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The Future of the Automotive Fasteners Market Covered in a New Report

Automotive fasteners assume high significance owing to the increasingly complex nature of vehicular designs, which is expected to necessitate stronger, improved and durable fasteners. Technological improvements have play...

17 Feb 2009

Report Predicts Global Automotive Plastics Market to Exceed 12.7 Million Tons by 2015

Global automotive plastics market is projected to cross 12.7 million tons by 2015 according to a report by Global Industry Analysts. Europe represents the largest market for automotive plastics. Asia-Pacific represents t...

From Celanese Corporation 17 Feb 2009

LG Unleash Solar Powered Mobile Phone

LG Electronics, a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications,
today unveiled its eco-friendly mobile phone equipped with a solar panel battery
cover at the Mobile World Congress 2009.

17 Feb 2009

10th International LED Conference and Exhibition

IntertechPira is pleased to announce that the 10th installment of its internationally
renowned LEDs conference series will be held October 20-22, 2009, at the San
Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.

17 Feb 2009

Using Hydrogels to release Drugs in a Controlled Manner

The New Materials and Supramolecular Spectroscopy research team at the Department
of Physical Chemistry in the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the UPV/EHU
is a pioneering one in the investigation of hydrogels and is led by Dr. Issa
A. Katime, author of the only book published in Spanish on the topic. At present,
they are using hydrogels to release pharmaceutical drugs in a controlled manner.

17 Feb 2009

Oxford Instruments Receives Multiple Orders for Diamond Like Carbon Deposition Tool

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT), a leading manufacturer of high technology tools and systems, has recently received multiple orders with a total value of over £3.5 M for its advanced Plasmalab®System133 cluster tool.

From Oxford Instruments Semiconductor 17 Feb 2009

New Porous Materials Help in the Race to Produce Hydrogen

President Barack Obama's pursuit of energy independence promises to accelerate research and development for alternative energy sources -- solar, wind and geothermal power, biofuels, hydrogen and biomass, to name a fe...

17 Feb 2009

Sticky Nanoparticles Open New Possibilities for Nanocomposites

Chemistry researchers at the University
of Warwick have found that tiny nanoparticles could be twice as likely to
stick to the interface of two non mixing liquids than previously believed.

17 Feb 2009

New Concept in Automotive Lighting Expected to Boost Sales

OSRAM’s polePOSition concept for automotive lighting at the POS makes quite an impression with its new pack designs and innovative display system. Its consumer-friendly design and clear layout plus communicative ic...

17 Feb 2009

BASF Launch Specialty Monomers

BASF is systematically expanding
its portfolio of specialty monomers and launching its new product 2-propylheptyl
acrylate (2-PHA) on the market. This is a new raw material and building block
for functional polymers.

17 Feb 2009

Stunning Couch Made from Corian

One of the special experimental exhibits at the recent Toronto Interior Design
Show in Canada featured “Vertebrae” – an innovative sculptured
couch constructed with DuPont
Corian. The beauty of the Vertebrae design is further enhanced with the
use of embedded lights.

17 Feb 2009