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ThyssenKrupp Document Environmental Properties of Steel Building Panels

Transparency for sustainability: At Bau 2011, ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe will be presenting Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for its steel construction elements. The EPDs cover the company's full range of sin...

16 Jan 2011

Growing Boron Nitride and Boron Carbide Markets to Exceed 108 Million Tons by 2015

Global boron nitride and boron carbide market has been growing at a healthy pace over the years. However, during recent years, the market registered moderate growth rates, primarily due to the impact of global economic r...

16 Jan 2011

New Welding App for Smart Phones

ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has introduced the first-ever Smart Phone application for welding. Available for use with IPhone®, Blackberry®, and Android® devices, the ESAB Welding Parameters Set-up Guide is a user-friendly application that helps welders quickly identify the correct parameters for a specific job.

From ESAB 16 Jan 2011

New Report on the Global Calcium Carbonate Market

Calcium Carbonate is the principal inorganic mineral, which is primarily used as commercial and functional filler in paper, rubber, plastic, architectural materials, coatings and light chemicals. Along with talc and kaol...

16 Jan 2011

$Professional Gemstone Testing made Simple and Easy with the Presidium Refractive Index Meter$

Professional Gemstone Testing made Simple and Easy with the Presidium Refractive Index Meter

As the New Year comes around, iGem Instruments brings in with it a new tool for the jewelry industry. Through an agreement with Presidium Instruments, one of the most well-known names in the field, iGem Corporation will exclusively offer the Presidium Refractive Index Meter (PRIM).

16 Jan 2011

The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center Takes Aim at Obama

The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center is saying, "we are 100% certain toxic Chinese drywall is in 100,000's of US homes; the disaster is not limited to Florida or the Gulf Coast, it's nationwide, and we have ...

16 Jan 2011

ACG Join BLOODHOUND Project Hunting for 1000mph Land Speed Record

Composite materials, tooling, and the design and component manufacturing capability of Advanced Composites Group Ltd. (ACG), part of Umeco Composites Structural Materials (UCSM) - a Division of Umeco plc, are being provided to The BLOODHOUND Project, an international education initiative focussed around a 1000mph land speed record attempt

16 Jan 2011

Breakthrough with Photoinitiators for Packaging Inks

With Irgacure 270, BASF made a technological breakthrough in the development of cationic photoinitiators for packaging inks. For the first time, Irgacure 270 now makes it possible to combine fast UV curing with very low ...

From BASF Corporation 16 Jan 2011

Anti-Hazard Digital Camera Capturing Chemical Processes Never Before Seen

Hardide Coatings, global developer of patented metal coatings, is using a new anti-hazard digital camera from CorDEX Instruments to capture chemical processes that have never been recorded before.

From Hardide Coatings 16 Jan 2011

Cold Moulded Foam Production Plant in Belgium to Close

During a Special Works Council meeting that was held today, the management of the Proseat Group, a joint venture of Recticel and Woodbridge, explained the poor financial results for 2010 and the pessimistic prospects for...

16 Jan 2011

ArcelorMittal and Nunavut Iron Ore Team Up and Make Bid for Baffinland

ArcelorMittal and Nunavut Iron Ore Acquisition Inc. ("Nunavut Iron") today announced that Nunavut Iron has joined ArcelorMittal as joint offeror under the ArcelorMittal offer (the "ArcelorMittal Offer&quot...

16 Jan 2011

MediFilm and Biomaster to Use Silver Technology to Combat Bacterial Growth in Hospital Environments

MediFilm ®, supplier of visual management graphics to over 90 NHS trusts nation wide incorporates Biomaster silver based Technology to combat bacterial growth in hospital environments.

16 Jan 2011

Goodfellow Launch Completely Revised Web Site

After extensive consultation with customers to identify changes that would make the Goodfellow web experience more productive, Goodfellow has launched the completely revised www.goodfellow.com.

From Goodfellow 16 Jan 2011

ZAGG to Continue Supply of invisibleSHIELD Film and ZAGGskins for Apple iPhone 4

ZAGG Inc. a leading producer, designer, and distributor of electronics accessories for protecting and enhancing the mobile experience, including the popular invisibleSHIELD™, ZAGGskins™, ZAGGbuds™, ZAGGsparq™, and ZAGGmate™ brands, will continue its popular invisibleSHIELD and ZAGGskins protection for the Apple® iPhone 4® when it is released to Verizon customers beginning on February 10. Verizon is the nation’s largest mobile phone carrier with over 93 million subscribers.

14 Jan 2011

New Method to Synthesize Ultrabright Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles

Clarkson University Physics Professor Igor Sokolov and his team have discovered a method of making the brightest ever synthesized fluorescent silica nanoparticles.

14 Jan 2011