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LDK Solar to Supply Wafers to and Purchase Polysilicon Production Equipment from Sunways

LDK Solar Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, announced today that it has signed contracts to supply multicrystalline solar wafers and to purchase polysilicon production equipment from Sun...

25 Sep 2007

A New Look at Protons

Dutch researcher Paul van der Nat investigated more than three million collisions between electrons and protons. In his PhD thesis he demonstrates -for the first time– that the spin contribution of quarks to the pr...

25 Sep 2007

Freeman Technology Launch New Accessory for FT4 Powder Rheometer

Freeman Technology is launching a new accessory for the FT4 Powder Rheometer at this year’s Annual Meeting & Exposition of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (11-14 Nov 2007; San Diego, USA)....

25 Sep 2007

American Superconductor Receive First Order for Static VAR Compensator

American Superconductor Corporation, a leading energy technologies company, today introduced a Static VAR Compensator ("SVC") product line. AMSC also announced that it has received its first transmission-level ...

25 Sep 2007

Automated Particle Characterisation System from Malvern Debuts Simultaneously in Europe and the US

Knowledge and understanding of particle shape as well as size is now essential in the development and control of many industrial processes. The Morphologi® G3 automated particle characterization system from Malvern&r...

25 Sep 2007

Patent Pending Composite Ballistic Shield Offers Advanced Design Features

>Composiflex , a global supplier of highly-engineered composite products, has a new, patent-pending ballistic shield on the market with advanced features designed to maximize user protection. Traditional ballis...

25 Sep 2007

Micromem MRAM Wafers in Commercial Production

Micromem Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce that as of September 20 2007 the MRAM wafers are in production in the Global Communications Semiconductor, Inc. (GCS) foundry. On September 17, 2007 Strategic Solutions, ...

25 Sep 2007

Platinum and Palladium Just Became Easier to Find

Finding uses for palladium and platinum--rare precious metals coveted by the automobile, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries as catalysts in chemical reactions-proves easier than finding the scarce materials themselv...

25 Sep 2007

Recycling of Wind Turbines Needs to be Considered in Their LCA

The development of wind power promises much in terms of providing us with renewable energy for the future and wind turbines could be the most effective way to harness that power. Danish researchers now suggest that in or...

25 Sep 2007

Radici to Form Chinese Engineering Plastics Joint Venture

RadiciGroup Plastics and Lati Industria Termoplastici SpA have signed a letter of intent to form a fifty-fifty joint venture to develop the Chinese engineering plastics market. The constant growth of this Asian marke...

25 Sep 2007

Capacity Expansion Leads to World's Largest Paraxylene Production Facility

ExxonMobil Chemical today announced it will invest in an expansion of its Rotterdam Aromatics Plant. The expansion will make this world-scale plant ExxonMobil’s largest paraxylene production facility, increasing it...

25 Sep 2007

Unique Metalworking Fluid Management Program Offered by Industry Leaders

Quaker Chemical Corporation and Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. have joined forces to offer companies in the metalworking industry a unique blend of high-quality products and environmental services from both companies. Qua...

25 Sep 2007

Disposable Stainless Steel Laryngoscopes Blades from Cenmed

Responding to customer demand, Cenmed Enterprises is now offering a line of Disposable Stainless Steel Laryngoscopes Blades for a variety of types of blades and sizes. Cenmed's offering of disposable stainless steel ...

25 Sep 2007

Seventh International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials by Elsevier

Elsevier, world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services is pleased to announce that it will hold the Seventh International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Mater...

From Elsevier - Materials Science & Technology Publisher 25 Sep 2007

Heat Pipes to Preserve Snow

Researchers from the Lavochkin Research and Production Association have invented a way to preserve snow on the mountain-skiing and racing routes, even in warm weather. The artificial cooling systems, which are being deve...

24 Sep 2007