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PGW Announces Reopening of Automotive Glass Products Facility in Michigan

Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC (PGW) has announced today that the company will reopen its facility in Evart, Mich. This is the result of increased demand for automotive glass products.

3 Mar 2011

New Foam Insulation System from Flame Seal and BioBased Passes Ignition Barrier Test

Flame Seal Products, Inc. (Pink Sheets: FLMP) and BioBased Technologies®, makers of BioBased Insulation®, have created a polyurethane foam insulation system that has passed the new Appendix X, modified NFPA286 ro...

3 Mar 2011

Sino Cement Buys Shaanxi Shehui Cement

Sino Cement, Inc. ("Sino Cement" or the "Company"), today announced that effective on February 21, 2011, the Company completed its acquisition of Shaanxi Shehui Cement Co., Ltd. (“Shehui Cement”).

3 Mar 2011

New Report on Man-Made Fibre Market

Market Publishers Ltd informs that new in-demand market research reports by Textiles Intelligence have been added to its catalogue. Key Challenges in the Man-Made Fibre Market. This report examines the man-made fibre...

3 Mar 2011

Abengoa Selects 3M's Highly Reflective Thin Film for Solar Applications

3M has successfully deployed and demonstrated reliable operation of its 3M Solar Mirror Film 1100 in an Abengoa solar thermal installation equipped with 3M’s innovative film.

From 3M 3 Mar 2011

Parksite Becomes Exclusive Distributor of Arborite’s Laminate Products in Chicago

Parksite is pleased to announce that it is now distributing Arborite’s complete line of high pressure laminate in the greater Chicago area.

3 Mar 2011

Microscopic Relaxation Becomes Source for Changes in Elastic Polymers' Properties

Many materials, when observed over a sufficiently long period of time, show changes in their mechanical properties.

3 Mar 2011

New Miniscule Polymer Particles Reduce Friction in Automobile Engines

Guojun Liu has discovered a way to use nanotechnology to reduce friction in automobile engines and machines. "The technology should be useful in a wide range of machineries other than automobile engines," sa...

3 Mar 2011

Global Report on Metal Finishing Chemicals Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Metal Finishing Chemicals Industry. This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Metal Finishing Chemicals in US$ Mi...

From Report Linker 3 Mar 2011

New Findings Reveal Mechanical Characteristics of Spider Silk Fibers

Scientists now have a better understanding of why spider silk fibers are so incredibly strong.

3 Mar 2011

Scientists Create World's Lightest Carbon Material to Detect Pollutants

A spongy substance that could be mistaken for packing material has the nanotechnology world buzzing. University of Central Florida Associate Professor Lei Zhai and postdoctoral associate Jianhua Zou have engineered th...

3 Mar 2011

Manchester Researchers Unravel the Structure of Tropoelastin

Scientists have unravelled the shape of the protein that gives human tissues their elastic properties in what could lead to the development of new synthetic elastic polymers.

3 Mar 2011

Yale Scientist Team Develops Novel Metal Alloys That Can be Blow Molded Like Plastics

Imagine a material that's stronger than steel, but just as versatile as plastic, able to take on a seemingly endless variety of forms.

3 Mar 2011

Coperion Provides Compounding Systems to Process Biodegradable Plastics

Coperion GmbH, a worldwide market and technology leader in compounding and extrusion, is keeping up with the times by providing comprehensive systems for the processing of biodegradable plastics to its many customers worldwide.

3 Mar 2011

Research Report on Worldwide Carbondioxide Incubators Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Carbondioxide Incubators Industry. This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Carbon Dioxide Incubators in Units a...

From Report Linker 3 Mar 2011