotainment systems for the tech-savvy CES crowd.

7 Jan 2013

INVISTA’s Shanghai Hexamethylene Diamine Plant Receives EIA Approval

INVISTA, a world leader in nylon intermediates and fibers, has received Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) approval from the Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau for a 215,000-ton per year hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park.

From INVISTA 7 Jan 2013

CES 2013: Visteon to Display Automotive Electronics Solutions

Visteon Corporation, a leading global automotive supplier, will display a range of automotive electronics at various stages of development and production at the 2013 International CES – the world's largest consumer technology trade show – in Las Vegas from Jan. 8-11. Visteon's booth is located at CP#20 in the Central Plaza of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

7 Jan 2013

ST Reveals 16x4 Capable Cable Modem DOCSIS 3.0 Chips

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leading producer of ICs for cable set-top boxes and home gateways, has revealed the first three chips in its new family supporting the DOCSIS 3.0 cable-modem specification.

7 Jan 2013

Manipulatable Surfaces Produced Using Polymer Blends

Using new combinations of well-known polymers is one way of producing new materials. For this work, the use of polymers that respond to external stimuli are of particular interest, and is the line followed by the chemist Leire Ruiz-Rubio in the research for her PhD thesis. She has studied the blending of certain polymers that can be controlled when the conditions of their medium (the pH or temperature, for example) have been altered.

7 Jan 2013

Ultrastable Glass Developed Using New Vapor-Deposition Method

Technologically valuable ultrastable glasses can be produced in days or hours with properties corresponding to those that have been aged for thousands of years, computational and laboratory studies have confirmed.

7 Jan 2013

Theta-Probe XPS Machine Reveals Increase in Weight of the Kilogram

Post-Christmas and most of us are feeling the over-indulgence. But take heart - experts at Newcastle University have shown even the kilogram itself has put on weight.

7 Jan 2013

US Demand for Plastic Film to Grow 1.9% Annually to 16 Billion Pounds in 2016

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: US Plastic Film Market

From Report Linker 7 Jan 2013

Smithers Rapra Offers Book on Design of Extrusion Forming Tools

Smithers Rapra Publishing announces the release of Design of Extrusion Forming Tools

From Smithers Rapra Technology Ltd 7 Jan 2013

Composites Company Hexcel Honored with Airbus Supply Chain and Quality Improvement Award

Hexcel is delighted to have received the Silver award in the “Best Performer” category at the recent Airbus Supply Chain and Quality Improvement Programme (SQIP) Award Day held in Toulouse, France.

From Hexcel 7 Jan 2013

CRAIC Offers Raman Spectral Libraries with Apollo Raman Microspectrometers

From CRAIC Technologies 7 Jan 2013

IDT Earns Electronic Product and Design Awards

Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT®), the Analog and Digital Company™ delivering essential mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, today announced that it has earned a Product of the Year award from Electronic Products Magazine and a 2012 Best Electronic Design award from Electronic Design Magazine for its NVM Express (NVMe) enterprise flash memory controller with native support for PCIe® Gen 3.

4 Jan 2013