Southmedic has introduced an innovative safety scalpel system for surgeons. Cutting Above & Beyond Objections (CABO) safety scalpel’s main part is the black safety scalpel holder, which is made from DuPont Delrin SC acetal resin.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Feb 2012
Ypsomed, a manufacturer and developer of drug injection systems in Switzerland, has specified DuPont Delrin (Special Control) SC699, a new low-friction grade of acetal, for using in a main part of the UnoPen disposable variable-dose injector pen that is used for insulin and drug therapies.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Feb 2012
Spain-based Ogapora has commenced the beverageware production from Eastman Tritan copolyester in order to rectify the breaking issues occurring in during frequent dishwashing.
Crown Holdings, a provider of metal packaging products, has declared that a second two-piece beverage can line will be installed at the company’s present facility in Malaysia.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Feb 2012
A significant breakthrough has been achieved in the synthetic chemistry of polymers by a research team, led by Junji Sakamoto, Senior Lecturer, and A. Dieter Schlüter, Professor at the Polymers Institute - ETH Zurich. For the first time, researchers have developed two-dimensional polymers or ordered planar polymers.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Feb 2012
Bredero Shaw, ShawCor's largest division and a provider of pipe coating solutions, has signed a US$400 million contract with Mitsui to offer pipeline coatings and associated technologies and services for the Ichthys LNG Project, a joint venture between Total and INPEX.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Feb 2012
Air Liquide Large Industries US, a provider of industrial gases and related services, has commenced the operation of a new air separation unit (ASU), which is located at its site in Geismar, Louisiana.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Feb 2012
A newly redesigned forging press of Alcoa, a producer of primary and fabricated aluminum, has started operation at Cleveland Works in Ohio. The company has invested $100 million to redesign and upgrade the 50,000 t forging press.
Precision Coating, a Katahdin company and one of the world’s largest plastics coating applicators, announced that it has partnered with Medi-Solve Coatings, a provider of lubricious, hydrophobic and hydrophilic coatings for medical device and biomedical applications.
Vorbeck Materials has won the Department of Energy (DOE)’s award for top innovators. The company is one among the three winners of America’s Next Top Energy Innovator Challenge, a competition conducted by DOE.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Feb 2012
Ensysce Biosciences has reported the latest data on its delivery technology for short interfering RNA (siRNA) for therapeutic applications in the Materials journal.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Feb 2012
A microscopic study led by An-Ping Li from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory of the Department of Energy has demonstrated that single atoms can turn on or off electronic properties of quantum nanowires, the tiniest recognized conductors of the world.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Feb 2012
Lucifer Furnaces, Inc. recently delivered a single chamber bench model box furnace to Power Plant Services, an ISO 9001certified provider of parts and repairs for the power generation and steel mill industries.
The Springer journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (ABC) has chosen Andreas Römpp (38) and Sabine Guenther (30) as the recipients of its Best Paper Award 2011.
Römpp and Guenther are the lead authors...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, released its 2012-2013 Thermo Scientific Chromatography Columns and Consumables catalog.