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Alcoa to Supply Custom Designed Wheels with Dura-Bright Finish for Shelby Mustangs

Alcoa announced today that it will supply custom-designed forged aluminum wheels featuring the company’s patented Dura-Bright® technology surface treatment to Shelby Automobiles for the company’s 2008 Mus...

1 Nov 2007

Air Products Sign Long Term Supply Deal with Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturer

Air Products, through its subsidiary Air Products San Fu Co Ltd in Taiwan, has signed a long-term contract with Rexchip Semiconductor Corporation, a joint venture company between Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation and E...

1 Nov 2007

Fuel Cells for Cars Closer to becoming a Reality

The average price for all types of gasoline is holding steady around $2.95 per gallon nationwide, but the pain at the pump might be short-lived as research from the University of Houston may eliminate one of the biggest ...

1 Nov 2007

World's Most Complex Phased Array or Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit

UC San Diego electrical engineers have developed the world’s most complex “phased array” – or radio frequency integrated circuit. This DARPA-funded advance is expected to find its way into U.S. de...

1 Nov 2007

Wireless Sensors to Monitor Jet Engine Bearings and Prevent Failure

Researchers at Purdue University, working with the U.S. Air Force, have developed tiny wireless sensors resilient enough to survive the harsh conditions inside jet engines to detect when critical bearings are close to fa...

1 Nov 2007

Declining US Housing Market Forces Production Suspension for James Hardie

James Hardie today announced plans to suspend production at its Blandon, Pennsylvania, plant in North America in response to the current US housing market conditions. James Hardie's CEO, Louis Gries, said: “...

1 Nov 2007

Elsevier to Begin Publishing Journal of Manufacturing Systems and Journal of Manufacturing Processes

Elsevier, leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information, today announced that it will start publishing the Journal of Manufacturing Systems and Journal of Manufacturing Processes on behalf of the Soc...

From Elsevier - Materials Science & Technology Publisher 1 Nov 2007

PVC Ceiling Tiles Cure Sick Building Syndrome

When construction over the last several decades resulted in buildings that are tightly sealed, it also resulted in a lack of adequate ventilation for acoustical ceiling tiles, leading to moisture buildup - the root cause...

1 Nov 2007

Huntsman Open New Polyetheramine Plant in Singapore

Huntsman Corporation formally opened its new world-scale JEFFAMINE® polyetheramine manufacturing facility at Jurong Island, Singapore. The plant, which was commissioned and began production in June, is the Company&rs...

1 Nov 2007

New and Innovative Halogen-Free Flame Retardants from Songwon

Over a period of almost 3 years Songwon Research and Development, headed by Dr. Sangha Kim, have screened more than 100 new molecular structures, resulting in 3 new and innovative halogen free flame retardants suited to ...

1 Nov 2007

Rio Tinto Alcan to Source More Alumina form Hydro from 2011

Rio Tinto Alcan today announced it has reached an agreement with Norsk Hydro ASA to expand its alumina supply to Hydro Aluminium from 500,000 tonnes of alumina per year to 900,000 tonnes from 2011 to the end of the contr...

1 Nov 2007

Zecotek Commence Commercial Production of Micro-Pixel Avalanche Photo Diodes

Zecotek Medical Systems Inc. (TSX VENTURE: ZMS) today announced that the Malaysian Institute for Micro-electronics Systems (MIMOS), Malaysia's premier center for advanced micro-electronics technology and manufacturin...

1 Nov 2007

Antimicrobial Properties of Clays Investigated

What makes some clays such powerful antimicrobial agents capable of killing MRSA and other virulent bacteria? It's a question that University at Buffalo researchers have been studying for several years. With fundi...

31 Oct 2007

Bayer MaterialScience Working to Bring Tailor-Made Polyurethane Solutions to SE Asia

Bayer MaterialScience inaugurated its first integrated systems house in Thailand today to bring tailor-made polyurethane solutions closer to customers in Southeast Asia. BaySystems ASEAN, located at the Bangpoo Indus...

31 Oct 2007

Study Indicates Scottish Demand for Concrete Aggregates to Grow Including Recycled Materials

The demand for aggregate in Scotland is forecast to grow by an average of 1.17% a year until 2018 with recycled and secondary aggregates taking a 20% market share by 2012, according to new research published by WRAP (Was...

31 Oct 2007