Woodbridge Group, a developer and producer of polyurethane and expanded polypropylene products, has made a major breakthrough with the development of a new flame retardant foam material, WhisperTech V0, for acoustical and thermal insulating uses. The foam meets the UL-94 V0 rated flammability specifications required for noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) engine bay applications.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Jun 2012
The world’s first reusable, post-consumer recycled event cup has been introduced by Eco-Products, a green company based in Boulder, Colorado. The first application of the cup will be seen at 39th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival of Planet Bluegrass, which will be held in Telluride, Colorado from June 21 to 24, 2012. The event mainly focuses on sustainability.
By G.P. Thomas
16 Jun 2012
Kloeckner Metals, a distributor of steel and nonferrous metals, will construct a new light gauge flat rolled metal processing facility in Alabama. The 100,000-square-foot facility will be built inside the campus of ThyssenKrupp's world-class carbon flat rolled mill located in Calvert, Alabama. Initially, the center will provide slitting services and will later extend its processes to include blanking, multi-blanking and cut-to-length. The facility will commence operations in 2013.
By Nick Gilbert
16 Jun 2012
Kraton Performance Polymers, a key manufacturer of styrenic block copolymers, has reported the first commercial application of the company’s NEXAR polymer technology.
By Nick Gilbert
16 Jun 2012
Brilliance Auto Group will get its supply of high-power batteries from China BAK Battery, a global manufacturer of battery cells that are lithium-based. By July 2012, China BAK Battery will deliver a sample order of battery units to Brilliance Auto Group under the terms mentioned in the agreement.
By Nick Gilbert
16 Jun 2012
Pittcon is pleased to announce the launch of a new website for 2013 (www.pittcon.org) with improved navigation, overall functionality, and for quick viewing, a mobile version.
As part of the research to improve the sophisticated metal-high-k gate stack for future logic devices, imec has demonstrated successfully higher-k dielectric with replacement metal gate (metal-gate-last) transistors, which realized a gate leakage reduction of 200x-1000x when compared to cutting-edge logic devices with HfO2 high-k gate dielectric.
Dr. Horst Weller, Physical Chemistry Professor at the University of Hamburg, and Dr. Thomas Elsässer, Experimental Physics Professor at Humboldt University and a Director of the Max Born Institute, will receive the Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics 2012 for their breakthrough results and thorough knowledge of fundamental processes on the sub-nanoscale.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Jun 2012
A new Micro and Nano-Fabrication Facility has been opened at the Graphene Research Centre of the National University of Singapore (NUS). The new facility is the first-of-its-kind nano-science and nano-technology center in Asia devoted to graphene research.
By G.P. Thomas
15 Jun 2012
At the International Franchise Expo at the Javits Center in New York, LINE-X Protective Coatings, a producer of protective coatings, will be displaying its innovative products. The International Franchise Expo is a premier event, which is attended by business owners, industry suppliers and franchisors, who use this platform to build their network.
By Nick Gilbert
15 Jun 2012
IDM International, a minerals processing firm, has declared that it has planned to commence its first large bulk shipment loading by June 20, 2012. Currently, Coos Bay-based dock and warehouse plant contains 11,000 t of SpheriChrome for loading, which will be then shipped to China. A major marketing firm in the mineral sands industry is buying this SpheriChrome shipment.
By Nick Gilbert
15 Jun 2012
Polyplex, a manufacturer of thin polyester films, has inked a definitive contract in order to acquire all assets of Vacumet Plastics Division from Scholle, a provider of metallized plastic films. The acquisition may be completed during July, 2012.
By Nick Gilbert
15 Jun 2012
At this week's VLSI Technology Symposium (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA), imec presents significant improvements in performance and reliability of RRAM cells by process improvements and clever stack-engineering, and imec int...
LayTec has received the "Aurora Award 2012" in the category "The Best LED Test Equipment" for its latest product, Pyro 400.
LEDinside, a Business Division of TrendForce Corp., granted the Aurora aw...
Teijin Fibers has declared that a new polyester fabric will be unveiled.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 Jun 2012