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Dow Corning Bestows Distributor of the Year Award on Krayden

Dow
Corning Americas Electronics Channel Team is pleased to announce Krayden,
Inc. is the recipient of the Distributor of the Year Award and GOLD level status
for 2008. This is the third year (since program inception) that Krayden has
earned GOLD level performance.

From Dow Corning 1 Feb 2009

Chemtura Launch New Mixed Metal Liquid Stabilizers for PVC

Chemtura (NYSE: CEM) announces the launch of their new, Mark® mixed metal, liquid stabilizer range of additives for PVC that are free of ptBBA (para-tertiarybutyl benzoic acid), nonyl phenol and 2-EHA (2-ethyl hexano...

1 Feb 2009

Alcoa and Aluminum Featured on Discovery Channel Program

When Discovery Channel wanted to better understand aluminum, one of the world’s
most recyclable materials, for its new television series, “How Stuff Works,”
they came to Alcoa.

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 1 Feb 2009

Rio Tinto Comment on Chinalco Rumours

Rio Tinto notes the recent press speculation regarding discussions with Chinalco, an existing shareholder. As previously announced, the Boards of Rio Tinto are continuing to consider a range of options. In this regar...

1 Feb 2009

Airbus Form Aircraft Composite Components Manufacturing Joint Venture in China

Airbus and a group of Chinese industrial partners today signed a contract to establish a Joint Venture Manufacturing Centre in Harbin, China to manufacture composite material parts and components for the Airbus A350 XWB ...

1 Feb 2009

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Production Resumes

Production of Boeing 787 Dreamliners resumed with the join of the fifth airplane
designated for flight test.

1 Feb 2009

mPhase Sign Agreement for the Manufacture of AlwaysReady Emergency Battery

mPhase Technologies,
signed a contract with EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, C & Porter Streets,
Joplin, Missouri 64801 to manufacture the AlwaysReady Emergency Battery for
the premium version of the AlwaysReady Emergency Flashlight.

1 Feb 2009

Demand for Baling Equipment Rises as Companies Embrace Recycling

Olympic Wire and
Equipment, California's leader in bailing and recycling equipment, announced
today that in 2008, demand for baling equipment climbed as companies turned
to recycling to reduce costs and eliminate waste in today's challenging economy.
Olympic, which sells and installs customized balers and recycling equipment
for cardboard, Styrofoam, shrink and stretch film waste, PET bottles and more.

1 Feb 2009

Robert D. Halverstadt of Special Metals Named Honorary Member of ASM International

Robert D. Halverstadt, FASM, Chairman Emeritus (retired) of Special Metals Corporation, New Canaan, Conn., has been named an Honorary Member of ASM International, the materials information society (www.asminternational.o...

From ASM International 30 Jan 2009

Leading Thermal Spray Researcher to Meet in Las Vegas

From America to Scandinavia to the Far East, the world’s leading thermal spray researchers, suppliers and applicators are coming to Las Vegas. The International Thermal Spray Conference & Exposition (ITS...

30 Jan 2009

Paint that Changes Colour on Demand

Want to show support for your favorite team? What if you could change the color of your car to black and gold (or red and white) in seconds? Scientists have developed a paramagnetic paint that can change color li...

From ASM International 30 Jan 2009

Oxford Large Area Silicon Drift Detector Smashes Record for New Product Launches

Customers looking for improved productivity and increased accuracy have realised
that size really does matter! Orders for Oxford
Instruments' new large area silicon drift detector for the SEM have
exceeded expectations, and smashed previous records for new product launches.

30 Jan 2009

Noliac to Open Piezo Products Division in North America

On February 2nd 2009, Noliac
lifts the veil on a new family member: Noliac North America. Newly-appointed
Managing Director John Klausen will react to increasing global demand for piezo
products by being closer to the customers in North America and ensure proficient
piezo support at hand.

30 Jan 2009

Bodycote Electron Beam Welding Operation Awarded Nadcap Accreditation

Bodycote’s Cambridge (UK) facility, part of the Heat Treatment & Metal Joining division, has been awarded Nadcap accreditation for its Electron Beam Welding (EBW) operations. Electron Beam Welding is a s...

30 Jan 2009

New Phase of Elemental Boron Discovered

The new structure can be viewed as a NaCl-type structure, with anionic and cationic positions occupied by two different clusters of boron atoms (B12 and B2). The difference of the electronic properties of these clusters ...

29 Jan 2009