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TMK Licenses Pipe Connection Technology to Wesco

TMK, one of the world's leading producers of steel pipes for the oil and gas sector, today announces that it licensed its TMK PF and TMK FMT premium connection technology to Wesco Abu Dhabi (Wesco), a subsidiary of t...

3 Nov 2009

Ceram Offers Testing Services for Zirconia Implants

Ceram, a global expert in materials testing, analysis and consultancy announces that it offers a full suite of testing for Yttria-Stabilised Zirconia (YSZ), destined for surgical implants, as defined in ISO 13356 standar...

2 Nov 2009

Nanometrics Receives Multiple Orders from Semiconductor Foundry

Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq: NANO), a leading supplier of advanced process control metrology systems used primarily in the manufacturing and packaging of semiconductors, solar photovoltaics and high-brightness LEDs,...

2 Nov 2009

Goodfellow Creates Fully Autonomous Company to Deal with US Market

Goodfellow Corporation of Oakdale, Pennsylvania, formerly a subsidiary of Goodfellow Cambridge Ltd., is now a fully autonomous U.S. company within the Goodfellow Group of Companies. In announcing the news, Stephen Alders...

From Goodfellow Corporation 2 Nov 2009

Air Products to Build World-Scale Air Separation Unit in Texas

Air Products (NYSE: APD) announced plans to build a new world-scale air separation unit (ASU) at its La Porte, Texas industrial gases facility. The energy efficient ASU will replace older assets at the site and provide b...

From Air Products PLC 2 Nov 2009

Alcoa Look to Provide Technology for Chinese Built Commercial Aircraft

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC) today announced they are jointly exploring leading technology solutions for the design and development of China’s new, large passenger jet, the C919.

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 2 Nov 2009

Zwicki-Line Materials Testing Machines Approved for Use in Clean Rooms

The Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation (IPA) in Stuttgart has carried out cleanliness tests and clean-room suitability tests on zwicki-Line universal testing machines. As a result of these tests, zwicki-Line materials testing machines may be used in clean rooms with Class 7 air cleanliness to DIN EN ISO 14644-1.

From ZwickRoell GmbH Co. KG 2 Nov 2009

SKF Roller Bearings Play Vital Role in ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

The latest SKF rolling bearings and condition monitoring systems are playing a vital role in maximising the uptime of specialised precision devices used in the ISIS neutron and muon source at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire.

2 Nov 2009

New Low-VOC Polyurethane Enamel from PPG

PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) commercial coatings group has introduced AUE-120, a high-solids, low-volatile organic compound (VOC) interior polyurethane enamel. The new coating offers advantages over competitive high- and conventional-solids products that can help customers to increase productivity and reduce applied costs.

From PPG Industries Inc. 2 Nov 2009

United Spiral Pipe Dedicates New Plant in Pittsburgh

The new United Spiral Pipe (USP) facility, which is expected to create approximately 120 new full-time manufacturing jobs in Pittsburg, required about 320,000 hours of local building and construction trade labor to build...

2 Nov 2009

New Method for Manufacturing Nanowires

Danish nanophysicists have developed a new method for manufacturing the cornerstone of nanotechnology research - nanowires. The discovery has great potential for the development of nanoelectronics and highly efficient so...

2 Nov 2009

Smart Gold Nanocage Designed to Deliver Drugs to Specific Locations

The smart nanocage is designed to be filled with a medicinal substance, such as a chemotherapy drug or bactericide. Releasing carefully titrated amounts of a drug only near the tissue that is the drug's intended target, this delivery system will maximize the drug's beneficial effects while minimizing its side effects.

2 Nov 2009

Solar Energy without the Need for Massive Solar Cells

Converting sunlight to electricity might no longer mean large panels of photovoltaic cells atop flat surfaces like roofs. Using zinc oxide nanostructures grown on optical fibers and coated with dye-sensitized solar cell materials, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new type of three-dimensional photovoltaic system.

2 Nov 2009

Scientists Develop New Material for Solar Cells

A series of joint sub-projects and work-packages has enabled the scientists to develop a new, less expensive grade of raw material for solar cells. And the best news is that the new modules are just as efficient as curre...

30 Oct 2009

Scientists Develop First Optical Frequency Comb

Scientists at the University of Konstanz in Germany and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States have built the first optical frequency comb—a tool for precisely measuring different frequencies of visible light-that actually looks like a comb.

29 Oct 2009

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

The global semiconductor market has entered an exciting period. Demand for chip technology is both driving the industry as well as hindering it, with current chip shortages predicted to last for some time. Current trends will likely shape the future of the industry, which is set to continue to show

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

The primary distinction between graphene-based batteries and solid-state batteries lies in the composition of either electrode. Although the cathode is commonly changed, carbon allotropes can also be employed in fabricating anodes.

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

In recent years, the IoT is rapidly being introduced into almost all sectors, but it has particular importance in the EV industry.

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TMK Licenses Pipe Connection Technology to Wesco

Ceram Offers Testing Services for Zirconia Implants

Nanometrics Receives Multiple Orders from Semiconductor Foundry

Goodfellow Creates Fully Autonomous Company to Deal with US Market

Air Products to Build World-Scale Air Separation Unit in Texas

Alcoa Look to Provide Technology for Chinese Built Commercial Aircraft

Zwicki-Line Materials Testing Machines Approved for Use in Clean Rooms

SKF Roller Bearings Play Vital Role in ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

New Low-VOC Polyurethane Enamel from PPG

United Spiral Pipe Dedicates New Plant in Pittsburgh

New Method for Manufacturing Nanowires

Smart Gold Nanocage Designed to Deliver Drugs to Specific Locations

Solar Energy without the Need for Massive Solar Cells

Scientists Develop New Material for Solar Cells

Scientists Develop First Optical Frequency Comb

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

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Enhancing Materials Research with XRM Microscopy and Deep Learning Reconstruction

Digital Traceability and the Battery Passport: A Conversation with Rockwell Automation

Shaping the Future of Particle Characterization with Light Scattering

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