On April 6, 2011, BASF opened its new Polyurethane (PU) Solutions System House in Dubai with an official ceremony.
Visitors to the ‘Characterisation Instrumentation for Formulation’ seminar and workshop in Huddersfield (UK) on 9 May 2011 will have the opportunity to learn how Freeman Technology’s FT4 Powder Rheometer supports modern formulation goals.
Amarillo College, in the Texas panhandle, has installed a Lucifer Furnaces Model HS84 Dual Chamber Furnace in their Manufacturing Technologies Department.
Hydro's precision tubing unit in China has been steadily increasing its amount of deliveries to non-automotive customers, and the company is working to capture more business this year. Thursday was the first day of China Refrigeration 2011, and Hydro was ready in Shanghai.
Fraunhofer FEP will display an industrial-scale transparent conducting oxide (TCO) layer at the international trade fair SVC to be conducted from 19 to 20 April 2011 in Chicago.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011
Coatings solutions provider, PPG Industries announced that Boeing has included PPG’s aerospace business product, DESOPRIME CF/CA 7502 epoxy primer into its list of qualified products for meeting the BMS 10-72 (Revision Y) Exterior Decorative Paint standard.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011
Research Chemist, Christopher White and his colleagues at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland have developed a new equipment to test sealants under real weather conditions.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011
Westlake Chemical, producer and supplier of polymers and petrochemicals, has proclaimed its expansion plans, which include capacity expansion of ethane-based ethylene at Lake Charles, Louisiana, and assessment of upgrade and expansion choices of ethylene manufacturing plants at Calvert City, Kentucky.
Oce, a subsidiary of canon Group and a provider of digital document management and printing solutions, proclaimed that it has introduced Oce Adhesive-backed Bond (ABBND) designed for Oce Premiere Collection of media.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011
Coatings specialist, PPG Industries has proclaimed that its two-sided anti-reflective glasses called SOLARPHIRE 2XAR and one-sided anti-reflective glasses called SOLARPHIRE AR are now available with enhanced performance properties.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011
The footpads of spiders, lizards and insects feature a bunch of ‘setae’ or ultra-thin adhesive hairs that make them to clamber all kinds of natural surfaces.
Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Barcelona have reported in the journal ‘Nature Chemistry’ that the interactions between carbon-hydrogen groups, which are common in organic compounds, are very strong under certain conditions.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011
Katahdin Industries’ subsidiaries, Sanford Process and Precision Coating, will display their products for medical device producers at the BIOMEDevice Boston show to be conducted from 6 to 7 April 2011.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011
Global Industry Analysts has released a new market research report on chloroprene rubber industry. Chloroprene rubber is a versatile rubber material and can be processed with organic peroxides.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a research contract worth $100,000 to ADA Technologies to study the use of sophisticated ionic liquid electrolytes and nanocomposite electrodes to enhance the protection and performance of lithium-ion batteries.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011