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Tata Steel and Corus Tubes Team Up at Offshore Technology Conference

Tata Steel International and Corus Tubes joined forces at the world’s largest offshore resources industry event, the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), held May 4-7 at the Reliant Park in Houston.

1 Jun 2009

ASM to Host Interconnect Technology Seminar

ASM International N.V. (NASDAQ: ASMI and Euronext Exchange in Amsterdam: ASM) will host an interconnect technology seminar on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at the Royton Sapporo Regent Hall in Sapporo, Japan. The seminar is ...

From ASM International 1 Jun 2009

First Upgrade of Hydrogenated Hydrocarbon Resin Facility Completed by Eastman

Eastman Chemical Company has successfully completed the first of several upgrades of its hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin facility in Middelburg, the Netherlands. By the end of 2009, these combined upgrades will increase c...

1 Jun 2009

Alcoa Support Recycling Programs at US Army National Guard Facilities

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that more than 50 U.S. Army National Guard facilities in Illinois, through support from the Illinois Recycling Association, will enhance their recycling programs by using recycling bins do...

1 Jun 2009

Airbus Demonstrates 40 Years of Innovation and Break Through Technologies

Airbus is proud to mark the 100th anniversary of Le Bourget Air Show by demonstrating break-through technologies, top-end innovations and Airbus "Firsts" from the company's own 40 year history. Visitors can...

1 Jun 2009

UK Molecular Engineering Lab to Host Open Day

Molecular engineering underpins a wealth of existing and new products - from soap to solar cells. To this end, The N8 Molecular Engineering Translational Research Centre or METRC will be holding an open day on June 9, at...

1 Jun 2009

Eco Friendly School Desk Nominated for Design Award

QProducts announces that the QDesk, the first eco friendly school desk that offers students an important lesson for the future has been nominated for its innovative product design as a contestant in an international design competition taking place in Chicago, IL.

1 Jun 2009

Demand for LCD Panels Still Weak

LG Micron vaulted to the lead on the heals of LG Display’s growth, according to the report The TFT-LCD Photomask Market, recently published by The Information Network, a New Tripoli, PA-based market research compan...

1 Jun 2009

European Stainless Steel Market May Have Bottomed Out

An air of optimism has been apparent in European stainless markets in may 2009, especially for coil products, despite there being no sign of an upturn in underlying demand. After many months of plummeting transaction val...

1 Jun 2009

Patents Awarded to NextWindow for Optical Touch Panel Systems

NextWindow, the leader in optical touch screens for all-in-one PCs and large-format displays, has been awarded two key technology patents, one in the US and another in China.

1 Jun 2009

Milling and Grinding Hybrid Tool Wins Kennametal Inventors Prestigious Award

Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) announced today that two of its inventors were honored with the Advanced Manufacturing Award at the 13th Annual Carnegie Science Center Awards. This is the eighth time that Kennametal has been...

1 Jun 2009

Haldex Completes Divestment of Wire Business

On December 25, 2008, Haldex AB (STO:HLDX) announced an agreement with Suzuki Metal Industry Co., Ltd., a Japanese manufacturer of steel wire, to divest its division Garphyttan Wire. All closing conditions with respect t...

1 Jun 2009

Rio Tinto Settles Iron Ore Supply Deals with Asian Steel Makers

Rio Tinto subsidiary Hamersley Iron has settled its iron ore contract for 2009 with South Korean steelmaker POSCO and Taiwanese steelmakers CSC and Dragon on the same terms agreed during last week with all its Japanese c...

1 Jun 2009

Theoretical Tiny Atom Muonium Might Be Found Using Super Collider

“True muonium,” a long-theorized but never-seen tiny atom, might be observed in current and future super collider experiments, based on theoretical work published recently by researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Arizona State University.

1 Jun 2009

Top Emerging Aerospace Technologies List Released by AIAA

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has released its first annual list of top emerging aerospace technologies. AIAA's Emerging Technologies Committee was created to identify new as well as e...

1 Jun 2009