Air Products has announced that it has inked a definitive agreement to buy DuPont’s 50% stake in DuPont Air Products NanoMaterials. Terms of the deal were not revealed.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
3 Mar 2012
A research team from the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) has found that graphene provides a superior active media for optical modulators.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
3 Mar 2012
TRW Automotive Holdings, based in Michigan, has announced that it has developed various driver airbag modules using regenerative plastic material that provides numerous benefits to the environment.
Maxwell Technologies is doubling its ultracapacitor electrode production capacity by the end of 2012 by setting up a new production facility in a 123,000-square-foot leased building located in Peoria, Arizona.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
3 Mar 2012
LANXESS has announced an investment of €200 million (about SGD 340 million) in a new neodymium polybutadiene rubber (Nd-PBR) plant with a capacity of 140,000 metric tons per annum in Singapore.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
2 Mar 2012
The Dow Chemical has announced that it has authenticated the performance of ENLIGHT polyolefin encapsulant films technology in order to help trap the sunlight and convert it to useful energy.
Momentive Performance Materials, a global supplier of advanced materials and silicones, has declared that it has expanded the application development center and the manufacturing plant in Chennai, India.
Ecology Coatings has partnered with Whitlam Label for developing a sustainable labels program. Garden Fresh Gourmet, General Electric, GM, Ford, ePrize and Chrysler are some of the customers of Whitlam.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
2 Mar 2012
Hampson Aerospace has declared that it has secured an order from Triumph Aerostructures. The company will supply the turnkey tooling solution to Triumph’s wing manufacturing unit based in Texas.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
2 Mar 2012
DuPont’s Vespel and Kalrez perfluoroelastomer parts and shapes, which are being manufactured in the two US facilities, have received Nadcap accreditation.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
2 Mar 2012
A new biodegradable stretch film product has been launched by Rand Material Handling, a distributor of packaging, warehouse and storage supplies.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
2 Mar 2012
Yulex, a developer of biobased elastomer products, has signed a joint development agreement with Cooper Tire & Rubber, a company specialized in the design, manufacture and marketing of light truck and passenger car tires, to develop bio-based polymers for tire applications.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
2 Mar 2012
A plastic extrusion specialist, HPE Extrusion Solutions, is manufacturing custom plastic extrusions and tubing from a wide variety of polycarbonate grades.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
2 Mar 2012
Carpenter Technology, a developer, manufacturer and distributor of cast or wrought and powder metal stainless steels and specialty alloys, has acquired Latrobe Specialty Metals, a provider of high-performance, remelted materials for energy, defense, aerospace, hydrocarbon and other applications.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
2 Mar 2012
Electromagnetism consists of electric and magnetic fields. Sources of alternating current produce these fields.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
2 Mar 2012