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Die Cast and Sand Cast Oil Pans Replaced by Polyamide

The four largest polyamide oil pans that have gone into production to date are made of Ultramid® A3HG7 Q17 (PA 66) from BASF and in what is called off-highway service. Developed and produced in small series by Hummel Formen GmbH in Lenningen, they are used on engines from the 1600 Series manufactured by Tognum subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen for stationary generators and later on for agricultural and construction machinery.

From BASF Corporation 21 Mar 2010

ACG Provide Advanced Composite Materials for Paralympic Skier's Gold Medal Bid

Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG) is proud to cosponsor 38 year old skier Sean Rose in his bid to win a gold medal in the Paralympics Alpine Skiing event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, which will take place between the 6 and 21 March.

18 Mar 2010

ACG to Display Carbon Fibre Materials Used in Norton Commando at JEC 2010

Advanced Composites Group Ltd, will be co-exhibiting with Umeco’s structural and process materials companies, J.D. Lincoln, GRPMS, and Richmond Aerovac, on Stand No. T50 in Hall 1 at JEC 2010 between the 13th and 15th April. ACG will exhibit: Norton Motorcycle’s Limited Edition Commando 961SE motorbike and Zockra’s Rapide recumbent bicycle.

18 Mar 2010

Library in Scottsdale First to get Color Shifting VARI-COOL Coating

The Appaloosa Branch Library, Scottsdale, Ariz., is the first building constructed with color-shifting Duranar VARI-Cool coatings by PPG Industries

18 Mar 2010

Revenues from Lithography Tools for Semcionductor Manufacture Dropped by Almost 50% in 2009

Lithography tools for semiconductor manufacturing dropped 47% in 2009, according to the report "Sub-100nm Lithography: Market Analysis and Strategic Issues," recently published by The Information Network, a New...

18 Mar 2010

LyondellBasell Launch New LDPE Resin for Blown Film Applications

LyondellBasell today announced the North American commercial launch of a new low density polyethylene (LDPE) resin at the Applied Market Information's Polyethylene 2010 Conference in Daytona, Fla. Petrothene L3035 LD...

From LyondellBasell Industries 18 Mar 2010

Malvern Experts Demonstrate How Dynamic Particle Image Analysis for Sub-Visible Particulates

Specialists at Malvern Panalytical have demonstrated the application of dynamic particle image analysis to the measurement of sub-visible particulates in biological therapeutics, using the Sysmex FPIA-3000 particle characterization system.

From Malvern Panalytical 18 Mar 2010

Oxford Instruments to Supply State-of-the-Art High Field Magnet to Diamond Light Source

Oxford Instruments has received an order for state-of–the-art high field magnet from Diamond Light Source for ultra high vacuum experiments. This order is for a 14 T split pair superconducting magnet, which will provide a high magnetic and low temperature (<1.5 K) sample environment during experiments when a sample will be exposed to an x-ray beam under ultra high vacuum.

From Oxford Instruments 18 Mar 2010

Saab Look to Collaborate with Other Auto Manufacturers to Save Money

When the deal to sell Saab to Swedish specialist carmaker Koenigsegg collapsed last November, Victor Muller, CEO of supercar-maker Spyker sent an email directly to Bob Lutz of GM and just 93 days later they became the new owner of Saab.

18 Mar 2010

Photovoltaic Industry Generated $38 Billion In Revenues in 2009

Worldwide solar photovoltaic (PV) installations reached a record high of 6.43 gigawatt (GW) in 2009—a 6% Y/Y growth, according to the latest Marketbuzz® 2010 Report from Solarbuzz®, an international solar energy market research and consulting company, and a division of The NPD Group. In addition, the company reported that the PV industry generated $38 billion in global revenues in 2009.

18 Mar 2010

New Carpet Tile Adhesive Reduces Their Environmental Impact

A new adhesive for use in carpet tiles which has been developed at the University of York could help dramatically reduce their impact on the environment. The powerful adhesives currently used to bind the layers of ca...

18 Mar 2010

Bayer MaterialScience Launch New Range of Biomaterials at Medtec

Bayer MaterialScience has launched a range of innovative biomaterials for medical devices under the new brand name Baymedix. On Stand 2348 in Hall 8 of the Medtec trade show in Stuttgart from March 23-25, 2010, the compa...

18 Mar 2010

Master Bond Develops Unique One Components UV Curable Modified Epoxy System

Master Bond Inc., Hackensack, NJ, is pleased to announce the development of a unique one component UV curable modified epoxy system called UV10TKLO-2. This formulation offers optical clarity, high physical strength properties, and has outstanding chemical resistance. It is not oxygen inhibited and cures rapidly at room temperature when exposed to UV light.

From Master Bond Inc. 18 Mar 2010

Tests Indicate EcoloCap Nano Lithium Battery Fills a Market Void

EcoloCap Solutions Inc. (OTCBB: ECOS) today announces it has received preliminary results of the independent tests of it Nano Lithium Battery conducted by Exponent, a leading engineering and scientific consulting firm of...

18 Mar 2010

Scientists Create DNA Nanotubes

A team of McGill Chemistry Department researchers led by Dr. Hanadi Sleiman has achieved a major breakthrough in the development of nanotubes - tiny "magic bullets" that could one day deliver drugs to specific ...

18 Mar 2010