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Global Demand for Polybutylene Terephthalate PBT Picking Up

Demand for engineered plastics such as Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT) is largely dependent on the growth trends in key end use industries including automotive, electrical and electronics, and consumer appliances. One o...

13 Apr 2011

Innovative Solution Speeds Up Production of Touch Panels

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced its new Applied AKT-AristoTM Twin system for manufacturing touch-enabled displays. Featuring two independent processing tracks on a single system, the AKT-Aristo Twin is the only s...

From Applied Materials Inc 13 Apr 2011

3M Launches New Company to Provide Sputter and Plating Services for Flexible Electronics

3M announces the launch of its newly formed company 3M AST Ltd., based in Cheonan, Korea, which will provide advanced sputtering and plating services, materials and manufacturing capabilities for flexible circuits for th...

From 3M 13 Apr 2011

Arkema's New Kynar Fluorinated Polymer Production Plant Goes Online

Arkema has just brought on stream successfully and on schedule its new Kynar PVDF production fluorinated polymer plant at its Changshu site in China. With this additional capacity, Arkema now boasts significant VF2 and P...

13 Apr 2011

Graham Packaging to be Acquired by Silgan Holding

Silgan Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: SLGN), a leading supplier of rigid consumer goods packaging products, announced today it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Graham Packaging Company Inc. (NYSE: GRM), ...

13 Apr 2011

New Faster More Reliable Ultrasonic Materials Testing that Can be Implemented into Production

For years, ultrasound has proven to be a valuable tool in non-destructive materials testing. However, the demands of modern production conditions are increasing all the time. Researchers at Fraunhofer have now developed a new, more reliable process that delivers testing results at a rate that is up to a hundredfold higher.

13 Apr 2011

Schott to Offer Large Format Sapphire Glass for Security Applications

SCHOTT will be presenting new forms of delivery for sapphire material at LASER 2011. Customers qualified large format polished and coated panes of up to 300 mm in diameter only recently. In the future, these products will also be put to use in security applications under extreme environmental conditions.

13 Apr 2011

Skynet Asia's Next Generation Boeing 737's to get Carbon Brakes from Goodrich

Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) has been selected by Skynet Asia Airways to supply wheels and carbon brakes for its new fleet of 13 Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft. Aircraft deliveries with the Goodrich wheel and...

From Collins Aerospace 13 Apr 2011

Leading Ceramic Glaze and Slip Reclamation Specialist Targets Asia

Following its acquisition last year by the British technology investor Mantec Group, the leading ceramic glaze and slip reclamation specialist Xtract Filtration Systems continues to make great strides and has a number of key Asian ceramic sectors in its sights.

13 Apr 2011

Ingrain Purchases Another Carl Zeiss FIB-SEM for Shale Rock Analysis

At this year's AAPG show, Carl Zeiss and Ingrain Inc. announced a further strengthening of their collaboration. With the purchase of an additional AURIGA® CrossBeam® FIB-SEM workstation, Ingrain has broadly increased its capacity for analysis of shale rock properties at the pore scale.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 13 Apr 2011

Sabic Innovative Plastics Leads the Field with Polycarbonate Sheeting for Stadium Roofing

Here at the Stadia Design & Technology Expo, booth 2100, SABIC Innovative Plastics continues to lead in the plastics industry with the announcement of its latest polycarbonate (PC) sheet technology for stadium roofing.

From SABIC Innovative Plastics 12 Apr 2011

Ferrium C61 from QuesTek Awarded SAE Aerospace Material Specification 6517

SAE International has issued Aerospace Material Specification 6517 for Ferrium C61, a high-strength, high-toughness, high-temperature-resistant, carburizing-grade steel that was computationally designed by QuesTek Innova...

From QuesTek Innovations LLC 12 Apr 2011

SCHOTT to Display Optical Glass Grades with Extremely High Internal Transmission

At LASER, World of Photonics, SCHOTT will be presenting its expanded range of HT glasses. These variants of standard optical glass offer extremely high internal transmission in the visible and especially the blue-violet spectral range.

From Schott Glass Ltd 12 Apr 2011

CIF Mineracao to Supply Niobium and Tantalum Concentrates to H.C. Starck

Provider of sophisticated ceramic materials and refractory metals, H.C. Starck has entered into a deal with CIF Mineracao, a subsidiary of AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group, to procure a significant amount of niobium and tantalum concentrates from AMG’s MIBRA mine in Brazil.

From HC Starck Tungsten GmbH 12 Apr 2011

A. Schulman to Participate in AMI’s 2011 Polyethylene Films Conference

Provider of ultra-performance plastic resins and compounds, A. Schulman proclaimed that it will give a presentation on its latest technological advancements to improve the aesthetics and functionality of PE-based films at AMI’s Polyethylene Films Conference.

By Dr. Cameron Chai 12 Apr 2011