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Uponor to Divest Irish Manufacturing Operation

Uponor announced a contract to divest its manufacturing premises in Cork, Ireland to a local building company. The deal was planned to take place in the final quarter of 2008. Later, in connection with the divestment of ...

31 Mar 2009

BASF Help Engineer Improvements for Tata Nano Car

BASF is supplying Tata Motors with products and engineering solutions for its new Nano automobile that reduce emissions, enhance fuel efficiency and improve the car’s overall aesthetic look. “We believe t...

From BASF Corporation 31 Mar 2009

Boeing to Jointly Develop Wing Assembly for Extended Range Warfighter

Boeing today
announced an agreement with Times Aerospace Korea, LLC (TAK) to jointly develop
a wing assembly for the 2,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended Range
(JDAM ER).

31 Mar 2009

mPhase Showcase Emergency Flashlight with Lithium Battery Technology

mPhase Technologies, Inc. showcased the AlwaysReady Emergency Flashlight on Thursday
March 19 at the NanoBusiness Alliance Public Policy Tour Product Showcase in
Washington, DC in the Russell Senate Office Building.

31 Mar 2009

Aluminium Giant to Close Precision Tubing Plant

Hydro
has decided to consolidate its aluminium precision tubing operations in North
America as result of the extremely challenging situation in the automotive industry,
and will consequently close its aluminium tubing plant in Michigan.

31 Mar 2009

European Solar Photovoltaic Patent Revoked

In an oral decision issued today, the European Patent Office (EPO) revoked
European Patent No. EP 0 871 979 issued to the University
of Neuchatel (the Neuchatel patent), which pertains to solar photovoltaic
(PV) technology.

From Applied Materials Inc 31 Mar 2009

Insituform Acquire Corrosion Protection Company

Insituform Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select Market: INSU) (“Insituform” or the “Company”) today announced the closing of its acquisition by merger of Corrpro Companies, Inc. (“Corrpr...

31 Mar 2009

Milliken to Highlight Clarifier for Polypropylene at NPE 2009

Milliken Chemical, a division of Milliken and Company, will spotlight its innovative Millad NX8000 clarifier for polypropylene (PP) at Booth 54055 in the South building at NPE 2009, the International Plastics Showcase in...

From Milliken & Company 31 Mar 2009

New Supercapacitors Based on Indium Nanowire and Carbon Nanotube Heterogeneous Films

The device is a supercapacitor, a circuit component that can temporarily store
large amounts of electrical energy for release when needed. A team headed by
Chongwu Zhou describes it a newly-published paper on "Flexible and Transparent
Supercapacitor based on Indium Nanowire / Carbon Nanotube Heterogeneous Films".

31 Mar 2009

American Superconductor Expands Alliance with Shanghai Electric Cable Research Institute

American Superconductor Corporation, today announced that
it has expanded its strategic alliance with Shanghai Electric Cable Research
Institute (SECRI) and has received a new order for AMSC's high temperature
superconductor (HTS) wire.

From American Superconductor 31 Mar 2009

Michelman Adds Another Distributor to Its Network for Emulsions and Dispersion

Michelman has added J. Tech Sales, L.L.C., of Boca Raton, FL, to its growing network of distributors. Effective March 1, 2009, J. Tech Sales will be the exclusive distributor for Michelman's line of Michem Emulsion b...

From Michelman Inc 31 Mar 2009

Microbes Used to Produce Clean Portable Electricity

A tiny microbe can take electricity and directly convert carbon dioxide and water to methane, producing a portable energy source with a potentially neutral carbon footprint, according to a team of Penn State engineers.

31 Mar 2009

American Iron and Steel Institute Supports Automakers Push for More Economical Cars

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) said today that it is actively supporting automakers as they work to produce more fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly vehicles that can meet the Department of Transpor...

31 Mar 2009

Inovative Smart Fiber Provides Firefighters with Additional Protection

DuPont
Personal Protection introduced Nomex On Demand -- an innovative smart fiber
that gives firefighters additional protection in temperatures of 250 degrees
Fahrenheit and above -- at the recent International Association of Firefighters
(IAFF) conference.

30 Mar 2009

Linde Wins Contract to Supply Gas to German Thin Film Photovoltaic Manufacturer

The technology group The Linde Group has been awarded a long-term contract to supply all the gases for next-generation thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module production at Masdar's manufacturing site in Erfurt, Germany. ...

From Linde plc 30 Mar 2009