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Private Investors Acquire Serious Energy’s Vinyl Window Operations

Serious Energy, Inc. sold its vinyl window operations located in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania. The operations were purchased by a group of private investors, which include SeriousWindow employees and Alpen High Performance Products. The new company will be known as Kensington High Performance Products.

18 Mar 2013

New Webinar on Cost-Effective Approaches to Simulating and Modifying Mold Geometry

Cimatron Limited announced today that it will be hosting a webinar with MoldMaking Technology magazine on cost-effective approaches to simulating and modifying mold geometry.

18 Mar 2013

Food and Pharmaceutical Industries Join for Large Ingredients Event in Latin America

The food and beverage industry is witnessing a move from reactive to proactive, with consumers now actively seeking functional foods that provide benefit-adding solutions to the various health challenges they currently face or will face later in life.

16 Mar 2013

Metso to Deliver New High-Speed Tissue Production Line to Syktyvkar, Russia

Metso has once again received an order for a complete tissue production line for Syktyvkar Tissue Group in Russia. The new tissue machine will be installed at the company's new site in Semibratovo, located some 220 km from Moscow. The start-up of the machine is scheduled for mid 2014. The value of the order will not be disclosed.

16 Mar 2013

Sonoco to Build Molded Foam Product Manufacturing Facility in Celaya

Sonoco Protective Solutions, North America's largest manufacturer of molded foam components and packaging solutions and a unit of Sonoco, today announced that it intends to open a new manufacturing facility in Celaya, Guanajuato Mexico, to meet growing demand for its products.

16 Mar 2013

QExtra Anti-Reflective Multi-Layer Coating Enhances Quantum Efficiency, Minimizes Etaloning Effects

HORIBA Scientific, global leader in optical spectroscopy equipment, is pleased to announce QExtra, Quantum Efficiency Enhancing CCD Technology. QExtra Technology is an anti-reflective multi-layer coating designed to greatly improve quantum efficiency of back illuminated CCDs (BIDDs) over a broad spectral range, while suppressing undesirable etaloning effects.

From HORIBA 15 Mar 2013

PyMPSA Successfully Produces Radiopaque Catheters Using RTP Company's PEBA Compound

When Plásticos y Materias Primas (PyMPSA), a Mexican manufacturer of medical devices and components, wanted to develop a new catheter for epidural anesthesia, it specified a biocompatible nylon material that was radiopaque so it could be readily observed during x-ray imaging to ensure proper placement. The first efforts were disappointing for the quality conscious company. Searching for a new supplier, PyMPSA turned to custom compounder RTP Company who developed a custom material for the application.

From RTP Company 15 Mar 2013

DuPont Teams Up with Israel’s Office of the Chief Scientist

DuPont has joined the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor Global Enterprise R&D Cooperation Framework. Under the framework, the OCS provides a one-stop-shop to enable new opportunities for collaboration between DuPont and Israeli start-up companies.

15 Mar 2013

Air Products to Showcase Specialty Additives at European Coatings Show

Air Products will highlight a number of specialty additives at next week’s European Coatings Show (ECS) in Nuremberg, Germany, including surfactants, dispersants and a new line of defoamers.

15 Mar 2013

Generon IGS Develops PCCP Polymer-Based Membrane Modules for Marine Industry

Generon IGS, Inc., an IGS (Innovative Gas Systems) company, is the world's leading manufacturer of Nitrogen Generators, for both PSA Systems and Membrane Systems.

From Generon Innovative Gas Systems 15 Mar 2013

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