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BASF to Showcase Leather Processes that Provide Economic and Ecological Benefits to the Leather Industry

The All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE) will be held September 2-4, 2009 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. BASF will be located in Hall W2 in Booth D 11. This year main focus of BASF will lie on processe...

From BASF Corporation 30 Aug 2009

Magnetocaloric Technology, An Environmentally Friendly Alternative for Refrigeration and Air Conditioners

BASF and Delta Electronics, Inc. want to use environmentally friendly magnetocaloric technology to develop new cooling systems and explore the opportunities of magnetocaloric power generation. The cooperation partners ar...

From Arburg GmbH 30 Aug 2009

BASF to Display Student Design Works at Fakuma

Seven works by students at the Royal College of Art in London will be exhibited by BASF at its booth 4308 in hall B4 at the FAKUMA trade fair that will be held from October 13 - 17, 2009 in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Desi...

From BASF Corporation 30 Aug 2009

Web Tool Calculates Benefits of Aluminum Truck Wheels

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that its Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products business today introduced CalcuLighter, http://www.alcoa.com/calculighter, an easy-to-use on-line tool, for truck fleet and owner-operators...

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 30 Aug 2009

Special-Lite Fibreglass Reinforced Doors Provide Blast Protection

Special-Lite's SL-17 Fiberglass Reinforced Polyester (FRP) Flush Door was found to provide protection to building occupants from flying debris in the event of an explosion according to the criteria of the ASTM F 1642...

30 Aug 2009

Roll-Kraft Re-Certified to ISO 9001:2000

Roll-Kraft, a worldwide supplier of tooling and equipment for the tube & pipe and roll forming industry, has just participated in the latest audit by the International Organization for Standardization and has successfully been re-certified as "ISO 9001:2000 With Design." Roll-Kraft has been certified to the ISO standards since 1997.

From Roll-Kraft 30 Aug 2009

Natural Stone Alternative at a Fraction of the Cost

Dekokast is a line of innovative faux stone products designed to replicate the beauty and performance of natural stone, without the high cost or installation hassle. Dekokast products include simulated stacked stone pane...

30 Aug 2009

LED Lighting Solutions for Oil and Petrochemical Manufacturers

Each Class 1 Division 2 LED light bulb is rated for 50,000 hours of life and contains solid state technology within an aluminum chassis, making it nearly vibration proof. Common applications for Class 1 Division 2 LED lights include manufacturing, petrochemical and oil field applications.

30 Aug 2009

Small LEDs from OSRAM Ideal for Backlighting Applications

As the smallest 1 W LEDs for backlighting LCD displays, the two white versions of the Oslon LX from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors provide strong light that can be very efficiently injected into thin light guides with the aid of an optimized lens. The displays can therefore be made ultra-thin and can be uniformly illuminated even with single-side injection.

From Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH 30 Aug 2009

Major Blaze at UK Plastics Recycler AWS Eco Plastics' Plant

UK Plastics Recycler AWS Eco Plastics has suffered a major fire at its Hemswell bottle sorting plant. The following press release was posted on their site: It is with regret that I can confirm we had a major fire at o...

30 Aug 2009

PPG Donates Funds to Support Undergraduate Corrosion Engineering

The PPG Industries Foundation has donated $5,000 to The University of Akron to support development of the nation’s first undergraduate program focused on corrosion engineering.

From PPG Industries Inc. 30 Aug 2009

Challenges and Opprtunities for Flexible Electronics at Printed Electronics Asia

While materials for organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) are getting better and better, and encouraging news about record-breaking parameters in efficacy and luminance were published quite recently, one of the major pro...

30 Aug 2009

Stork Cellramic Complete Facility for HVOF Thermal Spraying Oversized Components

Stork Cellramic is pleased to announce the completion of its new High Velocity Oxygen Fuel (HVOF) thermal spray chamber. The oversized workspace (15 feet by 28 feet) was designed to accommodate a robotically-operated thermal spray application and handling system for parts and products up to twenty feet in length and 15,000 pounds. The chamber replaces two smaller spray booths in the Stork Cellramic facility in north Milwaukee.

30 Aug 2009

Owen-Illinois Close Glass Plant

As a result of the company's ongoing review of its global manufacturing footprint, Owens-Illinois, Inc., (NYSE: OI) has concluded a process of consultation with local union representatives and has closed its glass co...

From O-I Glass 30 Aug 2009

Detailed Look at the Chemistry of a Molecule

IBM scientists have been able to image the "anatomy" -- or chemical structure -- inside a molecule with unprecedented resolution, using a complex technique known as noncontact atomic force microscopy.

28 Aug 2009