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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

Market for Flame Retardant Chemicals Expected to be Worth $6.1 Billion by 2014

According to a new technical market research report, The Global Market for Flame-Retardant Chemicals (CHM014K) from BCC Research, the global market for flame-retardant chemicals generated $4.1 billion in 2008. This should increase to $6.1 billion in 2014, for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7%.

15 Jul 2009

Leading Microelectronics Failure Analysis Event Comes to San Jose in November

The leading event for the microelectronics failure analysis community returns to San Jose to help engineers and technicians identify defects that are costing manufacturers millions of dollars in failed components, repair...

From ASM International 15 Jul 2009

Materials Scientists, Engineers and Clinician to Meet at Unique Event in Minneapolis

The only medical devices event that brings together materials scientists and engineers, metallurgists, product designers, researchers, and clinicians is coming to Minneapolis, Aug. 10-12. "The Materials and Proc...

From ASM International 15 Jul 2009

Fluidized Bed Technology Burns Coal and Biomass While Reducing Emissions

Burning coal and biomass to generate power while reducing emissions at the same time, Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) technology uses fluidization to mix and circulate fuel particles with limestone as they burn in a low-...

From ASM International 15 Jul 2009

Corning Wins Award for Optical Fiber Technology

Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) was awarded the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' (IEEE) prestigious 2009 IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition. The award recognizes the company's sustained, out...

From Corning Incorporated 15 Jul 2009

Specially Formulated Silicones go on Display BONDexpo 2009

Munich-based chemical Group WACKER will be exhibiting a selection of its specially formulated silicone products for the adhesives and sealants industry at BONDexpo 2009. The focus will be on the new SEMICOSIL® UV. This is a room-temperature-curing silicone rubber which only crosslinks after irradiation with UV light.

From Wacker Chemie AG 15 Jul 2009

PPG Glazing Helps Building Projects Win Green Awards

The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) has named its top 10 “green” building projects for 2009, and four of them are glazed with architectural glass made by PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG).

From PPG Industries Inc. 15 Jul 2009

Unique Oval Shaped PET Bottles from Alpha

When a customer came to Alpha Packaging with a request for a unique oval-shaped bottle with an 8-ounce capacity, the package designers at Alpha Technology Center developed a series of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) ovals that met its needs.

15 Jul 2009

NASA Offers Students the Opprtunity to Experiment in Zero Gravity

NASA is offering undergraduate students an opportunity to test experiments in microgravity aboard NASA's "Weightless Wonder" aircraft.

15 Jul 2009

Goodyear and DuPont Team Up to Produce High Tech Kevlar Reinforced Tires

Scientists from DuPont have helped The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company by taking DuPont technology for high-strength Kevlar products and applying it to Goodyear tires. Goodyear-produced tires with Kevlar fiber are tar...

15 Jul 2009

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to be Powered by Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are expected to power Air Force unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the future because they are an optimum energy harvesting source that may lead to longer flight times without refueling...

15 Jul 2009

Soldiers Benefit from Solar Powered Portable Electronics

Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL/RX), in a concerted effort with Plextronics, Inc., and the Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center, both located in Pittsburgh, Pa., developed a ready-to-use, cost-reducing technology that can capture sunlight and store it as energy to power Global Positioning System components, portable communications, and other devices for U.S. soldiers.

15 Jul 2009

World Leading Nanofabrication Centre to Open in September

Wednesday 9 September will be a day of celebration in the School, when the Southampton Nanofabrication Centre is officially opened by Professor Ian Diamond, Chair of Research Councils UK (RCUK).

15 Jul 2009

Atomic Level Research and Heavy Ion Collisions Results in Presidential Award

Two scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory - Jason Graetz and Paul Sorensen - were among 100 researchers who were named recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on young professionals.

15 Jul 2009