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New Fleeceback Roofing System from Duro-Last Offers Enhanced Adhesion

Duro-Last® Roofing, Inc. is adding a new fleeceback roofing system to its product offerings.

9 Feb 2011

Global Research Report on Renewable Chemicals Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Renewable Chemicals Market by Geography, Feedstocks, Prices, Applications Trends and Forecasts (2010 -2015)" report to their offering. The glob...

9 Feb 2011

Cameco Signs Agreement to Buy Uranium from Sotkamo Nickel-Zinc Mine in Finland

Cameco has signed two agreements to buy uranium produced at the Sotkamo nickel-zinc mine in eastern Finland owned by the Talvivaara Mining Company Plc.

9 Feb 2011

Materials Technologies to Meet Future Energy Challenges

A year of study and debate has surfaced a select list of materials-driven product and processing technologies with strong, near-term potential as “game-changers” for energy efficiency, use, access, and business opportunity.

9 Feb 2011

Mantra Partners with Kemira Oyj to Convert CO2 Emissions into Formic Acid

Mantra Venture Group Ltd. ("Mantra") (OTCBB: MVTG) (FRANKFURT: 5MV) announces it has negotiated, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Mantra Energy Alternatives Inc. ("ME") a Memorandum of Understandin...

9 Feb 2011

Alcoa's Chairman to Present Keynote Address at Inaugural Aluminum Industry Summit

On June 7th-8th, a remarkable cast of executives will meet in New York City for the inaugural Aluminum Industry Summit, supported by
leading industry publications American Metal Market and Metal Bulletin.

9 Feb 2011

AkzoNobel Opens New Industrial Coatings Plant to Accelerate Growth in India

AkzoNobel's ambition to accelerate growth and increase revenue in India to EUR1 billion within the next five years has been underlined today by the official opening of a new Industrial Coatings plant near Bangalore.

From AkzoNobel 8 Feb 2011

Houchen Bindery Installs PUR Adhesive-Equipped Perfect Binding Machine

Houchen Bindery Ltd, of Utica NE has installed a Standard Horizon BQ470 4 clamp Perfect Binding machine, equipped with PUR adhesive capability. Houchen Bindery Ltd. specializes in short run length hard and soft cover ...

8 Feb 2011

Siemens' Four Forty-X Disc Filters to be Installed at Sycamore Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant

The Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (Ohio, USA) will be installing four Forty-X disc filters from Siemens Water Technologies at its Sycamore Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant.

8 Feb 2011

Greystone Associates Analyze New Generation of Coating Formulations for Drug Delivery

Greystone research associates analyzes coating platforms, therapeutic targets and market drivers. Advances in coating technology have given rise to a new generation of coating formulations that can reliably deliver th...

8 Feb 2011

iFyber Secures Phase I SBIR Grant for Research on Coatings for Wound Care Materials

The United States Army Medical Research and Material Command, through the support of the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research Grant Program (SBIR), has awarded iFyber a Phase I grant. The award fun...

8 Feb 2011

Outlook on Petrochemicals Industry in Algeria

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Algeria Petrochemicals Report Q1 2011" report to their offering. This report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, petr...

8 Feb 2011

Researchers Perform Spin-Wave Studies of Two Families of Iron-Based Superconductors

Neutron scattering analysis of two families of iron-based materials suggests that the magnetic interactions thought responsible for high-temperature superconductivity may lie "two doors down": The key magnetic exchange pairings occur in a next-nearest-neighbor ordering of atoms, rather than adjacent atoms.

8 Feb 2011

TUM and BMW Develop Innovative Aluminum-Based Electrical Connection Concept

Electric power and electronics are playing an ever-increasing role in all kinds of vehicles. Currently copper is the conductive material of choice.

8 Feb 2011

Fraunhofer Scientists Develop New Coating Material for CMOS Image Sensors

Image sensors as used in cell phones are partially color-blind. This is because of their coating, which prevents UV light from passing through. CMOS chips have as a result not been suitable for spectroscopy up to now.

8 Feb 2011