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Research Report on Finishing Materials Market in Russian Federation

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/dee4b8/finishing_material) has announced the addition of the "Finishing Materials Market in Russian Federation: Business Report 2009" report to their ...

25 Jun 2010

Siemens VAI Metals Awarded Blast Furnace Modernization Project in Brazil

Steelmaker ArcelorMittal Tubarão, has commissioned Siemens VAI Metals Technologies to renovate blast furnace 1 at its Tubarão Works in Brazil. In use for over 26 years, this makes it the world's longest serving blast furnace to date.

From Primetals Technologies Limited 25 Jun 2010

International Contest to Honor Creative Use of Vanceva Color for Glass Lamination

Solutia Inc. is pleased to announce the jury members for the first annual Solutia World of Color Awards(TM): Inspired by Vanceva(R). The international competition pays tribute to architects, interior designers, furniture designers and other industry professionals who have creatively used Vanceva(R) color interlayers for laminated glass in their work.

25 Jun 2010

Thin Film Materials Can Boost Efficiency of Fuel Cells

A surprising MIT laboratory finding about the behavior of a thin sheet of material — less than a thousandth of the thickness of a human hair — could lead to improved ways of studying the behavior of electrodes and perhaps ultimately to improvements in the rate of power production from one type of fuel cell, according to a report published this week.

25 Jun 2010

Scientists Find Solution to Solve Energy Crisis

(Jena) Energy from hydrogen – scientists from all over the world work on this solution to overcome the energy crisis. Amongst other things they try to use the sunlight as driving force for the splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen.

25 Jun 2010

Methode’s 9101 Conductive Ink Prints Electrical Circuits on Treated Polyesters

Methode Development Company, a business unit of Methode Electronics, Inc., announces that its conductive inkjet printable ink can now print circuits directly onto treated polyesters. The ink, formulated for...

25 Jun 2010

Canadian Specialty Chemicals Market Expected to Grow at Stable Rate

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f0eeaa/the_specialty_chem) has announced the addition of the "The Specialty Chemicals Market in Canada 2010" report to their offering. After ...

25 Jun 2010

Bulk Materials NanoTechnology to be Discussed at PowderMet 2010

The NanoSteel® Company, a leader in nanostructured steel alloy surface technologies, announces that a presentation highlighting how bulk materials nanotechnology can be applied as a surface technology for solving complex challenges in mainstream industries will be delivered by Daniel Branagan Ph.D., NanoSteel's chief technical officer, at the 2010 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials (PowderMet 2010) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, June 27-30.

25 Jun 2010

Low Emissivity Glass Uses Magnetron Sputtered Coating

PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) performance glazings business has introduced Sungate(R) 400 glass, a passive low-emissivity glass with a magnetron sputtered vacuum deposition (MSVD) “soft coat” that helps commercial buildings in heating-dominated climates retain heat from the sun and reduce winter heating costs.

From PPG Industries Inc. 24 Jun 2010

New Process Systems Sales Manager for Malvern Instruments

Malvern Panalytical is pleased to welcome Mr Masaaki Nakata to the Malvern Panalytical Japan team, in his role as Regional Sales Manager Japan for Malvern Panalytical’s process systems.

From Malvern Panalytical 24 Jun 2010

BASF Expand Product Range by Developing Plastics for Client Needs

In the year of the plastics fair K 2010, BASF is presenting many new engineering plastics. Via the connection of property-performance relations with microstructures the new products are directly transformed into customer specific materials.

From BASF Corporation 24 Jun 2010

New PA 66 Grade Enables More Under Bonnet Parts to Made from Plastic

Thanks to the beneficial combination of characteristics, it is now possible to produce, at justifiable system costs, under-the-hood components that are exposed to very hot air and in this way contribute to a significant weight reduction from polymeric materials using a new grade of PA 66.

From BASF Corporation 24 Jun 2010