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Project to Design Complete Integrated Production System Through Ultimate Rapid Manufacturing Technologies

The main aim of the CUSTOM-FIT project was to create a completely integrated system that would allow the design, production and supplying of products totally adapted to both, the users’s physical geometry and his/her personal requirement

13 Oct 2008

BASF Extends Specialty Products for Medical Technology Plastics

Luran® HD is the first SAN (styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer) to be offered along with BASF’s HD services. HD stands for Healthcare and Diagnostics.

13 Oct 2008

DSM Announce Investment in Developing Medical Device Technology

DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., today announces that it has made an investment in the new business incubator in the field of medical devices Accelerated Technologies II, L.P. (ATP). The inv...

13 Oct 2008

Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) Technology is the Future of Lighting Solutions

Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) is one of the most promising lighting technology for future lighting solutions. The OLED technology is the first real area light source technology in history. It overcomes traditi...

12 Oct 2008

New Directionally Aligned Carbon Nanotube Material Shows Unique Adhesive Force

The race for the best "gecko foot" dry adhesive got a new competitor this week with a stronger and more practical material reported in the journal Science by a team of researchers from four U.S. institutions.

10 Oct 2008

DuPont CoatingSolutions Named the “Supplier of the Year”

DuPont CoatingSolutions has been named the “Supplier of the Year” for the third consecutive year by Central Plastics of Shawnee, Okla. The award recognizes suppliers that demonstrate exemplary performance in ...

10 Oct 2008

BASF Launch New Bacteria-Free Plastics

BASF is now offering a plastic that has the property of killing microbes. This material belongs to the specialties found in the styrene plastic product line. It goes by the name Luran® S BX 13042 and is currently ...

10 Oct 2008

BASF Launch New Polymer to Enhance Liquid Detergents

BASF is adding a low molecular weight modified polymer to its range of active ingredients for liquid detergents.

10 Oct 2008

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Showcase New Thermal Conductivity Gap Filters

The Composites Division of Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation (SGPPL) showcased two of its newest offerings -- the ThermaCool(R) line of gap fillers, and the COHRlastic(R) R10400 M silicone sponge -- at the Na...

8 Oct 2008

Superabsorbent Polyester Material Keeps Feet Dry in All Weathers

Come rain or sunshine, children prefer to run around outdoors. But the fun is soon over if they get wet feet while hopping through the puddles. Rain boots may keep the moisture out, but they quickly turn into miniature foot saunas.

7 Oct 2008

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