GE Aviation, a major producer of aircraft systems and jet engines, has started the construction of its new 300,000-sq.ft factory for jet engine components in Auburn, Alabama.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
2 Nov 2011
The Chint Group’s subsidiary, Astronergy has been chosen to deliver its thin film amorphous microcrystalline silicon technology (a-Si/uc-Si) photovoltaic panels for a solar park located in Thailand.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
2 Nov 2011
The 308 Coal™ is the newest Vitrinite Reflectance Measurement System from CRAIC Technologies and is designed to determine the grade of coal and coke by vitrinite reflectance. This is used ensure that the coal blends used in energy generation are optimum and consistent from batch to batch.
SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business today celebrated a major milestone with the official opening of its specialty polypropylene (PP) compounding operation at its Bay St. Louis, Mississippi manufacturing site. The new compounding operation will supply SABIC® PP compounds and SABIC STAMAX* long glass fiber-filled PP (LGFPP) composites for a wide range of automotive applications.
Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) has added graphene technology to its portfolio, company officials announced today.
Cabot has added this emerging performance technology to its portfolio through an intellectual property ...
Telles, a joint venture of Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBLX) and Archer Daniels Midland Company, today announced the appointment of Entec Polymers LLC and Channel Prime Alliance as distributors of Mirel for the North Americ...
iSmithers Rapra Publishing has announced the release of Handbook of Polymers in Paper Conservation.
Raman spectroscopy came under the spotlight recently at the Natural History Museum in London, when Renishaw held its 2011 ‘inside Raman' seminar in the Museum's Flett theatre on 26th and 27th September.
At AZO GmbH + Co. KG (Osterburken, Germany), one of the world’s leading suppliers of automated raw material handling equipment, the introduction of the FT4 Powder Rheometer from Freeman Technology has revolutionised the company’s approach to powder characterisation.
Morgan Thermal Ceramics announces the availability of its BTU-BLOCK Board product line. Part of a family of microporous insulation, BTU-Block materials are designed for use as back up insulation for high temperature appl...
The Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have utilized piezoelectric materials such as zinc oxide micro/nanowires to radically enhance the external efficiency of gallium nitride LEDs to produce ultraviolet light from electricity.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
1 Nov 2011
A research group from Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL) are studying the appearance of ultra thin materials using an electron microscope. The results of the study have been published in the journal Nano Letters.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
1 Nov 2011
US-based AAAParkItOutdoors, specialising in the production of outdoor park equipment has launched a new trash container which is made entirely from Olympia recycled plastic. These containers or trash receptacles cost lesser and are much more environment-friendly.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
1 Nov 2011
Porvair Filtration's range of proprietary BioVyon™ sintered porous plastic materials and products have been developed using novel technologies to help advance the achievable technical boundaries in these markets.
The Society of Plastics Engineers has presented the Plastics Recycling Technologies and Applications Award to Sika Sarnafil, a pioneer in thermoplastic waterproofing and roofing systems, at the Global Plastics Environmental Conference conducted on October 18, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
31 Oct 2011