Automotive company Tata Toyo has used the lightweight plastic Zytel PLUS Nylon offered by Dupont for its three hot and cold side charge air coolers. Tata Toyo has used this on four vehicles ranging from passenger car, Light Commercial Vehicle and Utility Vehicle.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Jan 2012
A polyurethane-based composite board technology, developed by the Woodbridge Group, StrataTRIM is a lightweight and cost effective acoustical solution intended for deck lids, sun shades, load floors, seat backs, package trays, airbag passage covers, cargo panels and other applications which require dimensional stability and high strength.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Jan 2012
PolyTherics, a UK-based biotech company that develops peptide and protein-based drugs, has announced the acquisition of Warwick Effect Polymers (WEP), the developer of Speciaity Polymers and Biopolymers.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Jan 2012
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP-China) has joined hands with 76 enterprises in an effort to improve sustainable development in the country’s paper industry. The parties have signed an initiative presented at the 2nd Annual Forum on the industry’s Green Development put forth by the China Paper Association.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Jan 2012
MarketPublishers.com has added a strategic report titled ‘The Global Market for Nanomaterials 2002-2016: Production Volumes, Revenues and End User Market Demand’ to its offering.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Jan 2012
Pioneer Surgical Technology, a company specializing in medical devices, has announced the launch of its expanded production facility located in Greenville, North Carolina. The location accommodates the major production operations of the company’s biologic products marketed in the European and the US region.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Jan 2012
Richmond Aerovac and Advanced Composites Group, subsidiaries of Umeco, will display their advanced materials solutions at Seatec/Compotec 2012 to be conducted from 7-9 February, 2012 at the CarraraFiere Exhibition Centre located in Marina di Carrara, Italy.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Jan 2012
Scientists from the University at Buffalo (UB) together with researchers from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have demonstrated a nanomaterial-based technology to enhance the electrical output of a solar cell by embedding charged quantum dots into it and by improving the lifespan of photoelectrons.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Jan 2012
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Airbus Americas Chairman Allan McArtor, and Lisa Novelli, President of the National Composite Center (NCC) announced the establishment of a new aerospace research and development consortiu...
Natures Composite manufactures composite products obtained from wheat and recycled plastics, thereby developing the decking and fencing industry.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
21 Jan 2012
Applied Nanotech declared that the U.S. Army has awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to the company to develop thermal management systems to address the challenges of portable energy systems.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
21 Jan 2012
A research team from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) has demonstrated that a molecular self-assembly process is capable of following various pathways, thus producing different structures.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
21 Jan 2012
Maxwell Technologies has declared that its ultracapacitors have been selected to be used as an energy storage component for Bombardier Transportation¡¯s braking energy recuperation system called EnerGstor.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
21 Jan 2012
A research team led by Kit S. Lam from UC Davis has synthesized a novel class of nanoparticles to eliminate premature release of drugs, paving the way to deliver anti-cancer drugs to tumor sites accurately and efficiently.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Jan 2012
Royal DSM is an international Life and Material Sciences company. Its U.S-based Business Unit, DSM Functional Materials, has entered into partnership with Empresa Brasileira de Biotechnologia (Ebrabiotech) of Brazil, in order to launch a new array of bio-based materials, branded by DSM.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Jan 2012