BASF, Novozymes and Cargill have entered into a contract to develop bio-based technologies to synthesize acrylic acid using renewable raw materials. Acrylic acid is currently synthesized by oxidizing propylene produced from crude oil refining.
Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at the University of Arizona and QuakeWrap president, Mo Ehsani, has developed a new underground pipe using aerospace materials to build a virtually endless length of pipeline.
By Nick Gilbert
18 Aug 2012
Garage Floor Coating of Tucson has announced a new high-performance permanent sealer and concrete staining system dubbed Eco-CorFlex Clear Hydro-Poly Moisture Mitigation Industrial Coating.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Aug 2012
On August 22, 2012, Linde North America will conduct the groundbreaking ceremony for its new air separation plant, which will be constructed on a site situated at 2244 on Highway 82 in Lewisville, Arkansas.
By Nick Gilbert
18 Aug 2012
ITT Exelis has opened its composite design and production center in Salt Lake City, Utah, expanding capacity and improving automation capability for sophisticated military and commercial composite aircraft structures.
By Nick Gilbert
18 Aug 2012
Research and Markets has included a new book titled ‘Characterization Techniques for Polymer Nanocomposites. Polymer Nano-, Micro- and Macrocomposites’ to its catalogue.
By G.P. Thomas
18 Aug 2012
Research and Markets has included a new report titled ‘Styrene Industry Outlook in China to 2016 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts of All Active and Planned Plants’ to its catalogue.
By Nick Gilbert
18 Aug 2012
Aurora Flight Sciences' three-dimensional (3D) wing was exhibited at the announcement of the new National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII) on August 16, 2012, in Youngstown, Ohio.
By Nick Gilbert
18 Aug 2012
CRAiLAR Fiber Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Naturally Advanced Technologies (NAT), has collaborated with Canada's National Research Council to develop technologies for producing cellulose pulp, bast fibers, and by-products.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Aug 2012
Scientists at the Boeing and General Motors owned corporate research-and-development laboratory, HRL Laboratories, have developed the first millimeter wave detector employing graphene-based transistor technology.
By G.P. Thomas
18 Aug 2012
Diesel engines are preferred over gasoline engines owing to their fuel efficiency. However, diesel engines are known to emit higher volumes of noxious pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and nitric oxide (NO) commonly referred to as NOx pollutants.
By Nick Gilbert
18 Aug 2012
NEPCON South China 2012 is set to take place from 28 to 30, August 2012 in China at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center. The organizing committee will be holding over 10 industry authoritative conferences at the event. NEPCON South China has served as an important resource for the electronics production equipment and manufacturing industry.
By Nick Gilbert
17 Aug 2012
BASF Coatings, a provider of novel decorative paints, industrial coatings, automotive OEM coatings, and automotive refinishes, has announced that it has entered into a contract to sell the decorative paints business of RELIUS in France and Germany to PROSOL Lacke + Farben, a wholesale company dealing in coatings and paints.
Solar Manufacturing, a designer and manufacturer of various types of vacuum heat treating and brazing furnaces, has announced that it has sold vacuum furnaces to Hitachi Metals North Carolina in China Grove, North Carolina.
Research and Markets has included a new research report titled ‘Nanomaterials Production 2002-2016: Production Volumes, Revenues and End User Market Demand’ to its catalogue.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Aug 2012