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Air Products to Receive DOE Grant for Carbon Capture Project in Texas

Air Products announced today it has been selected to receive $253 million in Phase 2 funding from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) under the Industrial Carbon Capture and Sequestration (ICCS) Program for its ICCS project in Port Arthur, Texas.

17 Jun 2010

Analysis on Material Handling Equipment Market in South Africa

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/07445a/south_africa_mater) has announced the addition of the "South Africa Material Handling Equipment Market Data & Forecast to 2014" report to t...

17 Jun 2010

Optically Active Material Helps to Develop Efficient Light Sources

For the very first time, a team of researchers in Germany has introduced quantum dots in fully epitaxial nitride laser structures without the need for hybrid systems -- effectively eliminating the cumbersome method ...

17 Jun 2010

Polymer Developer Plantic Receives Funding Through PACIA Rewards Program

The grant is made available through the PACIA Rewards Program, a special program made possible through the Sustainability Covenant between PACIA, the plastics and chemicals industry peak body, and EPA Victoria, the ...

17 Jun 2010

New 64-Bit Windows 7 Microspectroscopy Software Now Available from CRAIC Technologies

CRAIC Technologies, a leading manufacturer of UV-visible-NIR microspectrometers, today released the 64-bit version of it's MINERVA™ microspectroscopy software package. This software is designed to collect, analyze and process microspectra™ from CRAIC microspectrophotometers running 64-bit versions of Windows 7 ®.

From CRAIC Technologies 16 Jun 2010

DuPont Engineering Polymers Feature in New Lightweight and Highly Practical Stroller

The BABYZEN stroller designed by the French company Advanced Baby Concepts (ABC) and with engineering support of Scalea Innovation, is a new and innovative foldable stroller with a focus on comfort, practicality and safe...

16 Jun 2010

New TAMR PVD System Enables Next-Generation Data Storage Applications

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today the introduction of the NEXUS(R) TAMR Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) System for next-generation Thermal Assisted Magnetic Recording (TAMR), also known as Heat Assist...

16 Jun 2010

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Develop New Feature for Dry Pumps

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) has recently developed a new feature for use with its dry pumps, called N2 Standby Mode, which will save energy and nitrogen used by its plasma etch, deposition and growth syst...

From Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology 16 Jun 2010

MICROSCIENCE 2010 Plenary Lecture Given by Super Resolution Pioneer

Dr Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz (NIH, US) - a pioneer of super resolution imaging - will give the opening Plenary Lecture at MICROSCIENCE 2010 in London's docklands on Tuesday 29th June 2010. Dr Lippincott-Schwart...

16 Jun 2010

EcoFriends Receives Order from Wal-Mart

SGD Holdings, Ltd. (Pink Sheets:SGDH), owner of premier environmentally friendly paper manufacturer EcoPaper, Inc. today announced that, during the final phases of SGD Holdings, Ltd.'s pending acquisition of EcoFrie...

16 Jun 2010

Money4Gold Changes Name to Upstream Worldwide

Money4Gold Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:MFGD), a reverse logistics, direct-from-consumer recycler of precious metals and electronics, announces its name change to Upstream Worldwide, Inc. The Company has filed an applicati...

16 Jun 2010

Superior Industries to Sell 50% Interest in Suoftec Light Metal to OTTO

Superior Industries International, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its 50% equity stake in Suoftec Light Metal Products Production & Distribution Ltd., the company’s joint venture manufacturing facility in Hungary.

16 Jun 2010

BioSolar Releases Strategy to Produce BioBacksheet for Solar Panels

BioSolar, Inc., developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, unveiled its strategic manufacturing plan for the production and distribution of its unique BioBacksheet(TM) protective backing designed to replace current expensive and environmentally hazardous petroleum-based backsheets.

16 Jun 2010

Key Trends and Forecasts on Construction Materials in Japan

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2b055f/construction_mater) has announced the addition of the "Construction Materials in Japan" report to their offering. The Construction Mat...

16 Jun 2010

Ducommun Receives Next-Generation Rotary Switches Delivery Order from Boeing

Ducommun Incorporated today announced that its Ducommun Technologies, Inc. (DTI) subsidiary, a current supplier of lighted pushbutton switches, time delay relays, and TCAS switches to The Boeing Company, has been awarded a contract to deliver the Next-Generation 737 engine start switches.

16 Jun 2010