Afton Chemical, a developer and manufacturer of petroleum additives, has planned a multi-year investment to construct a new chemical additive manufacturing plant in Jurong Island, Singapore. This initiative signifies the company’s commitment towards expansion in the Asia-Pacific market. Groundbreaking ceremony for the Jurong Island facility is scheduled in the 3Q of 2013 and the operation is expected to commence by mid-2015. The company selected the location after a thorough analysis, which focused mainly on facility readiness, safety, flexibility, economics, logistics and market access.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Jul 2012
Based on the standardized AATCC100 test, SGS, an inspection, verification, testing and certification firm, demonstrated that the XTIO2 Active-Shield Fabric has achieved the world’s highest 100% antibacterial efficacy rate. Cleancoating, a Philadelphia-based company, had commissioned the tests.
By G.P. Thomas
20 Jul 2012
Zyvex Marine, the division of Zyvex Technologies that employs molecular nanotechnology to marine design, engineering and manufacturing, has launched the Long Range Vessel, LRV-17. It is the first manned boat to be made of nano-composite materials.
By Nick Gilbert
20 Jul 2012
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has awarded a grant worth £1.2 million to researchers at The University of Nottingham to engineer nanomaterials for medical applications.
Zuari Cement has achieved another landmark after being recognized as a POWER BRAND-2012, the most robust 100 brands selected by the Indian consumers.
By Nick Gilbert
20 Jul 2012
An accidental discovery at MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics has led to the development of a technique to fabricate uniform spheres of size varying from nanoscale to pinhead from a range of materials. Traditional methods of microscopic spherical particle creation involve growing spheres from even tinier spheres.
By Nick Gilbert
20 Jul 2012
Vishay Precision Group (VPG) has launched a new high precision Z-foil chip resistor with low temperature co-efficient of resistance. Labeled as VCS1610Z, the surface mount resistor is available with tin/lead or lead free gold terminal options.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Jul 2012
KEMET has launched a new series of polyester and polypropylene radial film capacitors dubbed the KEMET F-Series. The company specializes in producing capacitors based on numerous materials such as ceramic, tantalum, film, aluminum, electrolyte and paper.
By G.P. Thomas
20 Jul 2012
Tantaline, a manufacturer of tantalum-based surface alloys employed in hot acid environments, has entered the renewable energy market, in particular the flow battery segment on the strength of its corrosion technology.
By Nick Gilbert
20 Jul 2012
Joining Technologies, a company specializing in industrial laser applications, has reported the offering of Application Laboratory Days (AppLab Day) by Joining Technologies Research Center for engineers showing interest in exploring projects that might gain from laser additive production.
Fuelcellmaterials.com, a world leader in the solid oxide fuel cell product market, are proud to have launched their new website following a detailed analysis of visitor feedback and behavior. The updated site includes improved features as well as fresh content and graphics.
Recognizing the need for durable, on-the-go blender cups, Euro-Pro Operating LLC, an innovative leader in the housewares industry, is using Eastman Tritan™ copolyester for its Ninja® single-serve blending cups, part of the Ninja® Kitchen System Pulse™ product line.
NEI Corporation introduced today a nanotechnology-enabled, two-layer coating that significantly improves the corrosion resistance of zinc-plated and hot-dip galvanized (HDG) steel.
The NEI coating is a drop-in replace...
After the great success of HI TEMP 2011 in Boston, NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH is pleased to invite you to attend HI TEMP 2012 Conference which will be held this year in Munich, Germany (September 11-13, 2012).
Research and Markets has included a new research report titled ‘Analyzing the US Aluminum Industry’ to its catalogue.
By Nick Gilbert
19 Jul 2012