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Gurit Completes Acquisition of Red Maple Wind Blade Mould Co. Ltd.

Gurit, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-end composite materials and technologies, has closed the transaction announced on December 8, 2009, to acquire Suzhou Red Maple Wind Blade Mould Co. Ltd., Taicang, Jian...

From Gurit Inc 20 Dec 2009

Beneq's ALD Technology of Interest to India for Solar Applications

Finnish materials technology enjoyed a moment of limelight in the beginning of December this year, when a Finnish industry delegation, lead by Minister of Economic Affairs, Mr Mauri Pekkarinen, visited New Delhi, India. ...

18 Dec 2009

New Support Greatly Increases the Durability of Proton Exchange Membranes Fuel Cells

A new carbon support that greatly increases the durability of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells has been developed by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Princeton University. This new material significantly improves the stability of the fuel cell catalyst and will potentially lower the cost of these fuel cells.

17 Dec 2009

Angstron Materials to Develop Nano Graphene Platelet Mass Production Technology

Angstron Materials Inc., a world leader in the production of nano graphene platelets (NGPs), has been awarded 1.494 million to develop processes for mass-producing chemically modified ("functionalized") NGPs fo...

17 Dec 2009

TMK Complete Shipments of Pipes to the Karachaganak-Uralsk Pipeline

TMK (LSE:TMKS), one of the world's leading manufacturers of pipe products for the oil and gas industry, today announces that it completed pipe shipments to the Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V. (KPO) internationa...

17 Dec 2009

DA Nanomaterials Maintains Confidence in Patent Infringement Lawsuit with Cabot Microelectronics

DuPont Air Products NanoMaterials L.L.C. (DA NanoMaterials) remains confident in its legal positions following the judge's order denying all summary judgment motions in DA NanoMaterials' patent invalidity/non-inf...

17 Dec 2009

SPECTRO Precious Metal Analyzers Now Available from Geotechnical Services

Geotechnical Services, Inc. is proud to introduce the SPECTRO xSORT Precious Metals Analyzer suite to the U.S. market . As a premier consulting and analytical instrumentation sales organization dedicated to providing lab...

17 Dec 2009

Geotechnical Services Offer SPECTRO XRF Analyzers to the US Market

Geotechnical Services, Inc. is proud to announce the introduction of the SPECTRO xSORT Materials Analyzer suite to the U.S. market. As a premier consulting organization and instrumentation sales company dedicated to prov...

17 Dec 2009

Geotechnical Services Introduces the SPECTRO XSORT Handheld XRF Analyzers to the U.S. Market

Geotechnical Services, Inc. is proud to bring the SPECTRO xSORT handheld XRF non-alloy analyzers to the U.S. market . As a premier consulting and sales organization dedicated to providing laboratory and field analytical ...

17 Dec 2009

Advanced Composites Group Sign Long Term Supply Deal with US Formula 1 Team

Advanced Composites Group Inc. (ACG), part of the Composites Division of Umeco plc, is proud to announce the signing of a long term supply agreement with US F1 Team, the only US-based team to take the grid for the 2010 F...

17 Dec 2009

EU Market for Flat Steel products Starts to Stabilise

Although we have noted some minor downward corrections for flat products over the last month, market prices are starting to stabilise in most parts of the EU. The import threat from third country suppliers appears to hav...

17 Dec 2009

$4.2 Million Grant to be Used to Develop Low Cost Batteries for Electric Cars

Sandia National Laboratories will use $4.2 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to modify and enhance its existing Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory (BATLab), with the goal of developing low-cost batteries for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

17 Dec 2009