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Cebu Pacific Air Buys A320 with Fuel-Saving Wing Tip Device

Cebu Pacific Air took delivery of its first A320 equipped with Sharklets today during a ceremony in Manila, becoming the first operator of the new fuel-saving wing tip devices in the Philippines.

22 Jan 2013

Dow Corning, Crystal Solar Plan to Develop Business Relationship

Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, and Crystal Solar, a solar energy venture company focusing on Direct Gas to Wafer™ technology, today announced their intention to develop a business relationship for the successful supply of high-performance, silicon-based materials for photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules.

From Dow Corning 22 Jan 2013

Thomson Reuters Names Texas Instruments as a Top 100 Global Innovator

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced the company has been named a Thomson Reuters 2012 Top 100 Global Innovator. The program, an initiative of the IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters, honors corporations and institutions around the world that are at the heart of innovation.

22 Jan 2013

Capital & Expenses Report on US Semiconductor & Electronic Components Manufacturing Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2013 U.S. Semi-Conductor & Electronic Components Mfg. Industry-Capital & Expenses Report" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 22 Jan 2013

New Series of MICROTAN Solid Tantalum Chip Capacitors from Vishay Intertechnology

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today introduced a new series of molded MICROTAN® solid tantalum chip capacitors for space-constrained consumer electronics. TL8 series devices employ a high-volumetrically efficient packaging solution to enable the industry's highest capacitance-voltage ratings in small case sizes down to 0805 with low profiles from 0.8 mm to 1.0 mm.

22 Jan 2013

WARDJet Partners With The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

WARDJet Inc., an innovative designer and manufacturer of waterjet and CNC platforms, is an Ohio based business expanding its reach beyond the region and even the country. WARDJet has partnered with the Advanced Manufactu...

From WARDJet - Waterjet Cutting Machines 21 Jan 2013

Surface Engineering Of Polymeric Biomaterials Released By Smithers Rapra

Smithers Rapra Publishing has announced the release of ‘Surface Engineering of Polymeric Biomaterials’. Biomaterials work in contact with living matter and this gives a number of specific requirements for their s...

21 Jan 2013

e2v Offers Qualified QorIQ Processors with SnPb Lead Finish

Aerospace and defence industries have both a demand and approval to use Non-RoHS electronic components. New generation microprocessors released to the market are predominantly only available in RoHS packaged options, leaving these aerospace and defence applications with a trade-off between the reliability of leaded packages and the improved performance of the latest ROHS compliant processors.

21 Jan 2013

PPI Readers Select Ecolab Company, Nalco as Preferred Paper Industry Supplier

For the third consecutive year, Nalco, an Ecolab company, was selected as a preferred supplier for the paper industry by readers of Pulp & Paper International (PPI) magazine, a leading industry trade publication.

21 Jan 2013

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