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Successful Laser Experiments at the National Ignition Facility

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have successfully conducted an important round of successful laser experiments at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), validating key computer simulations and theore...

7 Dec 2005

HexaTech Secures $8.9m Finance to Develop Aluminium Nitride Single Crystals for Optoelectronic Semiconductors

HexaTech, Inc., a company developing and producing single crystalline aluminum nitride (AIN) substrates for high performance electronic and optoelectronic semiconductor devices, announced today it has closed an $8.9 mill...

2 Dec 2005

Alcan to Close Aluminum Cast Plate Plant in Vernon, California

Alcan has announced today that it will close its Vernon, California aluminum cast plate facility effective January 21, 2006. The Company is in discussions for the sale of equipment and real estate to potential buyers. ...

30 Nov 2005

Showa Denko to Build Fourth Hard Disk Media Plant in Singapore

Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has decided to build a new hard disk (HD) media plant in Singapore to meet rapidly increasing demand. The new plant, the fourth HD media plant for SDK and scheduled for start-up in November 2006, w...

29 Nov 2005

Mechel Restarts All Blast Furnace Production at Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant

Mechel OAO reports that its subsidiary, Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant, has restarted all three blast furnaces that were halted yesterday following the interruption of water supply to the plant by the local pumping stat...

29 Nov 2005

Alumar Consortium Starts Up Aluminum Smelter Expansion in Sao Luis, Brazil

Alcoa has announced the start up of its third expansion at the Alumar Consortium located in Sao Luis, Maranhao-MA, Brazil. When the 100 new pots of the expansion are up and running, plant capacity will total 440,000 metr...

29 Nov 2005

Laser Light from Silicon

Since the creation of the first working laser – a ruby model made in 1960 – scientists have fashioned these light sources from substances ranging from neon to sapphire. Silicon, however, was not considered a ...

29 Nov 2005

New Understanding of Insulating State in Doped Mott Insulators

An experimental mystery -- the origin of the insulating state in a class of materials known as doped Mott insulators -- has been solved by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The solution helps...

29 Nov 2005

Fine Tuning for Power Osram TOPLED: More Light, More Colors

Osram Opto Semiconductors has further developed its thin-film technology, not only increasing the luminous efficacy of the Power TopLED but also extending the colour palette. The LEDs produce various red and yellow tones...

24 Nov 2005

Unicore to Purchase Precious Metal Assets of Suzhou Alloy Material Factory

Umicore has signed an agreement to purchase all assets and business activities of Suzhou Alloy Material Factory Co. Ltd. (Suzhou Alloy). The company is a leading producer of precious-metals-containing contact materials i...

24 Nov 2005

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