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AMETEK Buys Chicago-Based Material Testing Equipment Provider

AMETEK, Inc. today announced that it has acquired Atlas Material Testing Technology LLC, the world's leading provider of weathering test instruments and related testing and consulting services, from Industrial Growth Partners for approximately $159 million in cash.

From AMETEK, Inc. 10 Nov 2010

Overview of Metal Coating, Engraving and Heat Treating Industry in the U.S.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Metal Coating, Engraving, & Heat Treating" report to their offering. First Research is the leading industry intelligence company that helps sales ...

10 Nov 2010

Materials Design Expands Capabilities of Atomistic Simulation Methods

Materials Design announced today the integration of LAMMPS with its MedeA software suite. This expands the breadth of its simulation methods into the realm of millions of atoms and complements the existing Gibbs progr...

From Materials Design, Inc. 10 Nov 2010

Comparative Study Shows Ingeo Plastic Production Emits Less Greenhouse Gases

The manufacture of NatureWorks’ Ingeo™ plastic, made from plants not oil, emits fewer greenhouse gasses (GHGs) than the comparable manufacture of every other common petrochemical-based plastic, according to a peer-reviewed article published in the August 2010 edition of Industrial Biotechnology.

10 Nov 2010

Groundbreaking for Expansion of Corning’s Automotive Substrate Facility in China

Corning Incorporated today broke ground on the previously announced $125 million expansion of Corning Shanghai Company Limited, Corning’s automotive substrate facility in Shanghai, China.

From Corning Incorporated 10 Nov 2010

Scientists Demonstrate Effectiveness of Natcore’s Surface Passivation Process for Silicon Solar Cells

Scientists at Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; Pink Sheets: NTCXF) have been able to demonstrate the effectiveness of the company's method to passivate the surface of standard commercial silicon solar cells on wh...

10 Nov 2010

Development of Enhanced Nanogenerators Using Nanowire Arrays

Blinking numbers on a liquid-crystal display (LCD) often indicate that a device's clock needs resetting. But in the laboratory of Zhong Lin Wang at Georgia Tech, the blinking number on a small LCD signals the success of a five-year effort to power conventional electronic devices with nanoscale generators that harvest mechanical energy from the environment using an array of tiny nanowires.

10 Nov 2010

Nanocomp to Advance Material Manufacturing Processes for Aerospace Applications

Nanocomp Technologies, Inc., a developer of energy-saving performance materials and component products from carbon nanotubes (CNTs), today announced it has been awarded a manufacturing contract from Northrop Grumman under the U.S. Army Manufacturing Technology Program (ManTech).

10 Nov 2010

EcoPaper‘s Parent Company to Acquire Aclor

SGD Holdings, Ltd., parent company of premier environmentally friendly paper products manufacturer EcoPaper, inc. today announced that the company has signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets and intellectual property of Aclor, Inc., a privately held U.S. stationery and paper products manufacturer and distributor.

10 Nov 2010

Universal Display Forms New South Korean Subsidiary

Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: PANL), enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED® technology and materials, today announced that the company is forming a South Korean subsidiary ...

10 Nov 2010

U.S. Market Analysis on Fabricated Metal Parts Manufacturing Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Fabricated Metal Parts Manufacturing" report to their offering. First Research is the leading industry intelligence company that helps sales teams per...

10 Nov 2010

Celanese Plans for New Ethanol Production Units to Utilize Innovative Technology

Celanese Corporation a global technology and specialty materials company, today announced its intention to construct manufacturing facilities in China and the U.S. to utilize recently-developed advanced technology for the production of ethanol for chemical applications and other industrial uses.

From Celanese Corporation 10 Nov 2010

Smurfit-Stone’s Innovative Packaging Solutions to be Featured at Private Label Manufacturing Event

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (NYSE: SSCC), one of the industry's leading containerboard and corrugated packaging producers, will exhibit innovative retail-ready packaging, display and full-service packaging so...

10 Nov 2010

ADA Technologies to Develop Enhanced Thermal Interface Materials

ADA Technologies, Inc. received a $100,000 contract from the U.S. Air Force for Phase I research into the development of improved thermal interface materials (TIM) for use in microchips.

10 Nov 2010

Fluorographene--Flat, Crystal Version of Teflon

Professor Andre Geim, who along with his colleague Professor Kostya Novoselov won the 2010 Nobel Prize for graphene – the world's thinnest material, has now modified it to make fluorographene – a one-molecule-thick material chemically similar to Teflon.

10 Nov 2010