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Dow Corning Joins Industrial R+D Program on GaN Semiconductor Materials

Dow Corning has formalized an agreement to enter the imec multi-partner industrial R&D program on GaN semiconductor materials and device technologies.

From Dow Corning 20 Jan 2011

Granta Design Announce Full Programs for Materials Education Symposia

Granta Design has announced the full program for two Materials Education Symposia in March and April. The agenda has now been finalized by an independent Advisory Committee, made up of academics from leading universities and materials organizations.

From ASM International 20 Jan 2011

Arburg Injection Moulding Machine Pulls Crowds at Arabplast

Arburg exhibited very successfully in Dubai from 8 to 11 January 2011. With a high-speed, thin-walled application, the high-performance Allrounder Hidrive machine was a real crowd-puller and the highlight of the Arabplast 2011.

From Arburg GmbH 20 Jan 2011

Interest in Trade Exhibition Space at NPE2012 Indicates a Strengthening Plasics Industry

Signs of good health for the plastics industry were readily apparent at the recent NPE2012 Drawing for Exhibit Space, as representatives of more than 650 exhibiting companies traveled to the new NPE venue in Orlando, Florida, to select booths for the international plastics exposition.

20 Jan 2011

Carl Zeiss VivaTome Wins R+D100 Award

Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, a leading provider of microscopy solutions, accepted an award from the R&D 100 in the category of Imaging Technologies for their product the VivaTome. The award was presented on November 11, ...

From ZEISS Microscopy GmbH 20 Jan 2011

GlobalData's New Report on the Chinese Polystyrene Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Polystyrene Industry Outlook in China to 2015 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts of All Active and Planned ...

20 Jan 2011

Development of New Food Packaging Material

Scientists are reporting development and successful lab tests of “killer paper,” a material intended for use as a new food packaging material that helps preserve foods by fighting the bacteria that cause spoilage.

20 Jan 2011

Researchers Develop New Prototype Reactor with Cylindrical Lining of Metal Oxide

Using a common metal most famously found in self-cleaning ovens, Sossina Haile hopes to change our energy future.

20 Jan 2011

EMO Hannover 2011--World’s Premier Trade Fair for Metalworking Sector

2011 is EMO year. After a four-year gap, the premier trade fair for the world’s metalworking sector is being held once again in Hannover, from 19 to 24 September 2011. International manufacturers of production ...

20 Jan 2011

Celanese’s Subsidiary Signs LOI to Construct Ethanol Production Facilities in China

Celanese Corporation a global technology and specialty materials company, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Celanese Far East Limited, has signed letters of intent to construct and operate industrial ethanol production facilities in Nanjing, China, at the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park and in Zhuhai, China, at the Gaolan Port Economic Zone.

From Celanese Corporation 20 Jan 2011

Casix Adds Ion Beam Sputtering VEECO Coater to Support High Power Optic Lasers

Casix, a Fabrinet company and manufacturer of high-quality crystal and precision optics products, announced today that it has added an Ion Beam Sputtering VEECO coater to enable higher precision, high threshold damage co...

20 Jan 2011

Airgas, Linc Group Sign Three-Year Agreement

Airgas, Inc. today announced that it has signed a three-year supply agreement with The Linc Group, an ABM Company and provider of technical building services which includes on-site integrated facility operations management.

From Airgas Inc. 20 Jan 2011

Cereplast Enters Agreement with Euroink Romania to Supply Bioplastic Resin

Cereplast, Inc. a leading manufacturer of proprietary bio-based, compostable and sustainable plastics, announced today that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Euroink Romania to supply Cereplast bioplastic resin to the Romanian marketplace.

20 Jan 2011

New Research Report on Bromine and Bromides Market in China

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Production and Market of Bromine and Bromides in China. As a resource-oriented product, bromine is widely used in the product...

From Report Linker 20 Jan 2011

CanWelBroadleaf Signs Agreement to Supply Ainsworth PointSIX Durastrand Flooring

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. announced today that it has signed a multi-year agreement with CanWelBroadleaf to be its exclusive supplier of the company's oriented strand board ("OSB") enhanced subfloor product line.

20 Jan 2011