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STMicroelectronics and CEA-Leti Researchers Win 2012 Général Ferrié Award

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, and CEA-Leti, France's premier research and technology institute, announced that a team of ST and CEA-Leti researchers had received the 2012 Général Ferrié Award.

7 Dec 2012

Vanguard Expands Thermal Distortion Testing Capabilities

Vanguard Space Technologies, Inc. (Vanguard), a leading provider of high-performance aerospace structures, today announced that it has expanded its thermal distortion testing capabilities with the addition of a thermal vacuum chamber.

7 Dec 2012

Asahi Kasei Plastics Wins SPE Automotive Innovation Award for Leona Resin

Ford Motor Co. and Asahi Kasei Plastics North America, Inc. shared the stage at the 42nd Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE®) Automotive Innovation Awards Gala, winning the "Most Innovative Use of Plastics" title in the Materials category for the LINCOLN® MKZ®, FORD® FUSION® and FORD ESCAPE® air register vanes.

7 Dec 2012

MWV to Showcase Packaging Solutions at 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show

MeadWestvaco Corporation, a global leader in packaging and packaging solutions is showcasing its full lineup of packaging solutions for the consumer electronics industry at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas from Jan. 8-11, 2012 in Room S218.

7 Dec 2012

AMD Closes Amendment Negotiations for Wafer Supply with GLOBALFOUNDRIES

AMD today announced that it successfully amended its Wafer Supply Agreement (WSA) with GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

7 Dec 2012

CA’s Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bridge Deck Selected for Boston Pedestrian Bridge Project

MassDOT and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation Resources chose Composite Advantage LLC’s FiberSPAN™ Fiber Reinforced Polymer bridge deck for Boston’s largest pedestrian and bicyclist bridge project to date. CA’s composite bridge deck is an integral component of North Bank Bridge, a new 690-ft. structure that links Cambridge and Charlestown, Mass., and provides access to the Charles River parklands; just across the river from downtown Boston.

7 Dec 2012

MIG Announces a MEMS Conference Track at 2013 International CES

MEMS Industry Group (MIG), a global industry organization with more than 150 member-companies and partners, today announced a micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) conference track at the 2013 International CES. Featuring a keynote by Klaus Meder, president of Bosch Automotive Electronics, and industry panels designed for consumer-electronics original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturers (ODMs), the MEMS conference session will help attendees to explore some of the most exciting commercial applications of the ‘miniature intelligent machines’ that are changing the ways in which consumers interact with the digital world.

7 Dec 2012

FBW Produces Quality Masterbatches with Coperion STS 35 Screw Compounders

A few months ago, FBW GmbH, a plastics compounding specialist in Niederzier/Germany, put into successful operation two STS 35 advanced Standard Twin Screw Compounders from Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart. Equipped with 35 mm diameter screws, these compounders have since been producing a whole range of high-grade pigment and additive masterbatches, mainly in small and medium-sized batches, i.e. in sizes ranging between 25 and 300 kg.

From Coperion GmbH 7 Dec 2012

ARPA-E Awards Vorbeck $1.5 Million Grant to Develop Low-Cost Battery for Hybrid Vehicles

Vorbeck Materials Corp. has been awarded a two-year, $1.5 million grant from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a low-cost, fast-charging battery for hybrid vehicles.

7 Dec 2012

PPG Provides Global TiO2 Technology License to Henan Billions

PPG Industries today announced that it has entered into a technology license agreement with China-based Henan Billions Chemicals Joint Stock Co., Ltd., that will provide Henan Billions the right to use PPG’s technology for the manufacture of chloride-grade titanium dioxide (TiO2) on a worldwide basis. This agreement completes the license of PPG technology previously announced by both companies. Terms of the license agreement were not disclosed.

From PPG Industries Inc. 7 Dec 2012

Hybrid Scaffold Material Holds Promise for Future Skin Tissue Engineering

Researchers in Japan have created a hybrid scaffold which promotes regeneration of skin in live animals while maintaining mechanical strength making it a promising material for future skin tissue engineering. This research was recently published in the Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.

6 Dec 2012

Asia-Pacific Biorenewable Materials Market Estimated to Grow at 19% per Annum till 2018

The Asia-Pacific biorenewable materials market is estimated to grow at a rate of over 19 percent per annum till 2018, as application development and technology licensing costs come down, and customer awareness grows. With biorenewable materials likely to replace common plastics in various packaging applications, the large replacement demand presents the market in the region with added growth opportunities.

6 Dec 2012

Boeing awards Saft Li-Ion Battery Pack Contract for Communications Satellites

Saft, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of advanced batteries for industry, has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract from Boeing to build Li-ion battery packs for four new 702SP communications satellites. The technology-rich “small platform” satellites, designed to operate in the 3- to 8-kilowatt power range, are being developed by Boeing for Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Satélites Mexicanos (Satmex).

6 Dec 2012

JK Launches Powerful 3 kW Fiber Laser for Industrial Material Processing

JK Lasers (the "Company", "we", "our", "JK"), a division of GSI Group Inc., announced the launch of a new powerful 3 kilowatt (kW) fiber laser for industrial material processing. The new addition to the Company's range of watt to kilowatt (kW) fiber lasers will help enhance manufacturing productivity by processing metals at faster speeds and to higher standards.

From SPI Lasers UK Ltd 6 Dec 2012

2013 International CES: Midwest Companies to Debut Latest Technology Innovations

More than 150 technology companies based in the Midwest region of the United States (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin) will debut their latest innovations at the 2013 International CES®. Owned and produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, the 2013 CES, the world’s largest annual innovation event, will feature 3,000 exhibitors across 1.8 million net square feet of exhibit space. The 2013 International CES will run Tuesday, January 8-Friday, January 11, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

6 Dec 2012