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Full Scale Production under Way at OSRAM's Modern LED Chip Plant

Two years after the ground-breaking ceremony in July 2007, the last installation work has been completed and the test phase successfully concluded in the world's most modern LED chip production plant. The routine manufacture of LED chips is thus set to run at full speed from now on.

From Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH 10 Dec 2009

Specialty Chemicals Supplier Cognis Wins Several Marketing and Communications Awards

At this year's Spotlight Awards by the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP), specialty chemicals supplier Cognis won a total of nine marketing and corporate communications awards. Four Cognis entrie...

10 Dec 2009

Scientists Try to Harness Casimir Force

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory are developing a way to control the Casimir force, a quantum mechanical force which attracts objects when they are only a hundred nanometers apart.

10 Dec 2009

Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre Adds 500,000th Crystal Structure to Database

The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) is proud to announce an important milestone in the history of crystallography - the archiving of the 500,000th small molecule crystal structure to the Cambridge Structura...

10 Dec 2009

Invention Could Allow More Efficient Production and High Performance of Superconductors and Microelectronics

Two scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a method to control the buildup of hydrogen fluoride gas during the growth of precision crystals needed for applications such as superconductors, optical devices, and microelectronics. The invention - by Vyacheslav Solovyov and Harold Wiesmann and recently awarded U.S. Patent number 7,622,426 - could lead to more efficient production and improved performance of these materials.

10 Dec 2009

LyondellBasell to Manufacture HiFax Polypropylene in India

LyondellBasell Industries today announced another milestone in its continued support of global customers with a new agreement to manufacture products in India. Under a tolling and marketing agreement signed by LyondellBa...

From LyondellBasell Industries 10 Dec 2009

Europe is Recycling 70 Per Cent of Its Steel Packaging

The latest figures from APEAL (the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging) show that 70% of steel packaging is recycled in Europe. This represents over 2.5 million tonnes of food and drinks cans and other steel containers being recycled in 2008, saving 3.9 million tonnes of CO2. According to the latest available data, this places recycling rates for steel above those of other packaging materials such as plastic, beverage cartons and glass (29% , 33% and 62% respectively).

10 Dec 2009

New Sheet Metal Tester from Zwick Designed to Deal with Higher Strength Materials

The new BUP200 sheet metal testing machine was developed in response to new materials with higher strength properties and associated ductility behavior, together with increasing demands on component quality. The machine now provides punching and clamping forces up to 250 kN and, with its new and fresh design, the BUP200 completes the successful portfolio of sheet metal testing machines up to 1000 kN.

From ZwickRoell GmbH Co. KG 9 Dec 2009

Robotic Test System Automates Testing of Steel Dumbbell Specimens

Zwick has developed a robotic testing system to carry out standard-compliant testing of steel dumbbell specimens. Testing to EN 10002 and ASTM E8, it features extremely quick, reliable operation whilst relieving the operator of laborious handling of heavy specimens up to 10 kg.

From ZwickRoell GmbH Co. KG 9 Dec 2009

New Extensometer from Zwick is Ideally Suited to Ductile Materials and Films

The new lightXtens extensometer from Zwick is the perfect solution for accurate, reliable extension measurement in tensile tests on highly ductile, highly elastic and contact-sensitive materials such as elastomers, latex and all types of foils and films.

From ZwickRoell GmbH Co. KG 9 Dec 2009

Researchers Use Freemen Powder Tester to Improve Inhaled Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceutical science researchers at Monash University in Australia, are using the FT4 universal powder tester from Freeman Technology to investigate novel techniques for improving the flow properties of excipients for inhaled product formulation. The team, led by Dr David Morton, has recently published work describing the use of optimised dry coating techniques to enhance the flow of fine lactose particles.

From Freeman Technology 9 Dec 2009