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ASM International Secures Orders for Two Atomic Layer Deposition Systems

ASM International N.V. (NASDAQ: ASMI and Euronext Amsterdam: ASM), today announced that it has sold its Pulsar Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) system for high-k gates to two top Japanese logic device manufacturers for inse...

30 Jul 2009

New Softener to Treat Flame Retardant Textiles

Dow Corning Corporation, a leading supplier of innovative silicone solutions for the textiles industry, and DEVAN Chemicals have jointly developed a new softener to treat flame-retardant textiles. Dow Corning brand DS-90...

From Dow Corning 30 Jul 2009

Dow Corning to Show Off Various Textile Technolgies at 2009 Techtextil, Internationale Frankfurter Messe

Dow Corning Corporation, a leading supplier of innovative silicone solutions for the textile industry, will exhibit at the 2009 Techtextil, Internationale Frankfurter Messe June 16- 18, 2009. Dow Corning will feature &qu...

From Dow Corning 29 Jul 2009

Active Textile Protection Systems from Dow Corning

Dow Corning Corporation, a leader in innovative silicone technology for the textile industry, has added two new product lines to its Dow Corning brand Active Protection System family of impact protection materials. The S...

From Airflow Systems, Inc. 29 Jul 2009

International Packaging Specialist Acquires Plastic Film Producer

Clondalkin Group, the international producer of flexible and specialist packaging products with 40+ production locations throughout Europe and North America and annual sales in excess of $1.2 billion, is pleased to annou...

29 Jul 2009

Glass Fiber Reinforced Polyamide Alternative to Halogenated Polymers

A new 25% glass fiber-reinforced polyamide 6 compound provides injection molders with an alternative to halogenated flame retardant (FR) formulations while meeting stringent requirements for flame retardance, it was announced today by Chem Polymer, a unit of Teknor Apex Company.

From Teknor Apex 29 Jul 2009

American Superconductor Increase Supply Agreement for Wind Turbine Components

American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global energy technologies company, today announced that it has amended its multi-year contract with Beijing-based Sinovel Wind Corporation Limited, China’s lar...

29 Jul 2009

Important Revision for the Standard for Measuring the Particle Size of Nanomaterials

A revision to an important ASTM nanotechnology standard incorporates a large-scale interlaboratory study that took place in 2008. The revised standard, ASTM E2490, Guide for Measurement of Particle Size Distribution of Nanomaterials in Suspension by Photon Correlation Spectroscopy (PCS), is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee E56.02 on Characterization: Physical, Chemical and Toxicological Properties, part of ASTM International Committee E56 on Nanotechnology.

29 Jul 2009

Findings Open The Door to Improved Microbial Fuel Cell Architecture

In their most recent experiments with Geobacter, the sediment-loving microbe whose hairlike filaments help it to produce electric current from mud and wastewater, Derek Lovley and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst supervised the evolution of a new strain that dramatically increases power output per cell and overall bulk power.

29 Jul 2009

Valuable IP is Being Under Utilized

Today, in the midst of the recession, companies are scrambling to find unconventional ways to increase revenue and maximize their assets -- ideally at little or no additional cost. According to Chipworks, the world's...

29 Jul 2009

More Reasons Why Graphene Should be Used for Computer Interconnects

Recent research into the properties of graphene nanoribbons provides two new reasons for using the material as interconnects in future computer chips. In widths as narrow as 16 nanometers, graphene has a current carrying capacity approximately a thousand times greater than copper-while providing improved thermal conductivity.

29 Jul 2009

Progress Made on Producing Long Lengths of Carbon Nanotubes

With products that range from carpets to kites, you'd think Rice University chemist Bob Hauge was running a department store. What he's really running is a revolution in the world of carbon nanotechnology.

29 Jul 2009

Street Rod Painter will be Signing Autographs at PPG Stand at NSRA Atreet Rod Nationals

Street rod painter Charley Hutton will sign autographs at the Vibrance Collection Show Truck display for PPG Industries' (NYSE:PPG) automotive refinish business during the 40th annual NSRA Street Rod Nationals, Aug. ...

From PPG Industries Inc. 29 Jul 2009

Prototype Revolutionary Wind Turbine Unveiled

Solar Aero Research, a New Hampshire non-profit alternative energy research corporation, of Greenville, New Hampshire, today unveiled the proof-of-concept prototype of its revolutionary wind turbine. This totally enclosed unit, based upon the early patents of Nicola Tesla, further modified for low fluid velocity use as a wind turbine, is wildlife-friendly, yet promises high efficiency and low-cost energy production.

29 Jul 2009

LED Lighting Equipment Manufacturer to Receive Emmy Award

Litepanels, Inc., the worldwide leader in LED (light emitting diode) television and motion picture lighting equipment, will be awarded a Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for its proprietary lighting systems. Litepanels fixtures are used on a variety of network television productions including such high profile programs as "Desperate Housewives," Fox's "24", and "Without a Trace".

29 Jul 2009