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Kobe Steel Forges Ahead with Plans to Form an Aluminum JV in China

Kobe Steel, Ltd., Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Toyota Tsusho Corporation announce that they have signed an agreement to form a joint-venture company in China to produce and market aluminum forgings for automotive suspensio...

From Kobe Steel 11 May 2010

Iron Salts Plant to be Built on PPG Site

PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today announced that it has reached an agreement with PVS Technologies (PVS) regarding the construction of a PVS facility at PPG's Natrium, W.Va., chlor-alkali and derivatives plant, where P...

From PPG Industries Inc. 10 May 2010

Medical Elastomer Helps Simplify Deployment of Catheters and Guide Wires

Bondability to ABS and regulatory pre-compliance have enabled a Medalist® medical elastomer from Teknor Apex Company to play a key role in a device that simplifies the delicate and often complicated deployment of catheters and guide wires for interventionalist procedures, which are less invasive alternatives to surgery.

From Teknor Apex 10 May 2010

Georgia Institute of Technology Win Surface Area and Porosimetry System from Micromeritics

Micromeritics’ Grant Selection Committee has selected the recipient of its grant award for the first quarter of 2010. An ASAP® 2020 Accelerated Surface Area and Porosimetry System with micropore and rate of adsorption options has been awarded to the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.

From Micromeritics Instrument Corporation 10 May 2010

PSI to Supply Manufacturing Execution System to Brazillian Steelworks

PSI was commissioned by the Brazilian company Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do Brasil Ltda. to supply PSImetals as Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for the new steelworks in Jeceaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Vallour...

From PSI 10 May 2010

Novel Lightweight, Temperature Stable Piezoelectric Actuator Design from Noliac

At the ACTUATOR conference in Bremen, Germany, Noliac will present the design of the novel lightweight, temperature stable and highly dynamic amplified piezoelectric actuator.

10 May 2010

New White Paper on Ion Beam Processes

Co-authored by Dr Sebastien Pochon, and Dr Dave Pearson, Senior Research Scientists at Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT), the paper presents a review of ion beam processes.

From Oxford Instruments Semiconductor 10 May 2010

Benchtop System to Print 3D Microstructures onto Glass Substrates

Dr. Yves Bellouard of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology is coordinator of a new European project, Femtoprint, to be started this month. The goal is to design a convenient 3D laser printer that will print microstructures in glass.

10 May 2010

Arburg Introduce Micro Injection Module for Producing Miniature Parts

The new micro-injection module from Arburg combines an 8 mm injection screw with a second screw for melting the material.

From Linde plc 10 May 2010

Ferro to Restructure European Dielectrics Business

Ferro Corporation (NYSE: FOE) announced restructuring actions to reduce costs related to the Company's European dielectrics manufacturing after finalizing the consultation process with workers' representatives. T...

From Vibrantz Technologies 10 May 2010

Weeding Out Nanotechnology Fact and Fiction and Creating Regulations

Matter behaves fundamentally differently at that scale, opening up new possibilities for products and processes. Nanotech is a vast emerging field of research, full of possibilities, and the media and the public are starting to take notice.

10 May 2010

Fuel Cell Breakthrough Could Help Fuel Cell Usage Become More Widespread

Long hampered by high manufacturing costs and durability issues, fuel cell technology could overcome those obstacles and take a significant step towards mainstream adoption thanks to a finding by a Texas A+M University chemical engineering professor.

10 May 2010

Researchers Photograph Atomic Movements During Photosynthesis

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have managed, with the help of an advanced X-ray flash, to photograph the movement of atoms during photosynthesis – an achievement that has been recognised by the journal Science.

10 May 2010

$Malvern Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer Users Can Win an Apple iPad$

Malvern Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer Users Can Win an Apple iPad

For the chance to win an iPAD, users are invited to bring a photo of their 2600 in use to the Malvern Panalytical booth at ILASS-AMERICAS 2010 (May 16-19, Cincinnati, Ohio) or at ILASS Europe 2010 (6- 8th September, Brno, Czech Republic). Users who are not attending these conferences can post photos to [email protected].

From Malvern Panalytical 10 May 2010

Highly Accurate CHN Analyzer from Exeter Analytical

With its wide linear range, combined static and dynamic combustion technology and horizontal furnace design allowing for removal of residues between runs, the Exeter Analytical CE-440 CHN/O/S elemental analyser is uniquely capable of accurately analysing the widest range of sample types - quickly, easily and reliably.

9 May 2010