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Steel Industry is Past Its Worst

MEPS analysis shows that steel production cuts were at their deepest in the final quarter of 2008. The rate of steel capacity utilisation across the globe fell to 71.6 percent in that period and moved up marginally in th...

16 Jul 2009

Could Straw Be the Building Material of The Future

Could straw houses be the buildings of the future? That’s what researchers at the University of Bath will be testing this summer by constructing a “BaleHaus” made of prefabricated straw bale and hemp cladding panels on campus.

16 Jul 2009

Sabic Provide Stain Resistant Technology to Carpet Based on Recycled Nylon

At SABIC Innovative Plastics, customer focus, collaboration and application co-development are an integral part of the company’s business strategy. So when Interface Americas, Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of modular carpet and a leader in the sustainability movement, created its new Convert™ carpet line to leverage the use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) nylon fiber, SABIC Innovative Plastics provided total customer support.

From SABIC Innovative Plastics 16 Jul 2009

New Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Available

MIP Technologies AB and Supelco, a division of Sigma-Aldrich announced today the launch of a new molecularly imprinted polymer, SPE product, SupelMIPTM, for the selective extraction of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory dru...

From Sigma-Aldrich 16 Jul 2009

Ausmelt Targets Small and Medium Scale Lead Recyclers

Ausmelt Ltd (AET) has signed a co-operation agreement with a major Indian group under which the two companies will market their complementary technologies globally to small and medium-scale lead recyclers. Ausmelt ha...

15 Jul 2009

High Performance Reinforcing Agent for Polyolefins

With the recent announcement of tougher federal standards for improved vehicle fuel efficiency, weight reduction promises to become even more imperative for the automotive industry. To help automakers and suppliers achieve greater weight-out, Milliken Chemical, a division of Milliken & Company, is introducing Hyperform® HPR-803 high performance reinforcing agent for polyolefins.

From Milliken & Company 15 Jul 2009

New Biopolymer Offerings Prove Extremely Popular

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today announced its recent introduction of new technology platforms and biopolymer solutions helped capture se...

15 Jul 2009

Defect Analysis Platform for Semiconductor Manufacturers Wins Award

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that its Applied SEMVision™ G4 Defect Analysis platform has been honored with the prestigious Editors' Choice Best Product Award by Semiconductor International (SI) magazine.

From Applied Materials Inc 15 Jul 2009

Nanotechnology Could Enable Fuel Cells to become More Competitive

Fuel cells can compete with batteries, the internal combustion engine and the power grid. Hydrogen can compete with any fuel now produced and cause no pollution but its price is higher than gasoline or natural gas becaus...

15 Jul 2009

Veeco Aggressively Accelerates Efforts into the Solar Cell Market

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that it has completed a transaction to purchase certain assets of DayStar Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: DSTI), in order to accelerate its penetration of the rapidly growing copper, indium, gallium, selenium (CIGS) solar market.

From Veeco 15 Jul 2009

Laser Light Turns Shiny Metals Black

Dr. Chunlei Guo and his team of researchers for the project discovered a way to transform a shiny piece of metal into one that is pitch black, not by paint, but by using incredibly intense bursts of laser light.

15 Jul 2009

SentryGlas Licensed by UK Structural and Architectural Glass Products Manufacturer

DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions has licensed its DuPont SentryGlas Expressions digital interlayer technology to Sharda Glass, Ltd. located in West Drayton, United Kingdom. Established in 2006 by Neil Sharda, Sharda Gla...

15 Jul 2009

Plywood Alternative Revolutionises Engineering and Design Thought Processes

Uniboard entered the Australian and New Zealand markets during April 2008 with an enormous impact. This strong yet lightweight and universal replacement to marine ply board, plywood and traditional construction materials...

From Dotmar EPP Pty Ltd 15 Jul 2009

Thick Film Epoxy Lining Continues to Protect Petroleum Storage Tanks 30 Years On

Like the Energizer Bunny®, a reinforced, 100-percent-solids thick-film epoxy interior lining, Tnemec Bridgeport Glass Armor 300, keeps going and going and going as it protects several petroleum storage tanks in Pasadena, Texas, from corrosion. Originally applied to the tanks in 1977, the Glass Armor linings were recently found to be in good condition when tested in accordance with the American Petroleum Institute (API) 652 Linings of Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tank Bottoms, according to Tnemec coating consultant Eddie Borne.

15 Jul 2009

OLED Market Predicted to be Worth $7.1 billion by 2016

In its latest Quarterly OLED Shipment and Forecast Report, DisplaySearch forecasts the total OLED display market will grow to $7.1 billion by 2016, from $0.6 billion in 2008, with a CAGR of 36% (Figure 1).

15 Jul 2009