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Registration Now Open for TMS Annual General Meeting and Exhibition

Registration is now open for The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society's (TMS) 139th Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Seattle, Washington, where materials scientists, engineers, educators, students, and industry...

12 Oct 2009

Wireless Networks Make Solid Walls Appear Transparent

University of Utah engineers showed that a wireless network of radio transmitters can track people moving behind solid walls. The system could help police, firefighters and others nab intruders, and rescue hostages, fire victims and elderly people who fall in their homes. It also might help retail marketing and border control.

12 Oct 2009

Parker Hannifin Acquires Marine and Industrial Diesel Expertise

Parker Hannifin distributor, BSP Hydraulics, has acquired ARS Anglian Diesels, the marine and industrial applications manufacturer and distributor. The acquisition will allow BSP to provide customers across a wider range of industrial sectors with its specialist knowledge and the latest Parker technology, helping end users improve their productivity and profitability.

From Parker Hannifin GmbH 12 Oct 2009

Composite Technology Research of Malaysia Receives Goodrich Award

Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) has chosen Composite Technology Research of Malaysia (CTRM) as a recipient of the Goodrich Strategic Supplier Award, which recognizes excellence in the supply chain. CTRM received the awar...

12 Oct 2009

Improved Business for Bayer MaterlScience Sees Return to Normal Working Hours

Effective November 1 this year, the Bayer subgroup MaterialScience (BMS) will be reverting to the standard collectively agreed work week of 37.5 hours at its German sites. At the beginning of February the company had int...

12 Oct 2009

Bayer MaterialScience Relies on the Labeling System of Bayer Technology Services Worldwide

Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) is the next company to define the logistics software LEXSY LabelPrint from Bayer Technology Services (BTS) as a global standard. Further to the existing installations in Europe and Asia, BMS&#...

12 Oct 2009

High Quality Biodiesel with Practically No Waste Streams

Yellow Diesel B.V. succeeded in producing high-quality biodiesel in a continuous fixed-bed micro plant based on heterogeneous catalysis. This process gives pure biodiesel plus a cosmetics/food grade glycerol, with practi...

12 Oct 2009

Eco Racer with Bodywork Made from Potatoes to Appear on BBC's Blue Peter Show

Researchers at the University of Warwick will be appearing on the BBC’s Blue Peter show on Tuesday 13th October to demonstrate their eco friendly “WorldFirst Formula 3 racing car” which can be powered by chocolate, steered by carrots, and as bodywork made partly from potatoes.

12 Oct 2009

New Leadership for Manufacturer of High Performance Specialty Alloys

Carpenter Technology Corporation (NYSE: CRS), a world leader in the development and production of high performance specialty alloys, announced today that it will be formally splitting the roles of Chairman and Chief Exec...

From Carpenter Technology Corporation 12 Oct 2009

Xstrata to Divest Share in Copper-Gold Project

Xstrata Copper announces that its subsidiary Xstrata Copper Chile SA has entered into a formal sale agreement with Barrick Gold Corporation for Xstrata's 70% interest in El Morro SCM, the holder of the El Morro coppe...

12 Oct 2009

Global Friction Products Business Expected to be Worth $15.7 billion by 2014

According to a new technical market research report, The Friction Products and Materials Market (AVM028D) from BCC Research, the global friction products business is expected to reach $15.7 billion by 2014. Its 5-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2009 to 2014 is projected to be 8%.

12 Oct 2009

Global Market for Microscopes Expected to be Worth $3.6 billion in 2014

According to a new technical market research report, Microscopy: The Global Market (IAS017C) from BCC Research, the global market for microscopes and accessories is expected to rise to $3.6 billion in 2014, for a 5-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.5% from 2009.

12 Oct 2009

Plastic Fuel Fillers Save Automotive Manufacturers Money

Premix offers electrically conductive PRE-ELEC® compounds for PE-HD based fuel filler systems. The new products enable significant cost savings since they can be used both in extrusion blow-moulded filler pipes and injection moulded filler necks and heads.

12 Oct 2009

German Flat Panel Display Forum Gets New Board of Directors

During the annual General Assembly in Munich on September 9, 2009, the members of the German Flat Panel Display Forum (DFF) elected a new Board of Directors. The acting Chairman Robert Isele is confirmed in his office. D...

12 Oct 2009

High Output LEDs Enhance Driver and Pedestrian Safety

The infrared Platinum Dragon from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors provides a high radiance from a small surface. With its 1 mm² thin-film chip in stack technology it generates an optical output of almost 1 W from a driving current of 1 A – that’s almost twice the output of the standard chips that have been used up to now.

From Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH 9 Oct 2009