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M Cubed Technologies to Develop Improved Composite Armor Solution for the U.S. Army

Under a contract awarded by the United States Army, M Cubed Technologies, Inc. will develop advanced armor to protect Army vehicles and U.S. service personnel from increasingly lethal enemy ballistic threats. The cont...

6 Jan 2011

New Study on South American Labeling Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Labeling Markets South American Market Study & Sourcebook 2010. Labeling Markets South American Market Study & Source...

From Report Linker 6 Jan 2011

Highlander Partners Acquires Premix and Quantum Composites

Highlander Partners, L.P., a Dallas-based investment firm and Capstone Capital Partners, a Cleveland-based investment firm, today announced the acquisition of Premix, Inc. of North Kingsville, Ohio, and its wholly-owned subsidiary Quantum Composites Inc. of Bay City, Michigan.

6 Jan 2011

Silicon Solar Solutions Secures SBIR Grant to Advance Thin-Film Solar Cell Process

Silicon Solar Solutions is awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant effective January 4th, 2010.

5 Jan 2011

Global Outlook on Vinyl Chloride Monomer Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) Global Market Dynamics to 2020 - Growing Market for Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) in Developing Countri...

From Report Linker 5 Jan 2011

Fraunhofer Researchers Identify New Method to Adsorb Pollutants in Wood Materials

One of the sources of emission for pollutants in living spaces are particleboards glued with adhesives that contain formaldehyde.

5 Jan 2011

Purdue Scientists Create Self-Regenerative Solar Cells

Researchers are creating a new type of solar cell designed to self-repair like natural photosynthetic systems in plants by using carbon nanotubes and DNA, an approach aimed at increasing service life and reducing cost.

From Purdue University 5 Jan 2011

Siemens Receives Equipment Installation Order from Bohler Edelstahl

The Siemens Industry Solutions Division has received an order from Böhler Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG, Kapfenberg, an Austrian special steel maker, to install new drive and automation equipment on the continuous rolling mill in the multiline rolling mill and the plate rolling stand of the blooming mill.

5 Jan 2011

Schnitzer Steel Industries Signs Agreement to Buy State Line Scrap

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of State Line Scrap Co., Inc. and certain of its affiliates. State Line and affiliates operate from facilities in Attleboro, Massachusetts.

5 Jan 2011

Global Market Report on Ethylene Dichloride Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Ethylene Dichloride (EDC) Global Market Dynamics to 2020 - Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) Market Continues to Drive the Global Demand...

From Report Linker 5 Jan 2011

AVX’s New Tantalum Capacitors Honored at Elektra 2010 Awards

AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, recently received the Passive & Electromechanical Product of the Year at the Elektra Awards for its new surface mount polymer tantalum capacitors.

5 Jan 2011

Extrusion Dies Industries Completes Recapitalization with Bertram Capital Funds

Extrusion Dies Industries, LLC ("EDI"), a leading designer and manufacturer of extrusion dies and coating heads for plastic processors and web converters, announced today that it has completed a recapitalizatio...

From Nordson Polymer Processing Systems 5 Jan 2011

Stephen Gould Relocates its Headquarters to Lakemont Industrial Park

The largest privately-held packaging company in the U.S. has relocated and expanded its regional headquarters with the lease of 40,000 square feet in Lakemont Industrial Park.

5 Jan 2011

Worthington and HMUCG Join to Manufacture Light Gauge Steel Framing Products in China

Reflecting its focus on identifying growth opportunities for housing in China, Worthington Industries, Inc. (NYSE: WOR) announced today the creation of a joint venture to manufacture light gauge steel framing products and to design, engineer and supply light gauge steel-framed mid-rise residential buildings in five Central Chinese provinces.

5 Jan 2011

Amyris Joins with Glycotech to Provide Farnesene Processing at Salisbury’s Leland Facility

Amyris, Inc. announced today that it has signed definitive agreements with Glycotech, Inc. and Salisbury Partners, LLC for Glycotech to provide chemical processing at Salisbury’s Leland, NC facility to convert Amyris’s Biofene™, or renewable farnesene, into finished products for a wide range of applications.

5 Jan 2011