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Global Photonic Energy Announces Demonstration of Potential Grid Parity Solar Cell

Global Photonic Energy Corporation (“GPEC”), a leading developer of a sustainable Organic Photovoltaic (OPV™) technology that enables ultra low-cost solar power generation and exciting new product capabilities, announces the demonstration of a thin-film solar cell that can potentially provide electricity at grid parity, or the cost of traditionally provided electricity.

10 Dec 2012

Global Strategic Business Report on Magnetic Materials

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Magnetic Materials - Global Strategic Business Report" report to their offering.

10 Dec 2012

BPA to Provide Power Supply for Alcoa’s Intalco Works

Alcoa today announced that it has signed a long-term power contract with Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) for its Intalco Works aluminum smelter in Ferndale, Washington.

10 Dec 2012

BioCoat: a Polyurethane Protective Cover Designed for Instron Series 5940 Single Column Testing Systems

Instron, a leading provider of testing equipment solutions designed to evaluate mechanical properties of materials and components, introduces the BioCoat: a polyurethane protective cover designed for Instron® Series 5940 single column testing systems.

From Instron - USA 7 Dec 2012

Angstron Materials Granted Method Patent for Effectively Exfoliating Layered Graphene

Angstron Materials has received United States patent 8,114,373 for its next-step method that effectively exfoliates layered graphene and offers several key advantages. The method is able to produce nano graphene platelets with a thickness thinner than 100nm and in many cases thinner than 10 nm or as thin as 0.34 nm to 1.02 nm. This method allows the NGP material to be used in applications ranging from bucky paper, mat, thin film and lamina to nanocomposites.

7 Dec 2012

Cambrios ClearOhm Coating Material Wins 2012 IDTechEx Printed Electronics Award

Cambrios Technologies Corporation, the leader in nanotechnology-based solutions for the transparent and flexible conductor markets, today announced that its ClearOhm™ coating material has won the 2012 IDTechEx Printed Electronics Award for Product Development.

7 Dec 2012

Japan's Ministry of the Environment Honors Kyocera’s Fukushima Plant for Environmental Protection Activities

Kyocera Corporation announced that the company's Fukushima Tanagura Plant (Fukushima Pref.) has received Japan's 2012 Minister of the Environment Award for the Promotion of Measures to Cope with Global Warming (countermeasures category) in recognition of its comprehensive environmental protection activities.

7 Dec 2012

LMI Aerospace Agrees to Acquire Valent for $237 Million

LMI Aerospace, Inc., a leading supplier of structural assemblies, kits and components and provider of design engineering services to the aerospace and defense industries, announced today that it has agreed to acquire Valent Aerostructures, LLC ("Valent") for approximately $237 million, plus approximately $9.7 million of certain retained obligations.

7 Dec 2012

Vystar Awarded Fourth US Patent for Vytex Natural Rubber Latex Material

Vystar® Corporation ("Vystar" or the "Company"), the exclusive creator of Vytex® Natural Rubber Latex (NRL), a multi-patented, all-natural raw material that contains significantly reduced levels of non-rubber particles and proteins found in natural rubber latex, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") issued on December 4, 2012, a fourth US patent to Vystar for its unique Vytex NRL. This most recent patent will add greatly to the Company's current intellectual property portfolio.

7 Dec 2012

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

Materials Science News

Global Photonic Energy Announces Demonstration of Potential Grid Parity Solar Cell

Global Strategic Business Report on Magnetic Materials

BPA to Provide Power Supply for Alcoa’s Intalco Works

BioCoat: a Polyurethane Protective Cover Designed for Instron Series 5940 Single Column Testing Systems

Angstron Materials Granted Method Patent for Effectively Exfoliating Layered Graphene

Cambrios ClearOhm Coating Material Wins 2012 IDTechEx Printed Electronics Award

Japan's Ministry of the Environment Honors Kyocera’s Fukushima Plant for Environmental Protection Activities

LMI Aerospace Agrees to Acquire Valent for $237 Million

Vystar Awarded Fourth US Patent for Vytex Natural Rubber Latex Material

STMicroelectronics and CEA-Leti Researchers Win 2012 Général Ferrié Award

Vanguard Expands Thermal Distortion Testing Capabilities

Asahi Kasei Plastics Wins SPE Automotive Innovation Award for Leona Resin

MWV to Showcase Packaging Solutions at 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show

AMD Closes Amendment Negotiations for Wafer Supply with GLOBALFOUNDRIES

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

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