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TenCate Enters Cooperation For Automotive Industry With Kringlan Composites

TenCate Advanced Composites and Kringlan Composites AG (Otelfingen, Switzerland) have signed a cooperation agreement (MoU) in order to develop solutions for part manufacturing on the basis of thermoplastic composite tech...

From Toray Advanced Composites 17 Sep 2013

New Compostable Film Grade Resin Launched By Metabolix

Metabolix, Inc. an innovation-driven performance biomaterials company delivering sustainable solutions to the plastics, chemicals and energy industries, today announced Mvera™ B5010, a new compostable film grade re...

From Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. 16 Sep 2013

New Halogen-free Solder Paste Added To Ellsworth Adhesives Europe Range Of Products

The Electronics Group of Henkel has just launched Loctite Multicore HF 212 a halogen-free solder paste ideal for high value PCB assemblies, and from today, you can purchase this new product from Ellsworth Adhesives Europ...

From Ellsworth Adhesives Europe 16 Sep 2013

Pittcon 2014 Conferee Registration Open

The Registration Committee today announced that conferee registration is now open for Pittcon 2014, the worl’d’s largest annual conference and exposition for laboratory science.

From Pittcon 16 Sep 2013

Order For PlasmaPro 100 Etch System From SITP Shanghai

Leading provider of etch and deposition systems to the global semiconductor research market, Oxford Instruments, has just won an order for its PlasmaPro 100 etch system from the prestigious multi-disciplinary Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (SITP-CAS).

From Oxford Instruments Semiconductor 16 Sep 2013

Researchers Formulate Technique for Immobilizing Organic Catalysts on Textiles Using Ultraviolet Light

In future, it will be much easier to produce some active pharmaceutical substances and chemical compounds than was the case to date. An international team working with chemists from the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim an der Ruhr have immobilised various catalysts on nylon in a very simple way. Catalysts mediate between the reagents in a chemical reaction and control the process leading to the desired end product.

16 Sep 2013

Spanish Scientists Reported First Self-Healing Polymer Called Terminator

Scientists in Spain have reported the first self-healing polymer that spontaneously and independently repairs itself without any intervention. The new material could be used to improve the security and lifetime of plastic parts in everyday products such as electrical components, cars and even houses.

16 Sep 2013

Two Globally Recognized Senior Engineers And Two PhD Graduates Appointed By Element

Element Materials Technology announces the appointment of two globally recognized senior engineers and two PhD graduates to spearhead the further development of its Oil & Gas materials testing division. Their role...

From Element Materials Technology 13 Sep 2013

TerraSep Announces First Data from HPLC-Beating Centrifugal Liquid Chromatgoraphy

In the first formal laboratory test of its process separation technology, TerraSep LLC has confirmed that its multi-column Preparative/Process scale Centrifugal Liquid Chromatograph (P-CLC) achieved a level of separation efficiency that is orders of magnitude higher than current industry standard processes.

12 Sep 2013

New Olympus 40x Silicone Oil Microscope Offers Brighter, High-Resolution Live Cell and Time-Lapse Imaging with Continuous Autofocus

Olympus has introduced a 40x silicone oil microscope objective, its latest innovation in silicone immersion microscope optics. The new objective fills out the company’s full line of silicone oil optics, which al...

12 Sep 2013

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