Jackpot, the Danish Fashion Brand, has adopted an eco-friendly method by including recycled polyester in its clothing collections. The company’s fashion apparel also includes organic linen, cotton, Tencel and alpaca wool.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Feb 2012
Andreas Mershin, a researcher at the MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, has developed a photovoltaic cell from plant materials. This work is an expansion of a research project, which was started eight years ago by Shuguang Zhang, an associate director and a principal research scientist at Center for Biomedical Engineering in MIT.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Feb 2012
At the 2012 Aveda Environmental Award competition, FutureMark Paper customers, Dirt Rag and GRIT have been felicitated for their environmental efforts and accomplishments in the magazine business through the utilization of eco-conscious paper and production operations.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Feb 2012
Graphic Packaging International and Vacumet have partnered to provide a remarkably attractive finish to KLEENEX Cool Touch Tissues, a new range of facial tissues from Kimberly-Clark.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Feb 2012
SI Group, a manufacturer of alkylated phenols, alkylphenolic resins, phenolic resins, and other chemical intermediates, has planned to construct a new phenolic resin production facility at the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park (NCIP) in China with a $30 million investment.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Feb 2012
Ma’aden Aluminium Company, a joint venture (JV) of Alcoa and Ma’aden, has begun construction of alumina refinery at a fully integrated aluminum industrial complex in Ras Al Khair, Saudi Arabia.
Scientists from Princeton and Cornell Universities and researchers from Momentive Performance Materials have been jointly featured in an article, which is about new iron hydrosilylation technology in the Science magazine in the February 3, 2012 issue.
BASF, a chemical company and Finsa, a wood-based panel manufacturer, will jointly display a lightweight wood-based panel at ZOW trade show that is to be conducted in Germany, between February 6 and 9, 2012.
Resolute Forest Products has introduced its Align portfolio of high-brightness, eco-responsible papers that are ideal replacements for chemical pulp uncoated and coated freesheet used in several commercial printing applications.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Feb 2012
A study by the University of Alabama at Birmingham has discovered that nanodiamonds used for reinforcing synthetic joints are also capable of preventing the inflammation due to the release of metal waste into the body by hardworking metal joints.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Feb 2012
Falken Industries has introduced a new packaging called Neyriat, which is fully made from earth-friendly elements for the designs and conception of the Clean Plus product in Germany.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Feb 2012
KEMET, a producer of aluminum, ceramic, electrolytic capacitors, film, paper and tantalum, has inked a contract for the acquisition of Niotan, a tantalum powder manufacturer. Niotan has been providing tantalum powder to KEMET for many years.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Feb 2012
ESI Group has unveiled two new composites manufacturing simulation solutions, PAM-FORM and PAM-RTM. These solutions are ideal to design and enhance manufacturing processes of prepregs and dry textiles.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Feb 2012
Vishay Intertechnology, one of the world's leading manufacturers of passive electronic components and discrete semiconductors, has expanded Power Metal Strip series with the launch of a new meter shunt resistor.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Feb 2012
A new room temperature, one-part silicone coating has been unveiled by NuSil Technology, a developer of silicone compounds for electronics, aerospace, healthcare and other applications. The MED-6671 coating has a low coefficient of friction (CoF).