The first European Lab Automation (ELA) conference and exhibition, which took place at the Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH), Germany last month was an outstanding success. With 1523 attendees and 151 exhibitors and media partners, the feedback was overwhelmingly positive.
CRAIC Technologies has developed the new CRAIC Apollo Raman microspectrometer . This unit is designed to be used either in a standalone configuration or it can be added to a CRAIC Technologies UV-visible-NIR microspectro...
Solving the gamut of issues from energy efficiencies and national security to human health and welfare may be on the horizon by speeding up the pace of innovation and development of materials and manufacturing technologi...
Ashland’s brand, Valvoline has planned to unveil two new UltraMax products: Heavy Duty Engine Oil and UltraMax Diesel Fuel Injector Cleaner at the Great America Truck Show in Texas scheduled on August 25, 2011.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Jul 2011
Professor Pulickel Ajayan and his team from the Rice lab have built a complete lithium ion energy storage device in a single nanowire. The innovation is published in a paper in the American Chemical Society journal.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Jul 2011
Lincoln Electric, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, announced the acquisition of Techalloy, a privately-held company based in Baltimore, Maryland. Techalloy is a manufacturer of stainless steel and nickel alloy welding consumables.
Inovex Industries has selected Tucker Rocky Distributing (TR), a distributor of motorcycle parts, clothing and accessories, to distribute its Ride-On Tire Protection System line of tire sealants and tire balancers to retail motorcycle dealerships across North America.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Jul 2011
Thermylene line of polypropylene resins from Asahi Kasei Plastics, a global provider of customized resin solutions, has enabled reduction in cost, time and in the design and construction of a sunroof module for the 2010 Cadillac CTS. Inalfa Roof System has built the module and it is the first fully integrated sunroof module in the automotive industry.
Flow Polymers, an Ohio-based company, announced that it has secured a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Science Foundation to create innovative nano-filler technology for application in tire innerliners.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Jul 2011
Chemtura has declared that it has established a new service called AdipreneDirect that reconnects the Urethane business of Chemtura with its customers involved in the production of hot-cast polyurethanes.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Jul 2011
Minerals Technologies has inked a commercial deal to supply its Fulfill E-325, a high-filler product based on its Fulfill technology platform, to Phoenix Pulp & Paper Public’s paper mill located in Nam Phong, Thailand.
A pioneer in the development of innovative packaging technology, Pakit announced that it has partnered with PepsiCo to create a new and renewable packaging.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Jul 2011
Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a micro-thermophotovoltaics (TPV) power generator using a material whose surface is etched with billions of nanoscale ridges or cavities that help the surface to emit light with wavelengths suitable for producing optimum electricity by the device.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Jul 2011
A new line of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) has been launched by Alliance Polymers & Services (APS), a distributor of elastomer materials, for extrusion applications.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Jul 2011
Silicon Chemical’s subsidiary, Sapphire Materials Company (SMC) has completed the phase I construction of its new sapphire manufacturing unit. In 2010, SCC purchased the Saint Gobain / Union Carbide sapphire crystal growing plant in Washougal, Washington.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
29 Jul 2011