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Cabot's Nanogel Aerogel to be Used to Insulate 60km Subsea Pipeline

Cabot Aerogel, a business of Cabot Corporation, today announced its patented and patent-pending Nanogel(R) aerogel Compression Pack(TM) product has been selected to insulate a 60 km subsea pipeline in the deepwater Gulf ...

21 May 2008

1960 Rambler Wrapped in Ferrari Red from PPG Wins Prestigious Award

PPG Ferrari Rosso Corsa Red finish from PPG Industries’ automotive refinish business adorns “Ferrambo,” winner of the 2008 Ridler Award, which honors the most outstanding custom car making its debut at the Detroit Autorama held annually in March.

21 May 2008

Leading Metals and Mining Company Bids to Acquire Esmark Steel

OAO Severstal, one of the world's leading metals and mining companies, today announced that it has made a proposal to the Esmark Incorporated Board of Directors to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stoc...

21 May 2008

Air Products/Linde Joint Venture Increases Production Capacity

East Coast Oxygen, a 50/50 production joint venture between Air Products and Linde North America, has expanded the production capacity of its facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The new liquefaction unit, which was rece...

21 May 2008

Boeing Begins Work on Larger Business Jet Based on Next Generation 737-900ER

Boeing has begun work on the first Boeing Business Jet 3 (BBJ 3). The BBJ 3 is a new, larger business jet based on the Boeing Next-Generation 737-900ER (extended range), which entered commercial service and was certified by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in April 2007.

21 May 2008

Smart Lithium Battery with Nearly Infinite Shelf Life

mPhase Technologies, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary AlwaysReady, Inc., today announced that it has successfully produced its first prototype of a lithium-based battery, with a virtually infinite shelf life, th...

21 May 2008

Bodycote Thermal Processing Increase Thermal Spray Capabilities through Acquisitions

Bodycote is pleased to announce the acquisition of three UK companies, Plasma & Thermal Coatings Ltd, Greenhey Engineering Services and NPE Innotek Ltd, which join the Metallurgical Coatings division of Bodycote’s Thermal Processing Group.

21 May 2008

New Process Could Make Titanium Affordable for Mainstream Applications

Titanium has traditionally been too expensive for most applications, however, that could change being developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and industry partners.

21 May 2008

GKN Aerospace Introduce New Deposition Techniques Developed for Composite Materials

GKN Aerospace develops techniques for rapid deposition of composite materials for aerospace components - sees increases in deposition rates by a factor of 40. With ever more of the airframe content manufactured from ...

21 May 2008

New Polymer Nanocomposite Demonstrates Unique Properties

Researchers at Northwestern University and Princeton University have created a new kind of polymer that, because of its extraordinary thermal and mechanical properties, could be used in everything from airplanes to solar...

21 May 2008

Predictive Maintenance Program Maximizes Efficiency and Performance for Industry

The Timken Company now provides a new turnkey Predictive Maintenance Program (PdM) for companies that want to maximize uptime and achieve improved performance. Using this new program, Timken will custom design, set up an...

From The Timken Co. 21 May 2008

ThinGaN Technology Provides High Power Eco-Friendly LEDs for Display Manufacturers

All the properties that light sources need for backlighting medium-sized LCDs (5 to 20”) are combined in OSRAM’s new high-power Ceramos Reflector LED in its tiny package. Developed for injecting light into a ...

21 May 2008

Boeing Flagship 777 Prepares for World Debut

The 777 Freighter will fly farther and provide more capacity than any other twin-engine cargo airplane.

21 May 2008

EPA Commence Joint Effort in Contamination Investigation

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today entered into an agreement with aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin to investigate the site of Loral Librascope, a former electronic weapons manufacturer in Glendale, Cali...

21 May 2008