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PPG and NATM Partner to Offer Green Manufacturing Award

PPG Industries' (NYSE:PPG) commercial coatings group has partnered with the National Association of Trailer Manufacturers (NATM) to establish an annual award recognizing the best innovation or novel solution by a man...

From PPG Industries Inc. 7 Apr 2010

Fractals and Metamaterials Solve the Problem of Uneven Cooking in Microwave Ovens

A little kitchen science ended with a new approach to microwave cooking for the Boston-based firm Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc. Using a microwave oven to investigate properties of metamaterials, FRACTAL's researchers...

7 Apr 2010

DuPont Provide Photovoltaics and Coatings for Largest Solar Boat Ever Built

DuPont will provide innovations in photovoltaic modules and high-performance marine coatings to PlanetSolar, the largest solar boat ever built. PlanetSolar is a 31 meter-long and 15 meter-wide catamaran covered by 500 square meters of photovoltaic solar panels that will power an electric motor.

7 Apr 2010

SAE International Partner with Elsevier on Automotive, Aerospace and Defence Engineering Publicartions

SAE International, a world leader in the development and distribution of engineering information for the mobility industry, is teaming with Elsevier, the world's leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical...

From Elsevier - Materials Science & Technology Publisher 7 Apr 2010

Record Gold Production for SEMAFO

SEMAFO (TSX: SMF) today announced record gold production of 65,800 ounces for the first quarter of 2010, an increase of 13% over the first quarter of 2009. The Mana Mine produced 41,400 ounces of gold during the quarter,...

7 Apr 2010

General Dynamics Win Lucrative Contract to Produce Composite Aerospace Components

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products was awarded a contract valued at approximately $20 million from The Boeing Company for the production of composite components for the C-17 Globemaster III advanced airlift...

7 Apr 2010

Australia's Plastic Money Proves Hard to Counterfeit

Counterfeiting money is the “second oldest profession in the world”—a profession that truly took off with the introduction of paper money. In order to spoil things for counterfeiters, Australia introduced the world’s first banknotes made of plastic in 1988.

7 Apr 2010

Design Solution for Electronics Engineers Looking to Reduce EMI and Meet Halogen-Free Requirements

Design engineers in the electronics industry who are seeking ways to improve power integrity and reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI) while meeting halogen-free requirements now have a new solution to meet their nee...

7 Apr 2010

Nanofilm CEO Dubs Nanotechnology the Software of the 21st Century

Dr. Scott Rickert, President and CEO of Nanofilm, was recently the featured interview on the science and nanotechnology blog Evolving Innovations. Blog editor Vincent Caprio, who is also the vice President of the nationa...

7 Apr 2010

PPG Industrial Coatings Opens Color Design Studio

PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) industrial coatings business has announced the opening of the Shmaze Color Design Studio sponsored by PPG Trendcast, a facility near Irvine, Calif., devoted to helping manufacturers and industrial designers accelerate color design and prototype development.

From PPG Industries Inc. 7 Apr 2010

Dow Corning and imec to Collaborate on Next Generation Silicon Solar Cell Developent

Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, signed a three-year contract with imec to perform joint research on next generations of crystalline silicon solar cells. In the framework of imec’s industrial affiliation program (IIAP) on silicon solar cells, Dow Corning has joined several program activities.

From IMEC 7 Apr 2010

Riso Looks to Develop New Manufacturing Technique for Producing Graded Functional Ceramics

Functional ceramics are ceramic materials which have special electrochemical, electrical or magnetic properties. Functional ceramic materials can be used for countless purposes. At Risø, by far the biggest appli...

7 Apr 2010

High Speed Imaging Products for manufacturing Operations

With imaging becoming an increasingly important component of manufacturing technology, STEMMER IMAGING will be showing the new BOA smart camera for End Users, Vision Integrators and OEMs, together with the latest high speed cameras from Optronis for process and machinery analysis.

7 Apr 2010

Malvern Expert to Give Presentation on Online Particle Size Analysis for High Shear Granulation Processes

At the Advances in Process Analytics and Control Technology 2010 Conference (APACT 10; 28-30 April 2010, Manchester, UK), Malvern Panalytical process systems specialist Jarvis Jeejing will give a presentation of in-line particle size analysis for high shear granulation processes.

From Malvern Panalytical 7 Apr 2010

Plastic Composite Springs

Lee Spring, a leading global manufacturer of mechanical springs since 1918, has leaped past its competition with a totally new technology – LeeP™ plastic composite springs molded from SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Ultem* resin.

From Vibrantz Technologies 6 Apr 2010