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Conference Networking Sessions Topics for Pittcon 2012

The Pittcon Networking Committee is pleased to announce the topics for the Conferee Networking Sessions for Pittcon 2012 which will be held from March 11 through March 15, at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida.

From Pittcon 26 Jan 2012

The Mastersizer 3000 Brings Productivity Gains to Particle Size Analysis Operations

Particle size analysis of raw materials is often a necessary but routine task where speed and efficiency are critical to decision-making and the smooth operation of a manufacturing process.

From Malvern Panalytical 26 Jan 2012

Lake Shore Cryotronics Introduce the 8400 Series Hall Effect Measurement System

Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc., is pleased to introduce the new 8400 Series Hall effect measurement system (HMS), developed in collaboration with Toyo Corporation of Japan.

From Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc. 26 Jan 2012

Trelleborg to Divest Light Vehicle Component Manufaturing Business

Trelleborg has signed an agreement to divest an operation that manufactures high-technology rubber, plastic and foam components and systems for the light vehicles industry. The operation is primarily located in France...

25 Jan 2012

Siemens to Supply Bar Mill to Armenian Steelmaker

Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from armenian steelmaker ASCE Group OJSC, to supply a new bar mill for its production location in Charentsavan.

From Primetals Technologies Limited 25 Jan 2012

Norweigan Project Optimises Composite Materials

Composite materials can withstand tremendous stress, which makes them useful in everything from pipes to speedboats to pedestrian bridges. But exactly how much can these materials actually tolerate? A project with fundin...

25 Jan 2012

Alcoa to Expand Aluminum Lithium Production Capacity for Aerospace Applications

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today announced it is expanding its aluminum lithium capacity and capabilities at three locations around the world to meet growing demand in the aerospace market for its newest alloys. The alloys, introdu...

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 25 Jan 2012

Pirelli Announce New Range of Tyres for 2012 Season

Pirelli gets the 2012 Formula One season underway, its second as sole supplier, by presenting the new range of tyres for the 63rd FIA World Championship at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi. The key characteristics ...

25 Jan 2012

Dow Corning Launches New Silicone-Based Insole Material

DEFLEXION technology from Dow Corning, a global leader in silicone-based technology, announced the launch of their new insole material. The patent-pending silicone-based impact protection textile is now incorporated in e...

From Dow Corning 25 Jan 2012

New Material Removes Radioactive Gas from Spent Nuclear Fuel

Research by a team of Sandia chemists could impact worldwide efforts to produce clean, safe nuclear energy and reduce radioactive waste. The Sandia researchers have used metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to capture and...

From Sandia National Laboratories 25 Jan 2012

Tata Steel Announce Recovery Plan for European Tube Business

Tata Steel’s Tubes business in Europe has today announced a recovery plan to match business operations to current and projected market demand in the foreseeable future. The plan will focus on efficiency improve...

From Tata Steel UK Ltd 25 Jan 2012

Spectro Inc to Introduce Technology Platforms to a Wider Marketplace at Pittcon

“Our goal at the 2012 Pittcon Conference & Expo,” says Spectro, Inc. President and CEO Brian Mitchell, “is to introduce Spectro’s broad and analytically significant technology platforms to a much wider marketplace.

From AMETEK Spectro Scientific 25 Jan 2012

Hiden Celebrates 30 Years of Mass Spectrometry and Gas Sorption

2012 marks Hiden Analytical’s 30th year of continuous and independent operation in the fields of mass spectrometry and gas sorption science, independent operation creating a unique and successful company culture orientated both to the researcher and to the process industry.

From Hiden Analytical 25 Jan 2012

QuesTek Win DARPA Grant to Design New Molydenum-Based Alloys

QuesTek Innovations LLC has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to apply QuesTek's Materials by Design technology to de...

From QuesTek Innovations LLC 25 Jan 2012

Scientists Realize the First X-Ray Laser Based on Atoms

A group of scientists headed by Nina Rohringer from the Hamburg Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) realized the first X-ray laser based on atoms at the Californian research centre SLAC. Using neon atoms, th...

25 Jan 2012