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Increased Aluminium Uptake in Automobiles Leads to Reduced Carbon Dioxide Emissions

The world aluminium industry reported today that the application of automotive aluminium in passenger cars manufactured in 2006 will lead to potential global savings of approximately 140 million tons of CO2 equivalent gr...

27 Jul 2007

Boeing's Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Takes to the Skies for the First Time

The innovative Boeing [NYSE: BA] Blended Wing Body (BWB) research aircraft -- designated the X-48B -- flew for the first time last week at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California....

27 Jul 2007

Rosti Back form the Brink

In 2006, Rosti Searcy lost its major customer, Maytag, following Whirlpool’s acquisition of Maytag and the subsequent closure of Maytag’s plant in Searcy. 90 % of Rosti Searcy’s total sales in 2006 ...

27 Jul 2007

Nanoclay Armour Used to Stabilize Latex Emulsions

Researchers at the University of Warwick's Department of Chemistry have found a way of replacing the soap used to stabilize latex emulsion paints with nanotech sized clay armour that can create a much more hard weari...

27 Jul 2007

New PET Compounds and GFRPs on Display at K with TechnoCompound

New PET compounds and long glass fibre reinforced polymers with improved properties will be the focal point of the presentation of the compounding specialist TechnoCompound, Bad Sobernheim/ Germany, at this year's &#...

27 Jul 2007

Plastic Omnium Reinforce Committment to Core Business Areas

Plastic Omnium announced its commitment to focusing on two core businesses—automotive equipment and products and services for local communities— and to significantly strengthening the latter. As part of th...

27 Jul 2007

LATI's Tailor-Made Compounds to be on Show at K in 2007

Milestones in corporate history will be in the focus of the trade fair presence of LATI Industria Termoplastici S.p.A of Vedano Olona/Italy (www.lati.com) at this year's ‘K’ scheduled from October 24 - 31...

27 Jul 2007

Impurities Improve Performance of Carbon-Based Organic Molecules

Often, things can be improved by a little “contamination.” Steel, for example, is iron with a bit of carbon mixed in. To produce materials for modern electronics, small amounts of impurities are introduced in...

27 Jul 2007

Corus to Set up Steel Distribution Centre in Greece

Corus Distribution & Building Systems (CD&BS) Division has today signed a 50:50 Joint Venture agreement with Kalpinis Simos to set up a new steel distribution centre, Corus Kalpinis Simos Steel Service Centre (CK...

27 Jul 2007

Corus Establish New Office in Romania

Corus International has established a new office in Bucharest, Romania to further expand its network of offices aimed at focusing on packaged steel supplies for in-country projects in the infrastructure, energy and minin...

27 Jul 2007

Captain Slow Demonstrates the Strength of Glass Using "Thoughtful" Test on Top Gear

Pilkington Planar has been heralded by the BBC as one of the most important innovations of the last 100 years in a new television programme. “James May’s 20th Century” hit our screens in July on BBC2...

26 Jul 2007

The Physiological Role of Isoprene Emission

Isoprene is a hydrocarbon volatile compound emitted in high quantities by many woody plant species, with significant impact on atmospheric chemistry. The Australian Blue Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains in the East...

26 Jul 2007

Outotec to Supply and Install Green Anode Plant to Dubai Aluminium Company

Outotec has agreed with Dubai Aluminium Company Limited of Dubai and Mubadala Development Company PJSC of Abu Dhabi for the supply of a new green anode plant and spent anode crushing facility for their aluminum smelter l...

26 Jul 2007

XRD Software Tailored to Analysing Epitaxial Layers from PANalytical

PANalytical’s new X’Pert Epitaxy and Smoothfit software version 4.2 allows the detailed analysis of semiconductor epitaxial layers using the company’s X’Pert PRO MRD and earlier high-resolution X-...

26 Jul 2007

Analytical Tool Uses Particle Size and Zeta Potential to Optimise Coatings

The growing use of nanosized particles in the development of new products with enhanced functionality further increases the value of the Zetasizer Nano from Malvern Instruments as an analytical tool for the paints and co...

26 Jul 2007