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3M Unveils Latest Optical Film for LCD TVs

Building upon its portfolio of Vikuiti™ Optical Film solutions, 3M’s Optical Systems Division today unveiled its latest optical film solution for LCD TVs - the Vikuiti DBEF D3-260 - which is optimized for LCD TVs below 40-inches. Vikuiti Dual Brightness Enhancement Films (DBEF) offer substantial energy savings of up to 32%, without sacrificing performance or image quality.

From 3M 20 Oct 2009

Pharmafilter to Use Bioplastic to Manufacture Disposable Hospital Products

Pharmafilter BV, a bioenergy technology company based in Amsterdam, has selected Mirel bioplastics for a suite of disposable products for hospital use. Pharmafilter BV is currently commercializing its patented Pharmafilt...

20 Oct 2009

Automation Upgrade Returns Aerospace Gear Hobber to Reliable Production

Automation upgrade specialists MasterControls Inc. and Southern Technical Services have jointly retrofitted a Gleason 782 gear hobber with a new CNC control system from NUM. The machine is used by a large aerospace components manufacturer in Chihuahua, Mexico, to produce spur, helical and crown gears with complex profiles. Prior to the retrofit, the machine's control system had become increasingly unreliable, resulting in high maintenance overhead and unacceptable downtime.

20 Oct 2009

Timken Expand Offerings for the Aerospace Industry

The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) has been steadily expanding its aerospace business over the past decade, servicing more than 30,000 main engines, gearboxes, and APUs, on 70 different platforms every year. Key recent expan...

From The Timken Co. 20 Oct 2009

NMK Acquires Majority Share in Coal Company

OJSC "Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works" (MMK) announces that it has closed the transaction to get effective control over 82.6% of OJSC "Belon" (Belon) - one of the leading coal concentrate producers ...

20 Oct 2009

Choose your Clothes Carefully to Protect you from the Sun's Harmful UV Rays

Economy-minded consumers who want protection from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays — but rather not pay premium prices for sun-protective clothing — should think blue and red, rather than yellow.

19 Oct 2009

Roll-Kraft Provide Tube and Pipe Roll Forming Seminars

Roll-Kraft has provided customers around the world with tube & pipe and roll forming educational seminars and services during the economic slowdown. Areas have included Canada and Venezuela, along with various U.S. locations all the way from Pennsylvania to points west, such as Utah and Texas.

From Roll-Kraft 19 Oct 2009

Firehole Technologies Extend Composite Design and Analysis Capabilities

Firehole Technologies, Inc., a leader in advanced composite analysis and simulation, today announced the acquisition of CompositePro from Peak Composites, Inc.. The acquisition of CompositePro will allow Firehole to enha...

19 Oct 2009

Power Failure Affects LCD Production at Corning Plant

Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announced today that its LCD glass manufacturing facility in Taichung, Taiwan, experienced a power disruption over the weekend that affected some of its glass-making operations. The compan...

From Corning Incorporated 19 Oct 2009

Polysius Adds Environmental Technology to Cement Portfolio

Polysius strengthens its systems business on the cement plant engineering sector by adding environmental technology. The increasing demands imposed on the cleaning of flue gas in the cement industry have to be met wit...

19 Oct 2009

Siemens Wins Contract for 2 Rod Outlets for Chinese Steel Mill

The Jiangsu Shagang Group Company has awarded contracts to Siemens VAI Metals Technologies for two new rod outlets to increase capacity and improve product quality at its Zhangjiagang mill. The value of the order is more...

From Primetals Technologies Limited 19 Oct 2009

Solutia to Reopen Insoluble Sulfur Plant

Solutia Inc. (NYSE:SOA) has recently announced its plans to reopen its Monongahela, Pennsylvania, manufacturing site by early November. "Demand for Crystex insoluble sulfur has improved significantly since the f...

19 Oct 2009

Totally Black Laminated Glass

Saflex, a unit of Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA) and the world leader in protective interlayer for laminated glass, announces the newest addition to its Vanceva Color Studio: Absolute Black. As a dramatic, black opaque PVB bas...

19 Oct 2009

Novelis Recognized for Commitment to Recycling

Keep America Beautiful, Inc., the nation's largest nonprofit community improvement organization, has chosen Novelis Inc. as its 2009 Vision for America Award honoree. Keep America Beautiful recognizes and honors Nove...

From Novelis Corp 19 Oct 2009

Plastic Optical Fibre to Revolutionise Communications

It may look like little more than fishing line, but plastic optical fibre or POF promises to revolutionise high-speed last-mile communications networks. Its evolution is being aided by groundbreaking research in Europe.

19 Oct 2009