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Will Q4 Steel Prices be Thwarted by Supply?

Transaction prices for most steel products increased in September in northern Europe. Producers have restricted their output since the onset of the international financial crisis, while stockists and end-users have reduc...

22 Sep 2009

Smart Trash Could Generate Income

Envision a distasteful trip to the curb to take out the trash as a pleasant - and profitable - stroll. Some juiceless batteries - those are good for a few cents. An old keyboard might fetch a few bucks. Even that emp...

22 Sep 2009

Bamboo Flooring Now Avalable from BuildDirect

BuildDirect is the exclusive North American channel for revolutionary direct print bamboo floors made from hyper-green strand-woven bamboo. "Strand-woven bamboo flooring is one of our best sellers," says Ro...

22 Sep 2009

America's Watchdog Extends Chinese Drywall Investigation

Americas Watchdog's Chinese Drywall Complaint Center has been doing everything possible to assist the hundreds of thousands of US homeowners, who now live in a toxic, & potentially lethal home, because of imported Chinese drywall. The group is expanding its investigation to include a desire for every homeowner in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Virginia & Texas to call the group, if they have lost more than two, or three air conditioning coils since 2004.

22 Sep 2009

Carpenter Technology Partner to Commercialize new Class of Metal Alloys

Carpenter Technology Corporation (NYSE:CRS) and Manhattan Scientifics Inc. (OTC BB: MHTX) announced today a joint technology agreement involving a new class of high strength metals with broad applications in medical, aer...

From Carpenter Technology Corporation 22 Sep 2009

Rio Tinto Sell Alcan Composites

Rio Tinto has entered into an agreement to sell Alcan Composites, part of the Alcan Engineered Products division, to Schweiter Technologies for a total consideration of US$349 million. The transaction is expected to clos...

From Amcor PLC 22 Sep 2009

First Ever Bose-Einstein Condensate Created Using Calcium

Physicists at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) have now succeeded for the first time worldwide in producing a Bose-Einstein condensate from the alkaline earth element calcium. The use of alkaline earth atoms creates new potential for precision measurements, for example for the determination of gravitational fields.

22 Sep 2009

Applied Materials Signs Deal with ENN Solar Energy

Applied Materials, Inc. announced today that it has signed a five-year contract with ENN Solar Energy Co., Ltd. to support ENN's solar photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing facility in Langfang, China, which feature...

From Applied Materials Inc 22 Sep 2009

What Happens to Biomimetic Nanoparticles When They Enter The Human Body?

Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have uncovered what happens to biomimetic nanoparticles when they enter human cells. They found that the important proteins that mak...

22 Sep 2009

Fully Automated Surface Finish Inspection with New Probe Option from Renishaw

Renishaw has added a new probe option for its revolutionary REVO® five-axis measurement system, which for the first time, allows surface finish inspection to be fully integrated within CMM measurement routines.

From Renishaw plc - Spectroscopy 22 Sep 2009

BASF's Luran ASA Copolymer Chosen for Automatic Lawnmower

To protect the expensive electronics of the new Automower 260 ACX automatic lawnmower from from the effects of wind and weather, the designers at Husqvarna selected Luran S, the ASA (acrylic ester-styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer) from BASF, for the approximately 80-cm-long, almost square housing.

From BASF Corporation 22 Sep 2009

Powder Metallurgy Summer School Proves Very Successful

The 9th Powder Metallurgy Summer School organised by the European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) took place in Kosice, Slovakia from 22nd to 26th June 2009 and this year was part funded from the reserves of the EPMA.

From European Powder Metallurgy Assn. 22 Sep 2009

Gold Resource Exceeds 1 Million Ounces

Gold exploration company, Gryphon Minerals Ltd (ASX: GRY), announces the significant milestone of reaching more than one million ounces of gold in the JORC inferred resource estimation at the company’s flagship Ban...

22 Sep 2009

Rexam to Close Steel Can Plant

Rexam, the global consumer packaging company, announces that it has entered into negotiations with employee representatives to close its beverage can making plant in Dunkirk, France, to balance capacity in the European m...

22 Sep 2009

Zwick Contributes State-of-the-Art Testing Facility in Germany

15th May 2009 saw the commissioning of high-efficiency, state-of-the-art testing technology in the Materials Testing Laboratory of the Faculty of Computer Sciences, Electrical Technology and Mechanical Engineering at the Lausitz University of Applied Sciences in Senftenberg, Germany. The machines involved were the new Zwick Z 600 E materials testing machine and the Zwick HFP 5100 Vibrophore, which has just received a software upgrade.

From ZwickRoell GmbH Co. KG 22 Sep 2009