The Pittcon Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the listing for the 2013 Short Course program which runs March 16 through March 21, 2013.
Short Courses are taught by industry experts; range from half-day up to ...
A MIT research team has examined how materials respond to stresses, including impacts. The research findings can help explain phenomena as separate from the collapse of concrete under unexpected stress and the impacts of corrosion on different metal surfaces.
By G.P. Thomas
1 Oct 2012
Duncan MacLean, MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions’ President, has reported the ground-breaking of a precision component machining facility measuring 86,000 sq. ft. at its Metform division in Savanna, Illinois. He stated that this investment will allow Metform to expand its strong position in the machining and forging market.
By Nick Gilbert
1 Oct 2012
On October 1, 2012, Michael Effing launches his own company, AMAC, based in Aachen, Germany. AMAC stands for "Advanced Materials Advisory & Consultancy".
With focus on the global lightweight constru...
Air Products will be installing and operating an air separation unit for the supply of nitrogen to Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V. (NAM) to enable the latter to extract natural gas from small depleted reserves. NAM is a joint venture between Esso and Shell.
Sigma-Aldrich, the life science company based in St. Louis, made a joint announcement with Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, about their plans to set up a a new powder manufacturing plant at the Irvine site which houses the company’s liquid manufacturing facility.
The symposium to be held by SAE International will focus on all aspects pertaining to composites. Titled, "SAE 2013 Design, Manufacturing and Economics of Composites Symposium,” the event is scheduled to be held at Torino Incontra Conference Centre at Torino in Italy from January 29 to 30, 2013.
By Nick Gilbert
1 Oct 2012
Norwegian researchers have developed a method by which graphene can be used to produce semiconductors. Graphene is a single-layered sheet of carbon atoms, which has the distinction of being the thinnest material in existence.
By Nick Gilbert
1 Oct 2012
BASF, the global supplier of chemical solutions, is set to showcase its thermoplastic composites for the first time at the international AVK conference.
MarketsandMarkets has published a new report titled, "Global Construction Chemicals Market by Type & Geography - Forecasts up to 2017.”
By Nick Gilbert
1 Oct 2012
Green technology company, HDS International, has been awarded a patent for a method to capture and reutilize carbon from waste gases.
By Nick Gilbert
29 Sep 2012
Linde North America has reported that its solution to use liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a fuel for power-generating diesel engines (gensets) is yielding positive results during test being conducted in southwest Pennsylvania.
By Nick Gilbert
29 Sep 2012
Anritsu Company has declared that its Microwave Technology Center (MTC Fab) offers thin film fabrication services in order to enable companies to optimize their device performance and bring products from the initial prototype stage to commercialization.
By Nick Gilbert
29 Sep 2012
Asia Carbon Industries has declared that it will start the conversion of its three dry production lines to specialty carbon black production lines. The project will receive funding by cash from operations and will start on October 1, 2012 and get completed in around three months. The total cost is around $4 million.
By G.P. Thomas
29 Sep 2012
Contour Energy Systems, a manufacturer of advanced battery systems, has highlighted the application of its new Lithium/Carbon Fluoride (Li/CFx) primary batteries in medical devices by publishing an informative Medical Application Brief.
By G.P. Thomas
29 Sep 2012