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Trends and Developments of Petrochemicals Industry in Spain

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Spain Petrochemicals Report Q4 2010" report to their offering. (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bb8bf1/spain_petrochemica) The Spain Petr...

18 Sep 2010

Ferro Electronic Materials Unveils New Series of Contact Pastes for Solar Cells

Ferro Electronic Materials, a leading supplier of materials for fabricating photovoltaic silicon solar cells for more than 25 years, introduced a new series of silver and silver/aluminum contact pastes at the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition held in Valencia, Spain, September 6–9.

18 Sep 2010

Methode Electronics’ Subsidiary Develops Advanced Elastomer-Coated Heating Elements

Methode Development Company, a subsidiary of Methode Electronics, Inc., has developed an advanced line of energy efficient heating elements with exceptionally uniform heat dispersion characteristics finished in robust el...

18 Sep 2010

Vulcan Materials Wins 2010 Solid Waste Reduction Award

Vulcan Materials Company, Western Division was recognized by the Irwindale Chamber of Commerce and the Environmental Committee with the 2010 Solid Waste Reduction Award for the Company's commitment to sustainable environmental practices.

18 Sep 2010

Researchers Discover New Class of Phase-Change Nanomaterials

The ability of phase-change materials to readily and swiftly transition between different phases has made them valuable as a low-power source of non-volatile or "flash" memory and data storage.

18 Sep 2010

Data and Forecasts on Ceramics Industry in China

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Research Report on Chinese Ceramics Industry - 2010-2011" report to their offering. (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/31ae35/research_report_...

18 Sep 2010

Paragon’s High Performance Seals Help to Reduce Carbon Emissions at Qinbei Power Plant

Paragon Airheater Technologies, the fastest-growing manufacturer of high-performance seals and basketed elements for rotary regenerative airheaters, announced today the Huaneng Group has made a second Paragon High Performance Solution fleet installation for its Qinbei Power Plant.

18 Sep 2010

Study Shows That Energy Payback Time is Lower for Organic Solar Cells

Solar energy could be a central alternative to petroleum-based energy production. However, current solar-cell technology often does not produce the same energy yield and is more expensive to mass-produce. In addition,...

18 Sep 2010

Shrink Nanotechnologies Reaches Final Development Phase of Stem Cell Culturing Device

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc., an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the alternative energy industry, medical diagnostics and sensors, and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today that it is entering the final phase of its commercialization program for its first cell culturing devices for the StemDisc family of stem cell culturing products.

18 Sep 2010

Marlow Industries Wins Contract to Develop New Thermoelectric Materials

Marlow Industries today announced the award of a $3.9 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the development of new thermoelectric materials and active cooling modules. The advan...

18 Sep 2010

NYMET Opens New Iron Ore Manufacturing Facility in Chile

NYMET Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: NYMH) ("Nymet" or the "Company"), a metals recycling and mining company headquartered in New York and Chicago with representative offices in Montreal, India, and Chil...

17 Sep 2010

VSI’s Third-Party Program Certifies Polypropylene Siding from Ply Gem

Ply Gem, a leading manufacturer of exterior home building products, announced today that polypropylene shake, shingle, half-round and scallop products within each of its siding brands have been certified under the Vinyl ...

17 Sep 2010

Fireclay Tile Launches New Collection of Ceramic Sheets

Fireclay Tile, the U.S manufacturing company that has brought superior quality, innovation and sustainability to the tile industry for the past 24 years, is pleased to announce its newest tile collection, Claymonde.

17 Sep 2010

Alcoa Partners with Pittsburgh Penguins for Aluminum Can Recycling Program

Alcoa today announced it will play a key part in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ and the CONSOL Energy Center’s efforts to be green.

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 17 Sep 2010

Dow Corning's Circuit Breaker Lubricants to be Featured in Pittsburgh Conference

Dow Corning will exhibit at Finepoint’s 17th annual Circuit Breaker Test & Maintenance Training Conference to demonstrate how the company’s products help increase circuit breaker performance and reliability. The conference takes place Oct. 4 – 8 in Pittsburgh, Penn.

From Dow Corning 17 Sep 2010