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PPG Industries Celebrates 125 Years of Successful Innovation

PPG Industries is this year celebrating the 125th anniversary of its founding in 1883 as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. “We are very proud of our long heritage and our success over the years,” said Charles...

17 May 2008

Nucor Corp. Joint Venture Brings Euro 423.5 million Investment in Beam Production to Italy

Nucor Corporation announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 50% of Duferdofin-Nucor S.r.l., a new joint venture being created with Duferco S.A. for the production of beams in Italy and the distribu...

17 May 2008

Novelis Wins Excellence Awards for Aluminium Production

Novelis announced today that it has been named 2007 Supplier of the Year for Bare Metal Products by Alcoa Architectural Products (AAP), a business unit of Alcoa Inc. The award was one of three granted to Novelis at A...

17 May 2008

Innovataive Ceramic Ablator Material from NASA Helps Protect the Future of The Space Mission

The 2007 NASA Government Invention of the Year is a heat shield material slightly more dense than balsa wood that is designed to protect spacecraft during their fiery re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. The Lightweight ...

17 May 2008

Gallium Nitride Could Replace Silicon Chips

Even before Weixiao Huang received his doctorate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his new transistor captured the attention of some of the biggest American and Japanese automobile companies. The 2008 graduate&rsquo...

17 May 2008

New Plastic Fuel Tank Sensor Developed by BASF and Robert Bosch

New Bosch fuel tank pressure sensors made of BASF’s Ultramid

17 May 2008

Plastic Lens with Changeable Geometry Extends the Benefits of LED Lighting

Light-emitting diodes save energy. In terms of their light output, however, they have so far been unable to compete with light bulbs. A new, low-priced optical component is set to change that situation: It concentrates t...

17 May 2008

Steel Acquisition Helps BE Group Expand into Central and Eastern Europe

BE Group is acquiring Ferram Steel a.s. to continue the strategy of growth in Central and Eastern Europe. Ferram Steel a.s. will make a positive contribution to growth and profit and generate cost and capital synergies c...

17 May 2008

American Apparel Acquires Fabric Dyeing and Finishing Facility

American Apparel Inc. announced that on May 9, 2008 it completed an asset purchase agreement with U.S. Dyeing & Finishing, Inc. to purchase the assets of a fabric dyeing and finishing facility for approximately $3.8 ...

17 May 2008

Alcoa Making Progress on Renewable Hydropowered Aluminium Smelter

Alcoa today welcomed the decision taken by the Greenland parliament to advance into a second phase of joint studies with Alcoa into the feasibility of establishing a world class sustainable aluminum industry in Greenland...

17 May 2008

New Book on Failure Analysis of Heat Treated Steel Components from ASM

Failure Analysis of Heat Treated Steel Components, a new reference including many examples of heat treatment failures with a special focus on the demands of tool steels and aerospace materials, has been published by the ASM Heat Treating Society.

17 May 2008

Malvern Particle Sizer Used to Develop Vaccine Delivery System for Developing Countries

MIT Researcher are using the Spraytec particle size analyzer from Malvern Instruments in the development of an innovative platform for vaccine delivery, intended for use in developing countries. Aerovax is a nebulizer-based system that reproducibly reconstitutes and aerosolizes a vaccine for inhalation, without the need for an electricity supply.

14 May 2008

BASF and Valvoline Sign Reciprocal Licensing Contract

BASF SE and Valvoline, a division of Ashland Inc., have signed a new contract for the reciprocal licensing of engine coolants. This agreement replaces an existing licensing arrangement signed in 1994, the year Valvoline ...

14 May 2008

Shimadzu Release New UFLC Offering Higher Performance for Users

Shimadzu have increased separation performance to a level greater than that of conventional LC.

From Shimadzu Scientific Instruments 14 May 2008

Eastman Chemical Recognized for Energy Efficiency Practices

For the 15th consecutive year, every year since the program began, Eastman Chemical Company earned energy efficiency awards from the American Chemistry Council (ACC). As part of the Responsible Care® program, the ACC...

14 May 2008