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Corning Has Now Sold More than 30 Million Kilometers of LEAF Optical Fiber

Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announced today that it has sold more than 30 million kilometers of LEAF® optical fiber since introducing the product in 1998. As the backbone of many of the world’s most advance...

24 Mar 2009

Upgraded Software Allows Auto Manufacturers to Install Flexible Components

Can the newly designed dashboard be easily installed? What paths should the
assembly robot take so that the cables do not hit against the car body? A new
software program simulates assembly paths and also factors in the pliability
of components.

23 Mar 2009

New Report on Worldwide Nanotechnology Dental Implant Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of WinterGreen Research, Inc.'s new report "Worldwide Nanotechnology Dental Implant Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2009 to 2015" to their offering....

23 Mar 2009

Life Technologies and Nanosys Sign Quantum Dot Licensing Agreement

Life Technologies Corporation, and Nanosys, Inc. today announced a cross-licensing agreement
to share rights to an intellectual property estate related to fluorescent nanocrystals
(also known as quantum dots).

23 Mar 2009

Perovskite Could be the Key for Future Electronics and Nanoelectronics

A new PhD thesis from Chalmers shows that the multifaceted material perovskite could be of benefit in three key applications: fuel cells, gas separation prior to the storage of carbon dioxide and nanocomponents in electr...

23 Mar 2009

New Range of Homewares Made from Eastman Tritan Copolyester

Eastman Chemical Company announced today that three of its customers, Hourglass Coffee, Polar Plastech, Inc., and Cox Culinary Emporium (CCE), will introduce new products at the 2009 International Home and Housewares Sho...

From Eastman 23 Mar 2009

Dow Corning to Showcase Innovative Pressure Sensitive Silicone Adhesives

Dow Corning Corporation will exhibit its innovative silicone pressure sensitive adhesives and release coating solutions at the 4th International Adhesive Tape, Protective Films, and Label Expo (APFE) in Shanghai, China, ...

From Dow Corning 23 Mar 2009

Tritan Copolyester Used to Create New Line of Culinary Serving Products

Eastman
Chemical Company announced today that Cox Culinary Emporium (CCE) is introducing
a line of serving ware made with Eastman Tritan copolyester.

From Eastman 23 Mar 2009

BASF Go into Serial Production of Films for Stretch Hoods for Industrial Packaging

The highly elastic styrene-butadiene copolymer (SBC) Styroflex® 2G66 made
by BASF,
is now going into the serial production of films for stretch hoods by several
industrial users.

23 Mar 2009

Copolyester Used to Make Innovative Hourglass Coffee Brewer

Eastman
Chemical Company announced today that Hourglass Coffee, based in Portland,
Ore., will use Eastman Tritan copolyester in its Hourglass Cold
Brew Coffee System. Eastman Tritan offers toughness, dishwasher durability,
high-heat and chemical resistance and ease of processing.

From Eastman 23 Mar 2009

Dow Corning to Showcase Innovative Silicone Solutions for the Textiles Industry

Dow Corning
Corporation, a leading supplier of innovative silicone solutions for the
textile industry, will exhibit at the Second Annual Multi-Brand Environment,
Safety and Health (ESH) and Restricted Substance List (RSL) Factory Summit
April 27-28.

From Dow Corning 23 Mar 2009

Plastic Pitcher's Manufactured with Eatman Tritan Copolyester

Eastman
Chemical Company announced today that Polar Plastech, Inc., a high-end plastic
technology company, has introduced an innovative plastic beverage system, Polar
Pitcher, made with Eastman Tritan copolyester. Tritan, a new-generation
copolyester, balances the properties of clarity, dishwasher durability, toughness,
and stain and odor resistance.

From Linde plc 23 Mar 2009