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United States Steel to Consolidate Production Operations to Provide Greater Efficiency

United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) announced today that as a result of the company's continuing review and analysis of market conditions and their impact on customers' orders, it is taking further steps to...

2 Dec 2008

Siemens Present High Speed Cutting Solution for Medical Implants

The presentation focuses on the entire process chain of high-speed cutting and on solutions for the manufacture of medical implants and prostheses.

From Renishaw plc - Spectroscopy 2 Dec 2008

From Bomb Detection to Baby Monitor - New Innovative Baby Crib Monitor

Radar — the technology that tracks enemy bombers and hurricanes — is now being employed to detect another danger: when babies stop breathing. In a high-tech twist on the remote devices that allow parents to l...

2 Dec 2008

ThyssenKrupp to Supply New Crushers to Increase Coal Production in China

Essen-based plant engineering specialists ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik are to build another four fully mobile crushers in China. The China Power Investment Group, one of China’s five biggest state-owned utilitie...

2 Dec 2008

Applied Materials Launch Most Advanced Dielectric Etching System for Memory Devices

Applied Materials, Inc. today unveiled its Applied Centura(R) Enabler(R) E5 dielectric etch system, the industry's most advanced solution for creating the 40:1 high aspect ratio contact features that are critical to ...

2 Dec 2008

Air Products Sign Gas Supply Contract with Leading Chinese Thin Film Photovoltaic Manufacturer

Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced it has signed a turnkey gas supply contract to provide on-site gases, liquid bulk gases, specialty gases and gas equipment to China's Best Solar Hi Tech Co., Ltd, which is buil...

2 Dec 2008

Leading Aluminium Manufacturer Inaugurates New Recycling Furnace

Hydro
has inaugurated a new recycling furnace at its aluminium rolled products plant
in Hamburg. The EUR 12 million investment underlines the company's mission to
create a more viable society by developing natural resources and products in
innovative and efficient ways.

2 Dec 2008

Dow Chemical Signs Joint Agreement to Form K-Dow Petrochemical

The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), today announced that they have signed the Joint Venture Formation Agreement and ...

2 Dec 2008

ThyssenKrupp Stainless Steel to Shine Over New York

The Rockefeller Plaza Christmas tree is one of New York’s best-known images. For the past few years, this tradition has featured a contribution from Germany. When the 76th annual tree lighting ceremony takes place ...

2 Dec 2008

Aleris International Announce Closure of Specification Alloy Facility

Aleris International, Inc. announced today that it will be permanently closing its Tipton, Indiana specification alloys facility, effective today. As previously announced, production at this facility was idled on March 3...

2 Dec 2008

RSC Developing Advance Free Chemical Search Engine

An InChI Resolver, a unique free service for scientists to share chemical structures and data, will be developed by a collaboration between ChemZoo Inc., host of ChemSpider, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. Using the ...

2 Dec 2008

LOPEC-C to Showcase Latest Advancment in OLED Technology

Sharper contrast, lower power consumption, slimmer display screens. Displays with organic light emitting diodes (OLED) in TV screen format are already on the market. Manufacturers are looking for ways to inexpensively pr...

2 Dec 2008

Nikon and JEOL Announce Joint Distribution of Advanced Benchtop SEM

Nikon Instruments Europe and JEOL have announced an agreement that appoints Nikon as the official European distributor of the innovative NeoScope benchtop SEM

From Nikon Instruments Inc. 2 Dec 2008

Teknor Apex Launch New RoHS Compliant Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) Compounds

A new class of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounds that is fully RoHS-compliant meets stringent UL criteria for fire retardance while providing flexibility and toughness over a broad temperature range

From Teknor Apex 2 Dec 2008

New Nanochemistry Facility to Offer Custom-Made Nanostructured Materials

Strem’s nanomaterials manufacturing activities began in 2004 when it licensed technology developed by Prof. Dr. Boennemann at the Max-Planck Institute in Germany. This technology allowed for the manufacture of a variety of metal-based nanoparticles including colloids and magnetic fluids.

From Strem Chemicals 1 Dec 2008