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Bayer MaterialScience Acquire Worldwide Marketing Rights for DURFLEX Railway Track Superstructure Systems

Bayer MaterialScience AG has acquired the worldwide marketing and usage rights for the innovative DURFLEX track superstructure system from Hyperion Verwaltung GmbH, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. The two companies have signed ...

2 Feb 2010

Vertical Nanowires Could be Used to Step from Micro to Nanoelectronics

Currently, researchers are working hard to find new approaches to overcome the physical limits on downscaling and integration of microchips. One such concept is to fabricate a completely new transistor architecture in three-dimensions. In this concept, instead of arranging them flat on the substrate the silicon transistors are turned by 90 degrees so that they stick out of the chip substrate like tiny columns. In this way, numerous vertical transistors could be built on the area normally occupied by only one planar transistor. This would finally be the step from micro to nanoelectronics.

2 Feb 2010

ThyssenKrupp Sell Insulated Door Plant

ThyssenKrupp Bausysteme GmbH has sold its manufacturing plant for insulated doors in Pansdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, effective February 1, 2010. The plant mainly produces hinged and sliding doors for cold and freezer rooms...

2 Feb 2010

Treating Nanoparticles to Improve the Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells

Scientists at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) and the Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) have succeeded in developing a method for treating the surface of nanoparticles which greatly improves the...

2 Feb 2010

New Generation High Performance Actuators Well Under Development

The development of a new generation of actuators has undergone tremendous progress. Cheaper piezo actuators resisting humidity, having fewer cracks and an extended lifetime may well become reality thanks to a close cooperation across borders between researchers, manufacturers and end-users.

2 Feb 2010

VDMA to Focus on Photovoltaics Production Equipment

VDMA's Photovoltaic Equipment Forum has appointed a steering committee consisting of well-known industry representatives at the beginning of this year. The steering committee will focus on further concentrating the interests of VDMA members involved in photovoltaics production equipment.

2 Feb 2010

OSRAM Creates New Web Site Dedicated to LED Lighting

The new LED Light Site from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors is the leading information source on all things LED. On the online platform, customers can find news, technical information, support and tools in connection with LED lighting solutions in the fields of architectural, shop, outdoor and indoor lighting.

From Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH 2 Feb 2010

Biopack Look to Significantly Increase Production of Biodegradable Packaging Products

Biopack Environmental Solutions Inc. (OTCBB: BPAC), a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of 100% biodegradable packaging products, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a purchase order ("PO") agree...

2 Feb 2010

Calgon Carbon Acquire Hyde Marine

Calgon Carbon Corporation (NYSE: CCC) announced today that it has acquired the outstanding stock of Hyde Marine, Inc., a manufacturer of systems that utilize ultraviolet light technology to treat marine ballast water. Te...

2 Feb 2010

Arkema to Display Resin Designed Specifically for Lithium Ion Batteries

Arkema's Kynar grades designed specifically for lithium-ion cells will be on display at this year's Advanced Automotive Batteries Conference. This annual event is a forum for international automakers, their suppl...

2 Feb 2010

Rio Tinto Completes Sale of Packaging Business to Amcor

Rio Tinto announced today that it completed the sale of Alcan Packaging global Pharmaceuticals, global Tobacco, Food Europe and Food Asia divisions to Amcor for a total consideration of US$1,948 million, on 1 February. ...

1 Feb 2010

PETEC Joins Flexible Display Center

The Flexible Display Center (FDC) at Arizona State University today announced that the Printable Electronics Technology Center (PETEC) has become an Associate Member to collaborate on high-performing organic thin film tr...

1 Feb 2010

Applied Materials Joins Environment, Safety and Health (ESH) Technology Center

The International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI) today announced that Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) has become the newest member of the award-winning Environment, Safety and Health (ESH) Technology Cent...

From Applied Materials Inc 1 Feb 2010

Bioactive Nanomaterials Promotes Growth of Cartillage without the Need for Growth Factors

Northwestern University researchers are the first to design a bioactive nanomaterial that promotes the growth of new cartilage in vivo and without the use of expensive growth factors. Minimally invasive, the therapy acti...

1 Feb 2010

Novellus Ships 1000th Vector Plasma Enhanced CVD System

Novellus Systems (NASDAQ: NVLS) today announced that it has shipped the company's 1000th VECTOR plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system to GLOBALFOUNDRIES' Fab 7 in Singapore.

1 Feb 2010