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Program Offers Researchers Inexpensive Access to Microchip Design Tools

A European-sponsored programme that gives universities inexpensive access to state-of-the-art microchip design tools and fabrication techniques, and helps even small businesses fabricate novel microchips, is helping Euro...

7 Oct 2009

Awards for Automotive Components Made with BASF's Polyamide Resin

Of the plastic automobile components honored with an SPE Automotive Division Award 2009 (Europe), the Powertrain category included an innovative design for which BASF not only supplied the Ultramid® (polyamide) resin, but also assisted through provision of complex development methods.

From Linde plc 7 Oct 2009

Major Plant Expansion for Precision Injection Moulding Company

Vision Technical Molding LLC, a manufacturer of precision injection molding components, today announced a major 27,000-sq-ft facility expansion to provide world-class capabilities and services to the medical device indus...

7 Oct 2009

Ultra G Green Lasers Now Available from AMS Technologies

Laser Operations LLC released the Ultra-G™ green laser product line, a new visible laser product family based on QPC Lasers’ proprietary BrightLock® monolithic chip wavelength stabilization technology.

From AMS Technologies AG 7 Oct 2009

Environmentally Friendly Alternative to PVC Packaging

At Pack Expo 2009, here, Spartech Corporation, a leader in the development and design of green packaging materials, has answered the demand for environmentally responsible, sustainable polyvinyl chloride (PVC) replacemen...

From Spartech Corporation 7 Oct 2009

Spartech to Show Packaging with Improved Sustainability at Pack Expo 2009

Spartech Corporation, a leader in the development of sustainable, innovative packaging technologies, has developed EnviroAirTM, a new technology which reduces the weight of monolayer and co-extruded rigid plastic sheet a...

From Hydro - Aluminium Alloys and Products 7 Oct 2009

Superior Vials for HPLC Analysis Available from Shimadzu

Researchers often overlook the importance of selecting the right vials for high-performance liquid chromatography. Shimadzu designed the Prominence HPLC vials with superior glass and septa quality, which are critical to enhance performance in HPLC testing.

From Shimadzu Scientific Instruments 7 Oct 2009

PPG Launch Industrial Coatings Web Site

PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has launched a Web site at www.ppgindustrialcoatings.com. The site showcases PPG’s liquid, powder and electrocoat coatings as well as its pretreatment and engineered products for automobile parts and accessories, appliances, consumer electronics, sports equipment, sportswear, heavy-duty equipment and other applications.

From PPG Industries Inc. 7 Oct 2009

Breakthrough with CMOS Semiconductor Technology and Silicon Nanowires

Leti, the leading research and development institute focused on micro- and nano-technologies, announced today that it has broken new ground in the integration of nanotechnology with traditional complementary metal oxide ...

7 Oct 2009

Tronics Wins 2009 Foundry of the Year Award from Semiconductor Magazine

Tronics, a leading global integrated manufacturer of custom MEMS, has received the 2009 Foundry of the Year Award from EuroAsia semiconductor magazine for its history of profitability and growth, including expanding its ...

7 Oct 2009

Advanced Composites to Showcase Expertise at COMPOTEC

Advanced Composites Group Ltd. (ACG) and Richmond Aerovac, both part of the Composites Division of Umeco plc, represented by ACG Italia and Aerovac Italia SRL respectively, will be exhibiting in Pavilion C at COMPOTEC 20...

7 Oct 2009

Veeco MOCVD System Approved for Use on Azur Solar Cells

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that its TurboDisc Arsenic Phosphide (As/P) metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) System has been qualified for production at AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH of...

From Veeco 6 Oct 2009

New Paper on Piezo Actuator Lifetime and Reliability Available from PI

Piezo specialist PI (Physik Instrumente) has released a new paper on piezo actuator lifetime and reliability. The paper describes the development and lifetime tests of ceramic encapsulated actuators in comparision with conventional polymer coated piezo actuators.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 6 Oct 2009

Handbook of Thermoset Resins Launched by iSmithers Rapra Publishing

iSmithers Rapra Publishing has announced the release of Handbook of Thermoset Resins. This handbook is designed as a stand-alone guide to thermoset resins, an important class of polymer materials.

From Smithers Rapra Technology Ltd 6 Oct 2009

Bayer Present New Applications Made Possible with Carbon Nanotubes

The extraordinary properties of BaytubesR carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have sparked new and highly promising lightweight design concepts that improve both energy efficiency and mechanical strength. Such concepts are the f...

6 Oct 2009