BASF Venture Capital has announced an investment of $13.5 million in Allylix, which is a renewable chemicals company in the United States.
Hiball Energy has announced a partnership with a large beverage can company, Ball, to introduce organic energy drinks and reformulated sparkling energy waters, which were packaged in its lightweight, cold-activated aluminum cans.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
13 Mar 2012
Ryan Hayward, Christian Santangelo and colleagues, researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have recently used polymer science and photographic methods for creating a new method that will help print 2-D polymer sheets, which can be folded into 3-D shapes, with the addition of water. The new method may find applications from medicine to robotics.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
13 Mar 2012
Zwick USA will be demonstrating its industry leading textile materials testing solutions at the Techtextil North America Exhibition held here from April 24-26 at the Georgia World Congress Center.
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Zwick USA, the subsidiary of global materials testing equipment leader Zwick/Roell AG, will exhibit a wide range of plastics testing equipment at the National Plastics Expo 2012 to be held here April 1 to 5.
Zwick is th...
Nadcap, the aerospace certification body, has renewed its accreditation of the Toulouse laboratory of Exova, the global aerospace testing provider.
Nadcap accreditation is required by many of Exova’s high profil...
Leading figures from the Oil and Gas industry around the world visited one of the most modern testing facilities in the UK to see the centre of excellence for themselves. Exova Teesside, welcomed industry representatives...
Slingshot Product Development Group, a full service product innovation, development, and manufacturing firm, has partnered with Élan Technologies, a company specialized in composite development for the motorsport industry, to develop and commercialize an innovative patented composite technology.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
12 Mar 2012
At COMPOSITES 2012, PPG Industries’ subsidiary, PPG Fiber Glass, has offered a presentation on INNOFIBER range of glass composition fibers. The American Composite Manufacturers Association (ACMA) hosted the event at Mandalay Bay Convention Center located in Las Vegas, California.
Alcoa, a manufacturer of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina, has received a $2.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop advanced welding technologies to decrease aluminum-intensive shipbuilding costs.
3M, a diversified technology company, has launched 3M Scotch-Weld LSB Structural Adhesives for large structure bonding. These adhesives are available in three different formulas: one flexible two part epoxy solution and two toughened epoxy formulas.
The result obtained from the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino experiment illustrates an important quality of neutrinos and antineutrinos that may elucidate the mechanism behind matter-antimatter imbalance in the universe.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
12 Mar 2012
According to a paper published by the journal Nature, ALPHA collaboration at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, has achieved a significant milestone in determining the properties of antimatter atoms. Back in June 2011, it was reported that ALPHA collaboration had regularly captured antihydrogen atoms for an extended amount of time.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
12 Mar 2012
EcoSynthetix, a renewable chemicals company, has obtained a commercial contract from one of the main five manufacturers of insulation in the US. According to the contract, the company will supply EcoSphere biolatex binders for use in insulation products that are free from formaldehyde.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
12 Mar 2012
BWAY, a provider of general line rigid containers in North America, has entered into a contract with Ring Container Technologies. According to the agreement, BWAY will sell its business of blow molded plastic bottles to Ring. Plastic bottles in various sizes from one gallon to ten liters are included in this business.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
12 Mar 2012