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New Silicone based Emulsion from Dow Corning Improves Paint and Render Performace

Dow Corning
recently introduced Dow Corning® IE-2404 Emulsion, a new chemistry that
improves performance in silicone resin emulsion paints when used as a co-binder.
Formulators of paint and facade renders will achieve significant benefits using
this emulsion, including lower water absorption, increased permeability to water
vapor, improved weatherability, and reduced dirt pickup.

From Dow Corning 18 Jan 2009

Industry's First 400 Amp Plasma Arc Metal Cutting System Now Available

Hypertherm, the world leader in plasma arc metal cutting technology, is building upon its industry leading HyPerformance® technology with the launch of the industry's first HyPerformance 400 amp system.

18 Jan 2009

Conference Will Cover Latest Advances in Heat Treatment of Aluminum, Titanium and High-Tech Composites

Advances in the heat treating of aluminum, titanium and next-generation composites
will be discussed during a two-day conference organized by the ASM
Heat Treating Society.

18 Jan 2009

Faux Stacked Stone Corners Allow DIY'ers to Create Professional Finish

Texture Plus, the
maker of high impact textured faux stone panels, introduces new Stacked Stone
Corners. The new line of Stacked Stone Corners are designed to coordinate perfectly
with the popular line of faux Stacked Stone panels.

18 Jan 2009

CF Inustries Make $2.1B Take Over Bid for Terra Industries

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF) announced that it has proposed to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Terra Industries Inc. (NYSE: TRA), in a transaction that would create a leader in the global ferti...

18 Jan 2009

IPCMS gets High Performance TEM for Studying Nanomaterials

The Institut de physique et de chimie des matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS - CNRS/Université de Strasbourg) inaugurated its new transmission electron microscope on 9 January 2009. This instrument, which will be d...

18 Jan 2009

Jeremy Gilbert to Chair Materials for Medical Devices Conference

Jeremy Gilbert, Ph.D. of Syracuse University will chair the organizing committee
for the 2009 Conference on Materials and Processes for Medical Devices (MPMD),
organized by ASM
International, The Materials Information Society. A call for papers has
been issued for the event, to be held Aug. 10-12 in Minneapolis.

18 Jan 2009

SMI Now Offers ZnO Deposition Development Services

Structured
Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI) announces today that it has opened its
application lab facilities for the MOCVD growth of ZnO based films for transparent
contact work as used with LEDs and photovoltaics, as well as ZnO films for transparent
and power transistors.

18 Jan 2009

DSM Now Offers Piezoelectric Actuators for Motion Control in Non-Magnetic and Vacuum Environments

Dynamic Structures and Materials (DSM) has expanded its portfolio of customizable FlexFrame PiezoActuators™. DSM's FlexFrame PiezoActuator™ product family can be custom-configured for unique geometric...

18 Jan 2009

Exhibitors Cramming for Space at UK Micro Precision and Nano Manufacturing Event

Following the highly successful first edition of MM Live 2008, the UK Micro Precision and Nano Manufacturing Event, demand for exhibition space has proven extremely high. With nine months still to go before the doors o...

16 Jan 2009

New Liquid Crystal Technology Will Allow Creation of New Optical Components

Dr Tim
Wilkinson from the Cambridge
University Department of Engineering's Photonics Research Group has made
an exciting breakthrough. He has combined liquid crystals with vertically grown
carbon nanotubes to create a reconfigurable three-dimensional liquid crystal
device structure.

16 Jan 2009

UK Aluminium Smelter Expected to Stop Production Later This Year

Anglesey Aluminium Metal, jointly owned by Rio Tinto Alcan (51 per cent) and Kaiser Aluminum (49 per cent), anticipates that it will end smelting operations at the end of September 2009 when its current power contract ex...

From Kaiser Aluminum 15 Jan 2009

BASF to Close Korean Butanediol and THF Plant

BASF
plans to permanently close its production facility for 1,4-butanediol (BDO)
and tetrahydrofuran (THF) in Ulsan, which has been temporarily shut down since
August 2008, and the company will continue to supply related customers via its
global network. BASF’s PolyTHF plant in Ulsan will continue to operate
with feedstock from the network accordingly.

15 Jan 2009

Methane Discovered on Mars

A team of NASA and university scientists has achieved the first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars. This discovery indicates the planet is either biologically or geologically active. The team f...

15 Jan 2009

mPhase Provide Update on Smart Nanobattery Development

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB:XDSL.OB - News) today provided updated information on the Phase II development project it is working on for the United States Army STTR Program. In September 2008, mPhase was contracted ...

15 Jan 2009