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Center Wing Assembly Operation for F-35 Lightning II Started in Marietta

Officials at the Lockheed Martin facility here formally announced the start of F-35 Lightning II center wing production operations at the plant during a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday.

29 Jul 2010

Lockheed Martin Supplies New Outer Wings for CP-140 Aurora Aircraft

Lockheed Martin delivered the first of 10 new Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) outer wings on July 28 for installation on a CP-140 Aurora for the Government of Canada. These wings will be installed by IMP Aerospace, a Lockheed Martin P-3 service center located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

29 Jul 2010

Kraton Introduces New D1183 BT Polymer for Adhesive Applications

Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc., a leading global producer of styrenic block copolymers or "SBCs" (together with Kraton Polymers LLC and its other subsidiaries "Kraton"), announced the addition of Kraton D1183 BT, a new SIS grade, to its line of polymers for use in applications where softness, ease-in-processing, and high temperature resistance are essential.

29 Jul 2010

Air Liquide to Supply High Purity Carrier Gases to CEC Panda

Air Liquide has just signed a long-term contract with Nanjing CEC Panda LCD Technology Corporation for its new 6-generation Flat Panel Display (FPD) fab. Demand for TFT-LCD panels in China has tripled over the last 3...

29 Jul 2010

Researchers Work to Develop Coatings for Nuclear Fusion Reactors

Researchers have discovered mechanisms critical to interactions between hot plasma and surfaces facing the plasma inside a thermonuclear fusion reactor, part of work aimed at developing coatings capable of withstanding the grueling conditions inside the reactors.

29 Jul 2010

Overview on Plastics Packaging Market in South Africa

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Southern African Plastics Packaging Market (http://www.reportlinker.com/p0234523/Southern-African-Plastics-Packaging-Market.html...

From Report Linker 29 Jul 2010

Nickel-Coated Blowfly Eyes Perfect for Manufacturing Solar Cells

Rows of tiny raised blowfly corneas may be the key to easy manufacturing of biomimetic surfaces, surfaces that mimic the properties of biological tissues, according to a team of Penn State researchers.

29 Jul 2010

New Drug Delivery Technique Using Laser-Activated Carbon Nanoparticles

Using chemical "nanoblasts" that punch tiny holes in the protective membranes of cells, researchers have demonstrated a new technique for getting therapeutic small molecules, proteins and DNA directly into living cells.

28 Jul 2010

Chenzhou Yunong Paper Orders Chemi-Mechanical Pulping Line from Metso

Metso will supply a new bleached chemi-mechanical pulping (CTMPc) line to Chenzhou Yunong Paper Co. Ltd in Hunan province, China.

28 Jul 2010

AS9100 Certification Awarded to Aerojet’s Specialty Metals Facility

Aerojet, a GenCorp company, announced today that its specialty metals facility, Aerojet Ordnance Tennessee (AOT), has received AS9100B certification.

28 Jul 2010

Shengkai Expects to Increase Ceramic Valve Production Capacity with New Facility

Shengkai Innovations, Inc. (Nasdaq: VALV; "Shengkai Innovations" or the "Company"), a leading ceramic valve manufacturer with operations in the People's Republic of China (the "PRC"), to...

28 Jul 2010

Lihua Starts Refined Copper Anode Production on New Smelter in Chinese Facility

Lihua International, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIWA) ("Lihua" or the "Company"), a leading Chinese developer, designer, and manufacturer of low cost, high quality alternatives to pure copper products, such as ref...

28 Jul 2010

Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acids - Resource for Chemists and Biologists

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/67f029/the_chemical_biolo) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "The Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acids" to their offering. ...

28 Jul 2010

Two Amorphous Alloy Suppliers Help China Power to Expand Product Offering

China Power Equipment, Inc. ("China Power Equipment" or "China Power" or the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: CPQQ), the manufacturer of a new generation of energy saving electric transformer...

28 Jul 2010

Compadre, Whole Tree to Develop Sustainable Packaging Materials

Compadre, an Austin-based packaging design and engineering company, announces a collaboration with Whole Tree, Inc., an innovative green materials company founded by researchers at Baylor University. Together, the co...

28 Jul 2010