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Wacker to Consolidate Pyrogenic Silica Production

Wacker Chemie AG announced today that it is consolidating pyrogenic silica production in the context of previously announced structural improvement measures at its WACKER SILICONES division. As a result, WACKER plans to ...

18 Jan 2010

Removing Nanoscopic Irregularities on Polished Gold Surfaces

Gold is one of the most important metals in the electronics industry, miniaturized optical components, and electrochemical processes. In these applications, it is extremely important that the surface of the gold be completely clean and smooth.

18 Jan 2010

New Brochure on Measurement of Transmission and Reflectance of PV Materials and Cells Available from Shimadzu

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments has completed a new full-color brochure, "Measurement of Transmission and Reflectance of PV Materials and Cells," for its line of UV-VIS-NIR spectrophotometers. Solar cell ma...

From Shimadzu Scientific Instruments 18 Jan 2010

High Clarity Polypropylene Copolymer for Use in Injection Moulding and Blow Moulding

A first-of-its-kind polypropylene-based, high-clarity copolymer for potential use in extrusion and injection blow molding applications is the latest addition to LyondellBasell’s innovative family of metallocene-based resins.

From LyondellBasell Industries 18 Jan 2010

Ferro Receives Grant to Develop Solar Technology

Ferro Electronic Materials, a leading supplier of materials for fabricating photovoltaic solar cells, has been awarded $1 million by the Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) to develop advanced durability sealing system...

From Vibrantz Technologies 18 Jan 2010

Germany Starts R+D Program Developing OLED Displays and Lighting Applications

A new national R+D project has recently been started in Germany focusing on the development of OLED displays and lighting applications. AIXTRON will participate in this 14.7 million Euro project together with ten other p...

18 Jan 2010

Advance Nanotech Enters into Strategic Agreement with Aerospace and Defense Organization

Advance Nanotech, Inc. (OTCBB: AVNA) is pleased to report that its minority owned subsidiary, Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. ("Owlstone") has entered into an exclusive strategic development agreement with SELEX Galile...

18 Jan 2010

NanoMech to Develop Nano-Engineered Materials for Body Armor

NanoMech, LLC has been awarded a contract for $350,000 to continue development of new, nano-engineered materials for body armor. The contract comes from KDH Defense Systems, Inc. in Johnstown, PA, a leading designer and ...

18 Jan 2010

ADA Technologies Received $100K Grant to Develop Advanced Lithium Polymer Batteries

ADA Technologies, Inc. (ADA) received a $100,000 contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop an advanced Lithium-Polymer (LiPo) battery for use in miniaturized hybrid power systems for micro air vehicles (...

18 Jan 2010

Automated Inspection and Reporting Facility for Nanovea 3D Non-Contact Profilometer

Nanovea 3D Non-Contact Profilometer will now have optional online capability for automated inspection and report generation. The software advancement allows Nanovea's Profilometer to effortlessly integrate into large or small quality control environments.

18 Jan 2010

Tegal Receives Repeat Order for Plasma Etech System from a Leading Hard Drive Manufacturer

Tegal Corporation, (Nasdaq:TGAL) an innovator of specialized production solutions for the fabrication of advanced MEMS, power ICs and optoelectronic devices, announced that it has received a repeat order for a 981ACS pla...

18 Jan 2010

New Route to Transform the Structure of Porous Materials

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a new route to transform the structure of porous materials at industrially-accessible high pressures.

18 Jan 2010

Successful Compounding of Polyolefins with Coperion Machines

With several recently supplied and installed high-capacity compounding lines, both the latest UG underwater pelletizing systems from Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart/Germany, and this company’s concept of two-stage PE compounding with the ZSK NT have more than proved themselves in actual practice.

From Coperion GmbH 18 Jan 2010

Eye Catching Seville Feature Uses High Temperature Glue Rather than Bolts to Hold it Together

The “Parasols” in Seville feature components that are designed to be glued instead of bolted together. To prevent the adhesive from melting, it needs to withstand temperatures of up to 60 degrees. Researchers have optimized the adhesive's resistance to high temperatures.

18 Jan 2010

LANXESS Accelerates Plans for New Butyl Rubber Plant in Singapore

The world's leading synthetic rubber company LANXESS has brought forward its plans to build a new butyl rubber facility in Singapore. The company will hold a groundbreaking ceremony in May, 2010, and production is ex...

18 Jan 2010