Dow, a diversified company, has planned to make investments in Dow Coating Materials’ (DCM) new manufacturing plant, which will be constructed at the Jubail Industrial City in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
BASF, a chemical company, announced that it will participate in the 2012 International Plastics Design Competition, which will be held at the NPE global plastics exposition in Orlando, Florida.
A global provider of a wide range of advanced injection molding and extrusion processing equipment, Milacron Plastics Technologies, has announced that it will exhibit its M-PAK single screw extruder at the NPE 2012 event.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Mar 2012
A research team comprising Thomas Webster and Lijuan Zhang from the Brown University has developed an implant that has a nanoscale ‘bed-of-nails’ surface, which prevents the survival and growth of cancerous cells.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Mar 2012
Wiley-VCH, part of the scientific and technical publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and the Asian Chemical Editorial Society (ACES) today announced the launch of the Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, th...
The Materials Research Society's (MRS) Innovation in Materials Characterization Award honors an outstanding advance in materials characterization that notably increases knowledge of the structure, composition, in sit...
From an international conference programme to continuing education on the web: the European specialist trade fair COMPOSITES EUROPE and the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) further strengthen their cooperation.
On 19 March 2012, and just one week after moving in, materials characterization company Malvern Panalytical has officially opened a new multipurpose facility in Houston, Texas.
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The SGL Group has acquired a majority stake in Fisipe – Fibras Sintéticas de Portugal, an acrylic fiber producer, for approximately €25 million. Apart from the 86% stake, the SGL Group has launched a mandatory public offer to acquire the rest of the stake. Negofor had been the previous principal shareholder of Fisipe.
Scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) of the Department of Energy have developed a fluorescent biosensor using Thalassiosira pseudonana, a tiny marine diatom.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Mar 2012
An Environmentally Benign Manufacturing research team led by Tim Gutowski, a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is working on the environmental impacts and costs associated with advanced material manufacturing.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Mar 2012
BASF, a chemical company, has collaborated with voestalpine Plastics Solutions, a producer of plastic parts for the automotive industry, and Bekaert, a Belgium-based company specialized in advanced solutions based on metal transformation and coatings, to develop reinforced injection molded thermoplastic parts with steel cord inserts.
An associate professor in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Markus J. Buehler, will receive the 2012 Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the Materials Research Society, an international organization promoting the advancement of material research in order to improve the quality of life.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Mar 2012
NEMEON, a cooperative including more than 180 independent siding and roofing distributors, has partnered with Novagard Solutions, a supplier of silicone and other advanced material products, for the supply of NOVAFLEX line of sealants and adhesives to NEMEON’s 480 members in the U.S. and Canada.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Mar 2012