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Global Strategic Business Report on Aluminum Die Castings Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Aluminum Die Castings - Global Strategic Business Report" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 14 Dec 2012

Recyclable Modified Atmosphere Package Tray from Clearly Clean Products

Clearly Clean Products, LLC, introduces what is perhaps the world’s first and only recyclable MAP (Modified Atmosphere Package) tray for meat, poultry, entrées and kebobs. The FDA-compliant tray utilizes a pat...

14 Dec 2012

Scientists Determine Magnesium Borohydride Structure

An international team led by Xiang-Feng Zhou and Artem R. Oganov, PhD, theoretical crystallographers in the Department of Geosciences and Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University, have established the structure of one of the most important high-energy-density materials, magnesium borohydride or Mg(BH4)2. Their findings, “First-Principles Determination of the Structure of Magnesium Borohydride,” have been published in the December 13 edition of Physical Review Letters.

14 Dec 2012

Alcoa Announces Opening of Art Aluminum Wheel Facility in China

Alcoa today announced that its Alcoa Wheel and Transportation (AWTP) business is opening a production facility in Suzhou, China, marking an expansion that creates a full wheel manufacturing, distribution, sales and service network in China.

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 14 Dec 2012

Checkpoint Technologies Releases Unique Wafer Probing System

Checkpoint Technologies, LLC, noted supplier of laser scanning and photon emission microscopy systems for the failure analysis industry, announces the release of InfraScan™ TDM. This unique wafer probing system is capable of imaging the front-side and backside of the die.

14 Dec 2012

Bausch + Strobel, VITRONIC Partner for Filling and Packaging Machines

After multiple joint projects, machine vision experts VITRONIC/Germany and Il-shofen packaging machine manufacturer for the pharmaceu-tical industry Bausch + Ströbel/Germany have entered into a framework agreement for even closer cooperation in the fu-ture.

From VITRONIC 14 Dec 2012

Joining Technologies Announces Expansion of Laser Additive Production Capabilities

Joining Technologies, Inc., an innovator in industrial laser applications, announces that it has expanded its additive manufacturing capabilities to include internal diameter(ID) cladding. Together with its partners Fraunhofer ILT, Pallas Oberflaechentechnik GmbH & Co KG and Laserline, Inc.,Joining Technologies has installed a specialized ID cladding station.

From JoiningTechnologies, Inc 14 Dec 2012

UK Nuclear Regulators Approve Design of AREVA EPR Reactor

AREVA welcomes the decision of the UK’s official nuclear regulators to approve the design of the EPRTM reactor for use in the UK. The AREVA EPRTM reactor is thus the first and only generation III reactor design to have been awarded this certification in the UK.

14 Dec 2012

Research Grant to Develop Composite Materials

The Irish Centre for Composites Research (IComp) at the University of Limerick has been granted over €1million in research funding by Enterprise Ireland’s Commercialisation Fund for 3rd Level Researchers. The grant will fund three different research projects – all connected with composite material applications.

14 Dec 2012

Shinko Wire and Suncall to Take Equity Stakes in Kobelco Spring Wire Company

Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that Shinko Wire Company, Ltd. and Suncall Corporation will take equity stakes in its 100-percent owned steel wire company in China, Kobelco Spring Wire (Foshan) Co., Ltd. (or KSW).

From Kobe Steel 13 Dec 2012

Biomarine Improves Revolution Rebreather with SABIC LNP FARADEX Compound

Rescue and HAZMAT workers, fire-fighters and miners depend upon self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) when working in extremely hazardous environments. So when Biomarine, an SCBA manufacturer based in Exton, Pa., needed to improve the impact strength and ability to dissipate static electricity for the external housing of its BioPak 240R Revolution rebreather, it turned to SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business. SABIC recommended replacing the existing polycarbonate (PC)-based compound with LNP™ FARADEX™ compound – which leverages proprietary LEXAN™ EXL copolymer technology and features electrically conductive stainless steel fibers – and provided world-class design and molding expertise.

From SABIC Innovative Plastics 13 Dec 2012

PANalytical, OBLF Enter Exclusive Distribution Agreement for Optical Emission Spectrometers

Underlining the long standing relationship between the two companies, PANalytical and OBLF jointly announce that a formal agreement has been signed for the exclusive distribution of OBLF’s optical emission spectrometers by PANalytical in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, South Africa, USA, Canada and Brazil.

13 Dec 2012

Volume 5: Damage in Composites Published By DEStech

DEStech Publications, Inc. announces the publication of Volume 5: Damage in Composites, edited by Bhavani Sankar and Anthony Waas. Michael Hyer is the managing editor. Volume 5 of the ASC series on advanced compos...

From DEStech Publications 13 Dec 2012

Nobel-Prize-Winning Technology Transforms Biomass into Cosmetics

In a new approach for tapping biomass as a sustainable raw material, scientists are reporting use of a Nobel-Prize-winning technology to transform plant "essential oils" — substances with the characteristic fragrance of the plant — into high-value ingredients for sunscreens, perfumes and other personal care products. The report on the approach, which could open up new economic opportunities for tropical countries that grow such plants, appears in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

13 Dec 2012

DesignCon 2013 to Take Place January 28-31 in Santa Clara, California

UBM Tech, the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers, has released details about the conference and expo programs for DesignCon 2013, which is scheduled to take place January 28-31 in Santa Clara, Calif.

13 Dec 2012