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BASF, Purac Establish New Company for Production and Sale of Biobased Succinic Acid

BASF and Purac, a subsidiary of CSM, are establishing a joint venture for the production and sale of biobased succinic acid. The company will be named Succinity GmbH and will be operational in 2013. The establishment of Succinity GmbH is subject to filing with the relevant competition authorities. The company headquarters will be in Düsseldorf, Germany.

From BASF Corporation 5 Oct 2012

Global Market for Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics to Reach $36 Billion in 2020

As innovative new production technologies lower carbon fiber cost, the global market for carbon fiber reinforced plastics, or CFRPs, will more than double to $36 billion in 2020, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 13% from $14.6 billion in 2012, according to a Lux Research report.

5 Oct 2012

IMC Collaborates to Develop PFDs for Rare-Earth Element Separation Facility

Innovation Metals today announced the completion by GENIVAR Inc. , the Company's engineering consultants, of a set of process flow diagrams ("PFDs") for the extraction and purification stages of IMC's future critical rare-earth element ("REE") separation facility (the "Facility"), to be located in Becancour, Quebec.

5 Oct 2012

Research Report on Asia Pacific Expandable Polystyrene Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Asia Pacific Expandable Polystyrene (EPS) Industry Outlook to 2016 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts of All Active and Planned Plants.

From Report Linker 5 Oct 2012

NIH Awards $1.9M for Development of Glass-Zirconia Composite Dental Crown

Dr. Yu Zhang, an associate professor of biomaterials and biomimetics at the New York University College of Dentistry, has been awarded a five-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), to develop and test a prototype glass-zirconia composite dental crown.

5 Oct 2012

Fiber-Reinforced Plastics Being Developed for Series Production

Increasingly, metals in cars and airplanes are being replaced by fiber-reinforced plastics. Producing these materials using tape laying offers several advantages. Scientists are now working on readying this technology for use in series production. They will show a few demonstration parts in Hall 8a, Booth A11 at the Composites Europe trade fair, which will be taking place from October 9 - 11 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

5 Oct 2012

Heat-Conducting Polymer Composites May Replace Titanium in Seawater Desalination

There are vast quantities of seawater available; drinking water, on the other hand, is in scarce supply. Desalination plants can convert seawater to drinking water. Yet these plants require pipelines made of a special kind of steel or titanium – expensive material that is growing increasingly difficult to procure. Heat-conducting polymer composites may soon replace titanium altogether. Researchers will present this heat-conducting plastic at the Composites trade fair, October 9-11, 2012, in Düsseldorf (Hall 8a, Booth A11).

5 Oct 2012

VJ Electronix to Showcase Rework Technologies at Matelec Fair

VJ Electronix, a leader in Rework technologies and global provider of advanced X-ray inspection systems, announces that it will highlight its products along with Accelonix at the upcoming Matelec International Trade Fair for the Electrical and Electronics Industry, scheduled to take place October 23-26, 2012 at Feria de Madrid, in Madrid, Spain.

5 Oct 2012

JEC Americas Preparing To Open Its Doors

JEC Americas 2012 is at last preparing to open its doors here this Nov. 7-9, 2012. The most keenly-anticipated composites industry gathering in North America will showcase the latest Innovations, facilitate dynamic knowl...

5 Oct 2012

Brooks Instrument Integrates EtherCAT With Mass Flow Control Solutions

Brooks Instrument continues to innovate its mass flow control solutions with the integration of the EtherCAT communication protocol with its GF40 and GF80 Series thermal mass flow controllers. EtherCAT, which has...

5 Oct 2012

The New Micromeritics 3Flex Offers Versatile High-Throughput Surface Characterization

Micromeritics 3Flex Surface Characterization Analyzer is a fully automated, three-station instrument capable of high-throughput surface area, mesopore, and micropore analyses with superior accuracy, resolution, and data ...

From Micromeritics Instrument Corporation 5 Oct 2012

Downturn in China’s Steel Sector has Profound Effects on Global Market

The importance of China to the global steel sector and its suppliers has been reinforced in the past few months. Never has there been a time when the old adages “Ignore China at your peril” and “When China sneezes the whole world catches a cold” seemed as pertinent as in the last few weeks.

5 Oct 2012

Collaborative Development of Reactive Polyamide-Carbon Fiber Composites

BASF and the SGL Group will jointly develop a composite material based on a reactive polyamide system and suitable carbon fibers, serving the cost-effective production of thermoplastic carbon fiber-reinforced composites.

From BASF Corporation 5 Oct 2012

What Is The Fuel Value of Waste Materials?

Exeter Analytical, in conjunction with a number of leading waste reclamation organizations, has developed a methodology for their Model 440 CHN Elemental Analyzer enabling determination of the suitability of a waste material for use as a fuel in waste to energy plants.

From Exeter Analytical (UK), Ltd 4 Oct 2012

ChemPoint Selected as Preferred Distributor for DuPont Capstone Fluorosurfactants

ChemPoint.com (ChemPoint) and DuPont Fluoropolymer Solutions (DuPont) today announced that ChemPoint has been selected as a preferred distributor for DuPont™ Capstone® fluorosurfactants in the United States and Canada. Effective October 3, 2012, ChemPoint will manage order placement and fulfillment, as well as technical assistance and support for Capstone® fluorosurfactants.

4 Oct 2012