Zhejiang Great Shengda Packaging, a wholly-owned subsidiary of a paper packaging specialist, China Shengda Packaging, has unveiled a new production line for die-cutting, slotting and five-color flexo printing.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Jul 2011
Amyris, an integrated renewable products company, has commissioned a new production plant for Biofene renewable farnesene at the Antibióticos’ facility in León, Spain.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Jul 2011
The University of Manchester researchers, who identified graphene in 2004, have published a detailed report about the electronic properties of the material in the Nature Physics journal.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Jul 2011
ConcreteNetwork.com has released a new guide that compares the advantages and disadvantages of stained concrete against other flooring materials, including linoleum, tile, carpet and more.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Jul 2011
Olympia Steel Buildings of Canada has delivered a 2,000 sq ft general storage use pre-engineered metal building to Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek/Rocky Bay First Nation Reserve located nearly 1,300 km north of Toronto.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Jul 2011
Solar Atmospheres, provider of commercial vacuum heat treating solutions, has created a new process for annealing and bright age hardening of PH stainless steels using a new and enhanced gas cooling technology. This a two-step heat treat process performed in a vacuum furnace.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Jul 2011
Billerud has entered into an agreement to invest in the US-based PACCESS Packaging, a business division of PACCESS. This investment will improve Billerud’s footprint in Asia, which is one of the rapidly growing packaging markets in the world.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Jul 2011
Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) today announced that it has acquired Despatch Industries, a leading provider of thermal processing equipment for the solar, carbon fiber and other thermal technology markets. Terms of...
Teijin Chemicals Limited, the core company of the Teijin Group's (www.teijin.co.jp/english) plastics business, announced today that the automaker PSA Peugeot-Citroen Group has adopted plastic glazing made from Teijin...
Following talks concluded during the recent GIFA exhibition in Düsseldorf, it has just been announced that Dragon Kilns will be joining forces with Nutec Bickley with immediate effect. This move follows on from the ...
The Institute of Aerodynamics and Gas Dynamics at the University of Stuttgart, Germany can now test components for acoustic emissions. This is possible because sound-absorbing molded parts made of Basotect®, the melamine resin foam from BASF, have been installed in the institute’s laminar wind tunnel.
Cabot Corp. (NYSE: CBT) will expand production capacity by 25 percent at its fumed silica facility in Barry, Wales, company officials said today.
The expansion is expected to be completed in 2012 and is part of a thr...
Critical Environment Technologies Canada Inc. (CETCI) will professionally coat the interior of all non-metallic system enclosures with a protective electromagnetic interference (EMI) coating for all their gas detection m...
Researchers from the Department of Chemistry in the New York University along with the Department of Materials Science in the University of Milan and the Molecular Design Institute have jointly created a molecular polyhedron, which has the potential to influence both consumer and industrial products such as optical and magnetic materials. Their work has been reported in the Science journal’s latest issue.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
25 Jul 2011
New York University Researchers have created new materials with empty space on the inside; in effect they have developed molecular flasks, which could control unwanted and desired chemical reactions.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
25 Jul 2011