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Boeing $600 Million in Contracts with Chinese Suppliers

Boeing has announced agreements with Chinese suppliers worth an estimated US$600 million for production of commercial airplane parts and components, including the first firm contract with such suppliers to build parts fo...

6 Jun 2005

Berry Plastics Corporation Acquires Kerr Group

Berry Plastics Corporation has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Kerr Group for $445 million, including repayment of existing indebtedness. The purchase price was funded with additional senior secured de...

6 Jun 2005

BASF Coatings Introduces Waterborne Automotive Basecoat Technology in China

An SGM (Shanghai General Motors) Excelle painted with BASF waterborne basecoats has rolled off the General Motors assembly line in Shanghai, marking the first use of waterborne basecoat technology in the history of the C...

6 Jun 2005

Steel Imports Register Decline in January 2005

American Institute for International Steel President David Phelps issued the following statement in response to the preliminary steel import data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce: Based on preliminary repor...

6 Jun 2005

Sticky Teflon: Recovery of Fluorine-Containing Catalysts with a Teflon Strip

Cake doesn't cling to pans with a nonstick coating, fried eggs don't stick to a teflon pan. So nothing sticks to teflon? Not so! Teflon can also be very "sticky", which is a desirable property, particul...

6 Jun 2005

First Sales in Japan for Freeman’s FT4 Powder Rheometer

Freeman Technology has made the first sales of its FT4 Powder Rheometer into Japan. In January this year, the company entered into a distribution agreement with the Sysmex Corporation (Kobe, Japan) whereby Sysmex gained ...

2 Jun 2005

Kobe Steel to Establish Copper Sheet Processing Company in China

Kobe Steel, Ltd. has announced that it has established a wholly owned company in China to slit copper sheet for use in electronic applications. Called Suzhou Kobe Copper Technology Co., Ltd., the new company is based in ...

From Kobe Steel 2 Jun 2005

Students Rev up for Challenge X with Ethanol-Fueled Hybrid SUV Design

The Virginia Tech College of Engineering’s Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team (HEVT) is heading off to General Motors (GM) University in Detroit, Mich., to present its design for a new type of sports utility vehicle. ...

2 Jun 2005

Living in a Material World. . .

Have you ever filled a ziplock bag with water, sealed it and stabbed a pencil through it? You might want to try it because, unbelievably, the bag will not leak. It’s everyday concepts like these that Professor R...

2 Jun 2005

Electronics All in a Spin

In conventional electronics, information is represented by the presence or absence of electrons. However, in the new field of spintronics, it is the electron spin (“up” or “down”) which encodes in...

2 Jun 2005

TRW Automotive Opens Polish Engineering Center

TRW Occupant Safety Holding GmbH, a subsidiary of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., has announced the opening of a new engineering center in Czestochowa, Poland. TRW Automotive anticipates that the center will employ more t...

2 Jun 2005

TPCA Car Production Plant Opens in Czech Republic

Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile (TPCA) held a ceremony this weekmarking the official inauguration of its plant in Kolín , 60 kilometers east of the Czech Republic capital of Prague. TPCA is jointly owned ...

2 Jun 2005

Toshiba Selects Himeji as Candidate Site to Mass-Produce SED Panels

Toshiba Corporation has announced that it has selected Himeji Operations, its production facility in Hyogo prefecture, western Japan, as a candidate site for mass production of SED (surface-conduction electron-emitter di...

2 Jun 2005

Rohm and Haas to Close Powder Coatings Plant

Rohm and Haas Company has announced its intention to consolidate its North American Powder Coatings operations into two sites, closing its Wytheville, VA plant by the first quarter of 2006. Production will be transferred...

2 Jun 2005

The Electroluminescent Light Sabre

They are a big improvement on the day-glow plastic models sold at the time of the first Star Wars blockbuster, but a high-tech toy light sabre currently on the market is sensitive to sunlight and users are restricted to ...

2 Jun 2005

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

The global semiconductor market has entered an exciting period. Demand for chip technology is both driving the industry as well as hindering it, with current chip shortages predicted to last for some time. Current trends will likely shape the future of the industry, which is set to continue to show

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

The primary distinction between graphene-based batteries and solid-state batteries lies in the composition of either electrode. Although the cathode is commonly changed, carbon allotropes can also be employed in fabricating anodes.

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

In recent years, the IoT is rapidly being introduced into almost all sectors, but it has particular importance in the EV industry.

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Boeing $600 Million in Contracts with Chinese Suppliers

Berry Plastics Corporation Acquires Kerr Group

BASF Coatings Introduces Waterborne Automotive Basecoat Technology in China

Steel Imports Register Decline in January 2005

Sticky Teflon: Recovery of Fluorine-Containing Catalysts with a Teflon Strip

First Sales in Japan for Freeman’s FT4 Powder Rheometer

Kobe Steel to Establish Copper Sheet Processing Company in China

Students Rev up for Challenge X with Ethanol-Fueled Hybrid SUV Design

Living in a Material World. . .

Electronics All in a Spin

TRW Automotive Opens Polish Engineering Center

TPCA Car Production Plant Opens in Czech Republic

Toshiba Selects Himeji as Candidate Site to Mass-Produce SED Panels

Rohm and Haas to Close Powder Coatings Plant

The Electroluminescent Light Sabre

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

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A Platform Approach to Scientific Data Flow Management: Everything You Need to Know

Advancing Laboratory Collaboration - Connexus®

Discussing Market Expansion and Business Strategy with PerkinElmer

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