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Merger Creates World's 3rd Largest Integrated Coated-Recycled Board Company in the U.S.

Sun Capital Partners, Inc., a leading private investment firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and investments in market-leading companies, today announced that its affiliate, PaperWorks Industries, Inc. ("PaperWor...

15 Jul 2009

Illig to Present Latest Thermoforming Systems for Sheet Processing at Fakuma

ILLIG will present their latest line systems for sheet processing at the upcoming Fakuma, Friedrichshafen, October 13 to 17, 2009. These lines are suitable for manufacturing products for various applications in electrical engineering, electronics, automobile and vehicle construction, general industrial applications through to household, leisure and sports articles.

From ILLIG Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG 15 Jul 2009

Special Trailer Developed Allows Alloy Coils to be Transported More Efficiently

Wide products and coils have to be kept clean, dry and absolutely secure in transit - in some cases at a temperature of 200 degrees: The handling of high-performance materials from ThyssenKrupp VDM (Werdohl, Germany) pos...

15 Jul 2009

Physicists Find Way to Control Individual Bits Bringing Quantum Computers a Step Closer

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have overcome a hurdle in quantum computer development, having devised* a viable way to manipulate a single “bit” in a quantum processor without disturbing the information stored in its neighbors. The approach, which makes novel use of polarized light to create “effective” magnetic fields, could bring the long-sought computers a step closer to reality.

15 Jul 2009

BNL Researchers Win Award for Work on Superconductivity

J.C. Seamus Davis and John Tranquada, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, along with Aharon Kapitulnik of Stanford University, have been named the recipients of the 2009 Heik...

15 Jul 2009

Stacked Graphene NanoFibers Now Avilable from Strem Chemicals

Strem Chemicals, Inc, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals for research and development, announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Catalyx Nanotech to make Stacked Graphene NanoFibers (SGNF) available for...

15 Jul 2009

Infrared Thermography Offers Valuable Information to the Plastics Industry

Infrared Thermography is a technique that can be employed in the plastic industry for process optimization and quality improvement, as well as in the development of new tools. In the thermoplastic injection process, a large amount of information about the transformation process can be collected by taking thermographic images of the recently injected pieces that are still in the mould or that have just been extracted.

15 Jul 2009

Hydro Offers More Energy Saving Aluminium Building Systems

Hydro has acquired the people, products and portfolio of the Toulouse-based company, which delivers extruded aluminium shading devices. This includes the technology and patents that had been owned by Solarys, and increases Hydro's catalog of energy-saving aluminium building systems.

From Hydro Aluminium Extrusion 15 Jul 2009

Laser Scanning Microscope Covers All Wavelengths from 488 nm to 640 nm

The explosion in the number of new fluorescent dyes has opened up exciting new opportunities for life science researchers. However, each requires the microscope system to be equipped with an appropriate excitation laser, a limitation that has greatly restricted their adoption.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 15 Jul 2009

Reducing Construction Costs via Materials and Length of Construction

CERAM, a global expert in independent research and testing of building and construction technology, has published a new white paper highlighting how the construction industry can make significant cost reductions, particu...

15 Jul 2009

New Publication Reviews Fatigue in Railway Infrastructure

Fatigue in railway infrastructure from Woodhead Publishing provides a concise overview of fatigue in the railway industry from tracks and fixings to bridges and walk ways. After an opening chapter providing an overview of fatigue in railways the book goes on to focus on fatigue in railway and tramway track. Causes of potential failure are examined in such areas as rails and sleepers as well as rail fixings.

15 Jul 2009

Comprehensive Reference on Wheel-Rail Interface for Railway Engineers

Problems at interfaces are among the most common concerns facing railway engineers, particularly those occurring at the wheel/rail interface. It is therefore critical for reliability and safety of the railway system that...

15 Jul 2009

Records to Tumble on World's Fastest Track Compliments of BASF

The IAAF World Championships in Athletics, which begin on August 15 in Berlin, are the world’s biggest sporting event of 2009. There’s no doubt that records will be broken again when the top runners from the United States, Jamaica and Ethiopia compete. This is because the running events will take place on one of the world’s fastest tracks.

From BASF Corporation 15 Jul 2009

New Player in the Plastic Tube Fittings Market Place

KENT Systems proudly announces their entry into the plastic tube fitting market. With over 50 years of combined experience in the plastic fitting market KENT Systems decided to enhance their already successful product li...

15 Jul 2009

Value of the Global Plastics Additive Market to Exceed $5 Billion in 2014

According to a new technical market research report, Plastics Additives: The Global Market (PLS022B) from BCC Research, the global market for plastics additives was worth more than $36.2 billion in 2008 and an estimated $37.4 billion in 2009. That is expected to increase to $45.8 billion in 2014, for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.1%.

15 Jul 2009