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Applied Materials to Service Production Equipment at NXP’s Facility

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that it has signed a comprehensive, five-year contract to service all Applied Materials chip production equipment at NXP Semiconductor's facility in Nijmegen, Holland.

From NXP Semiconductors 14 Jul 2010

BSA and BioSET Awarded Technology Patent to Develop Synthetic Peptides

Brookhaven Science Associates, the company that manages the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Biosurface Engineering Technologies, Inc. (BioSET) of Rockville, Maryland, have been issued a U.S. patent for an improved second-generation technology for designing synthetic peptides that are important for tissue regeneration.

14 Jul 2010

New Process Developed to Grind Cementitious Materials

Flyanic, a cementitious mineral processing technology company and licensee of NJIT, has developed an industrial scale and affordable process for grinding cement, fly ash, and other cementitious materials to a median part...

14 Jul 2010

Guide Available on $16.6 Billion U.S. Paint Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/58b245/rauch_guide_to_the) has announced the addition of the "Rauch Guide to the US Paint Industry 2010 Edition" report to their offeing. The...

14 Jul 2010

Global Market for Piezoelectric Actuators and Motors Expected to be Worth $12.3 Billion by 2014

According to a recently published report from iRAP, Inc., Piezoelectric Actuators and Motors – Types, Applications, New Developments, Industry Structure and Global Markets, the global market for piezoelectric-operated actuators and motors was estimated to be $6.6 billion in 2009 and is estimated to reach $12.3 billion by 2014, showing an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 13.2% per year.

14 Jul 2010

Bemis Completes Sales of Discontinued Packaging Operation

Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) today announced that it has completed the sale of its discontinued operations, including its Menasha, Wisconsin, and Catoosa (Tulsa), Oklahoma facilities, to Exopack Holding Corp. ("Ex...

From Amcor PLC 14 Jul 2010

Bayer Sign Research Agreement for High Performance Materials with Customizable Properties

Bayer Technology Services GmbH (BTS) and the Excellence Cluster for the Engineering of Advanced Materials - Hierarchical Structure Formation for Functional Devices (EAM) at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg have s...

14 Jul 2010

Imec Set Record for Large Area Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells

Imec has realized large-area (70cm2) epitaxial solar cells with efficiencies of up to 16.3% on high-quality substrates. And efficiencies of up to 14.7% were achieved on large-area low-quality substrates, showing the pote...

From IMEC 14 Jul 2010

Micron Technology, Applied Materials and Ultratech Welcome Partners to GaN Research Program

Micron Technology, Applied Materials, and Ultratech have joined the imec industrial affiliation program (IIAP) on GaN-on-Si technology. This multi-partner R&D program focuses on the development of GaN-on-Si (gallium ...

From IMEC 14 Jul 2010

Oxford Instruments Receive Order for Superconducting Magnets from Neutron Scattering Facilities

Oxford Instruments has just received orders from two prestigious neutron scattering facilities: the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), US Department of Energy facilities, and the Au...

From Oxford Instruments Nanoscience 14 Jul 2010

Reverse Engineering Pharmaceuticals Helps Fight Counterfeit Drugs

Chemical imaging specialists at Malvern Panalytical are demonstrating how data derived from reverse engineering of pharmaceutical tablets can aid the fight against counterfeit drugs. Using the SyNIRgi near infrared chemical imaging (NIRCI) system they have been able to collect data detailed enough to characterize the formulation and processes used to create individual dosages.

From Malvern Panalytical 14 Jul 2010