TenCate Advanced Composites North America has received a Supplier Excellence Award from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. This award recognizes TenCate for outstanding quality and delivery performance concerning composite prepreg materials.
Millennium Research Group (MRG), a market intelligence firm on medical technology, has stated that the orthopedic biomaterials market in Europe, which is highly fragmented will see stiff competition in a reduced reimbursement environment and restricted hospital budgets.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Feb 2012
Jinan Iron & Steel Group (Jigang), a Chinese company, has awarded the final acceptance certificate for Siemens’ new 4.3 m plate mill in Jinan during 2011. This mill is specifically designed to manufacture 1.8 Mt of plate annually.
Sandvik Coromant, a tools manufacturer for the metal cutting industry, has declared the opening of a new productivity unit in California. The 17,051 square-foot facility has shown a large investment in manufacturing segment of California.
Old World Industries has signed a contract with Thailand-based Indorama Ventures PCL to sell its chemical business. This business includes the ethylene glycol or ethylene oxide manufacturing plant in Texas.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Feb 2012
Applied Rigaku Technologies, Rigaku Americas’ new R&D, manufacturing, sales, service and support subsidiary dedicated to energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) and associated elemental analysis technologies, has introduced a new method to examine finished cement.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Feb 2012
Axion International, a developer of structural building products from 100% recycled consumer and industrial plastics, has entered dual agreements with Argentina-based Inversora Intervías for its ECOTRAX composite railroad ties.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Feb 2012
PSI Metals, a provider of production management solutions to the metals industry, has received an order for PSImetals software solution from NLMK’s subsidiary KSIEMP.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Feb 2012
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company has become a part of Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP). SP is an innovative partnership between auto-manufacturers, their suppliers, and the US EPA.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Feb 2012
sp3 Diamond Technologies, a provider of diamond deposition equipment, products and services, has witnessed a three-fold increase in delivery of its hot filament chemical vapor deposition (HF CVD) reactors and an increase in revenues by 73% in 2011 when compared to last year.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Feb 2012
Veeco Instruments, a provider of equipment for developing and manufacturing hard disk drives, solar cells, LEDs and other devices, has declared that its TurboDisc K465i gallium nitride (GaN) metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) tool has been qualified by SemiLEDs for mass-producing high-brightness LEDs.
A study by Martin Z. Bazant from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has discovered the reasons behind the unusual charging and discharging behavior of lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) nanoparticles, paving the way to develop high-efficiency battery materials.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Feb 2012
JSP has launched a new joint venture business to manufacture sheet foams with California-based Qycell. This new JSP business will concentrate on the expansion, production and distribution of sheet foam materials, which is based on its own cross-linked polymer technology.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Feb 2012
GlyEco has inked an acquisition contract to purchase specific assets of Recycool. Recycool is a recycling firm in the Minneapolis, MN region that gathers and processes waste glycol. The founders and the recycling team of Recycool will continue operation of the Minnesota plant.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Feb 2012
OmniTek has just launched its new fully automated viscometer, called ‘U-VIsc 200’. This instrument fully complies to ASTM D445, has 2 independent baths with 2 Ubbelohde like glass viscometer per bath. In addition per bath a rotating autosampler suitable to 2 x 16 samples.