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Dow Corning Boost Support for Chinese Earthquake Victims

International relief efforts have continued to increase in the wake of the recent earthquake disaster in China’s Sichuan province. As aid from around the world continues to pour into the region, Dow Corning Corporation has announced plans to help boost employee support of the relief efforts through a global one-to-one matching gift program. To date, approximately $200,000 in donations, corporate gifts, and employee givebacks have been pledged to the relief effort.

18 Jun 2008

Medical Device Manufacturer Buys Plastic Injection Molding Specialist

Synergetics USA, Inc., a leading microsurgery company that designs, manufactures, and markets medical devices for use primarily in ophthalmic surgery and neurosurgery, today announced that it has purchased Medimold, Inc....

18 Jun 2008

Rio Tinto Look at Developing a New Bauxite Operation in Australia

Rio Tinto has approved a US$30 million feasibility study to develop a new bauxite operation to the south of the existing Weipa bauxite mine and port. This is the first step towards significantly expanding Rio Tinto&rsquo...

18 Jun 2008

Corus Continues to Support Student Racing Teams

For the tenth year in succession, Corus, is once again supporting some of Europe’s leading student race teams - the University of Warwick in the UK, and the University of Delft in the Netherlands - as they compete in the annual International Formula Student competition.

18 Jun 2008

Timken Wins $380m Bearing Contract from Major Chinese Iron and Steel Producer

The Timken Company announced today that it secured a $3.8 million contract for bearings from Masteel, one of the largest iron and steel producers in China. The order is for large-bore Timken™ tapered and spheric...

From The Timken Co. 18 Jun 2008

Carbon Nanotubes Improve Flexural Strength of Epoxy-Based Composites

Nano-Proprietary, Inc. announced that its subsidiary Applied Nanotech, Inc. ("ANI") has achieved substantial improvements in the epoxy-based materials used in a variety of industries. ANI has been performing re...

18 Jun 2008

Online Tool Assists Architects and Designers Compare Performance of Architectural Glazings

PPG Industries has introduced an online tool that enables architects, specifiers and building owners to compare the relative energy and environmental performance of common architectural glazings on prototypical buildings.

17 Jun 2008

ArcelorMittal Selects AIS Solution to Improve Scheduling and Plate Nesting of Steel Mill

As part of a major expansion project on the heavy plate mill of Avilés, ArcelorMittal Asturias selected the AIS solution to improve scheduling and plate nesting. BetaPlanner, the well proven AIS module for rolli...

17 Jun 2008

Michelman Acquires State-of-the-Art Coatings Manufacturer

Michelman today announced the acquisition of Raleigh, North Carolina based Hydrosize® Technologies, Inc. Hydrosize is a manufacturer of state-of-the-art coatings including sizings, film formers, fixatives, binders as well as resins for the coating and composite industries.

From Michelman Inc 17 Jun 2008

DIY Urethane Foam Insulation Made from Renewable Materials

SprayMax Industrial Coatings Inc. announces the launch of SoyThane, bio spray-in-place urethane foam made from regrowable or renewable alternative energy sources. The do-it-yourself spray foam insulation is the latest ad...

17 Jun 2008

Interesting New Approach Could Recycle Carbon Tetrachloride CCl4

Because of its toxicity and the dangers involved in handling it, tetrachloromethane (carbon tetrachloride, CCl₄) can no longer be used or produced in many countries. However, the processes used in the production of other chlorinated hydrocarbons, such as chloroform (trichloromethane, CHCl₃), also produce CCl₄ as a byproduct. What is the best way to get rid of this unwanted substance?

17 Jun 2008

New Breakthrough Paves the Way for Low Cost Plastic Memory

Researchers at the Zernike Institute of Advanced Materials at the University of Groningen have developed a technology for a plastic ferro-electric diode which they believe will achieve a breakthrough in the development o...

17 Jun 2008

UK Bearing Manufacturer Opens Operation in Thailand

To accommodate future expansion and following significant growth over the past two years, the company is establishing a purpose-built factory near Rayong, one of Thailand’s thriving industrial and manufacturing centres.

17 Jun 2008

Low Power Microchip Puts Existing Models to Shame

A low-power microchip developed at the University of Michigan uses 30,000 times less power in sleep mode and 10 times less in active mode than comparable chips now on the market. The Phoenix Processor, which sets a lo...

17 Jun 2008

Shell Announces New Catalytic Process to Make Monoethylene Glycol MEG

Shell is delighted to announce the first start-up using its new Shell OMEGA (Only Mono-Ethylene Glycol Advanced) process technology. This process uses catalytic conversion of ethylene oxide to monoethylene glycol (MEG) as opposed to the traditional thermal conversion approach.

17 Jun 2008