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LINPAC Packaging Wins Manufacturer of the Year Award

LINPAC Packaging, the plastic food packaging division of LINPAC Group, has won a 2009 UK Manufacturer of the Year Award. Another LINPAC Group company, LINPAC Storage Systems - a business unit of the LINPAC Allibert divis...

19 Nov 2009

ITSA and ASM TSS to Aggressively Promote Thermal Spray Technology to Industry

The International Thermal Spray Association (ITSA) and the ASM Thermal Spray Society (TSS) have announced a cooperative effort to aggressively promote the adoption of thermal spray technology throughout industry. Bot...

From ASM International 19 Nov 2009

SMD Disk Varistors: Sample Kit with Varistors for Transient Voltage Suppression up to 385 Volts

TDK-EPC, a group company of TDK Corporation, presents a new sample kit with EPCOS SMD CU varistors. The electrical parameters of these CTVS (ceramic transient voltage suppression) components correspond to the leaded disk varistors of the proven EPCOS series SIOV-S05 in case size 3225 and SIOV-S07 in case size 4032.

19 Nov 2009

Sandvik to Supply Materials Handling System to RWE Power AG

Sandvik Mining and Construction has signed an agreement with the energy company RWE Power AG in the Netherlands for a turnkey materials-handling system. The value of the order is approximately 650 MSEK and comprises ...

19 Nov 2009

BMW Motorcycles get High Efficiency LED Fog Lamps

OSRAM’s highly efficient LED modules are used in fog lights on BMW motorcycles. The modules are very resistant to shocks and vibrations with a lifespan that usually exceeds that of the motorcycle itself.

From Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH 19 Nov 2009

Advanced Composites Group to Supply Prepregs for New Trimarans

Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG), part of the Composites Division of Umeco plc, is pleased to announce that it has been selected as Official Prepreg Supplier to the Multi One Design 70 project. ACG will supply its VTM®260 and MTM®57 Series prepregs for the build of a series of up to twelve trimarans that have been designed by VPLP.

19 Nov 2009

Innovative Use of Steel on Garbage Truck Rewarded with Swedish Steel Prize

Labrie Environmental Group, the Canadian manufacturer of equipment for the solid waste industry, is this year's winner of the Swedish Steel Prize. The company won the prize with its new vehicle model - the Wittke Sta...

18 Nov 2009

Funding in Place for the Construction of a Turkish Steel Plant

MMK ATAKAS METALURJI SANAYI, TICARET VE LIMAN ISLETMECILIGI A.S (MMK Atakas), a Turkish project company, closed the long term financing for the construction of its integrated flat steel making complex and related infrast...

18 Nov 2009

Silicon Chip Covered in Nanopillars Used to Capture Cancer Cells

Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features developed by researchers at UCLA is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor.

18 Nov 2009

Radiation-Resistant NRAM Carbon Nanotube-Based Memory Tested on Recent Space Shuttle Mission

A radiation-resistant version of NRAM(TM) carbon-nanotube-based memory, developed jointly by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Nantero, was tested on a recent Space Shuttle mission. The NRAM(TM) was incorporated by NASA in...

18 Nov 2009

Protecting Sulfate Groups During the Building of a Molecule

Sulfate groups are crucial building blocks for many molecules but are difficult to handle. Dutch researcher Martijn Huibers has discovered how sulfate groups can be protected during the construction of a molecule. Thanks...

18 Nov 2009

Modifying a Proton's Internal Structure

A recent experiment at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has found that a proton's nearest neighbors in the nucleus of the atom may modify the proton's internal structu...

18 Nov 2009

New Tool to Help Semiconductor Manufacturers Improve Their Energy Efficiency

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in cooperation with the International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI), are releasing for beta testing a computer-based tool to help the world's semiconductor manufacturing facilities ("fabs") evaluate and improve their energy efficiency.

18 Nov 2009

New Lubricants Protect Communication Cables During Installation

Three new lubricants introduced by the 3M Communication Markets Division are designed to help communication service providers protect their investment when pulling cable. 3M Concentrated Multi-Purpose Cable Lubricant, 3M...

18 Nov 2009

Oxford Instruments Sell Plasma Etching and Deposition Solution to French Research Centre

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) has recently won a contract with French research centre, STnano in Strasbourg, France for the supply of a Plasmalab® System80 Plus ICP system.

From Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology 18 Nov 2009