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Flexibility of Silicones Enables Building Designs to become Reality

As buildings become increasingly sophisticated with innovative designs, shapes and sizes, they must also meet technical performance demands of withstanding every day environmental forces and natural or man-made disasters...

From Dow Corning 14 Apr 2010

DuPont Introduces Innovative Weather Barrier for Building Applications

DuPont has introduced a new innovative technology under the DuPont™ Tyvek® brand -- DuPont™ Tyvek® Fluid Applied Weather Barrier (WB) System. The product combines the industry-leading performance of traditional DuPont™ Tyvek® building wraps with the superior protection of DuPont™ Tyvek® CommercialWrap® and CommercialWrap® D into a fluid-applied form that can be rolled on or spray applied.

14 Apr 2010

Lifecycle Study Concludes Aluminum is the Best Choice for Automobiles

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today praised a new study concluding that lightweight, strong and infinitely recyclable aluminum is the best choice for reducing energy usage and emissions over an automobile's lifecycle. The stud...

14 Apr 2010

Saflex Encapsulant Improves Solar Module Efficiency

Saflex, a business unit of Solutia, is launching a breakthrough solar encapsulant that helps increase the efficiency of the solar module while reducing material usage. The new product, called Saflex(R) Radiant White PA27...

14 Apr 2010

Air Products CEo Travels to Work on Hydrogen Fuel Powered Chevy

When Air Products’ Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer John McGlade drove to work this morning, he did so with an eye on the future and with the eyes of a lot of fellow drivers watching him. Today McGlade initiated a hydrogen outreach program by traveling to work in an Air Products-branded Chevrolet fuel cell vehicle.

14 Apr 2010

Defence IQ Names Kevlar Webinar Best for 2009

A webinar given by DuPont Protection Technologies (DPT) was named by Defence IQ as the best webinar of 2009. The webinar,“MRAP Protection: Proven Under Fire,” emphasized the importance of DuPont™ Kevlar® in protecting soldiers and their MRAP (mine resistant ambush protected) vehicles from real-world threats such as rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

14 Apr 2010

Dow Release Bio-Based Plasticizers for Wire and Cable Makers

Dow Wire & Cable, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow"), today signaled a groundbreaking advance in sustainable chemistry by launching DOW ECOLIBRIUM Bio-Based Plasticizers, a new family of ph...

14 Apr 2010

First Welded Thermoplastic Composite Rudder for Gulfstream G650 Wins JEC Innovation Award

Fokker Aerostructures(NL), Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (USA), KVE Composites Group (NL), TenCate Aerospace Composites (NL) and Ticona GmbH (GE) have won the prestigious JEC innovation award in the category Aeronautics, for the first welded thermoplastic composite Rudder and Elevator of the all new Gulfstream G650 tail section. The award will be officially presented to Fokker Aerostructures and partners during the opening ceremony of the JEC Composite Show in Paris on Tuesday April 13.

14 Apr 2010

Songwon Appoints UK and Ireland Distributor for Its Range of Polymer Stabilizers

In line with its commitment to providing customers with continuous improvement in service, Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd. is pleased to announce the appointment of Elastomerics Ltd. as the disitributor for the United Kingdo...

From Songwon 14 Apr 2010

DSM Introduces Bio-Based Performance Polymers for Automotive Applications

Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, today introduces two bio-based performance materials for the automotive industry, in response to customers' in...

14 Apr 2010

Ancient Lead to help Hunt Neutrinos

The National Laboratories of Gran Sasso (LNGS) of Italy's National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) has received 120 2,000-year-old lead bricks from the National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari in Sardinia. The ...

14 Apr 2010

Zenergy Power Develops 2G Superconducting Wire Produced by High Speed Ink Jet Printing

Zenergy Power (AIM:ZEN.L), the superconductor energy technology company, is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed the development of the high-speed ink jet printing processes necessary for the low-cost p...

14 Apr 2010

Hydro Reinforces Commitment to Green Building

Hydro is coming closer to the building industry in Qatar with aluminium systems and services that support the nation's ambition to take leadership in the Arabian Gulf in energy-efficient commercial and residential buildings.

14 Apr 2010

Arkema to Showcase Products for the Coating Industry at ACS 2010

At ACS 2010, from April 13 to 15, Arkema company will highlight a wide range of products used in the coatings industry at its booth. With its global and customer-focused approach, internationally recognized brands an...

14 Apr 2010

Fischer Instrumentation Provide Free Application Report on Microhardness Testing

Fischer were exhibiting the FISCHERSCOPE® XM2000 a computer-controlled measuring system for micro hardness testing and the determination of material parameters according to ISO 14577 at CAMTEC II, the symposium on fine scale mechanical characterisation and behaviour.

14 Apr 2010