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Breakthrough with CMOS Semiconductor Technology and Silicon Nanowires

Leti, the leading research and development institute focused on micro- and nano-technologies, announced today that it has broken new ground in the integration of nanotechnology with traditional complementary metal oxide ...

7 Oct 2009

Tronics Wins 2009 Foundry of the Year Award from Semiconductor Magazine

Tronics, a leading global integrated manufacturer of custom MEMS, has received the 2009 Foundry of the Year Award from EuroAsia semiconductor magazine for its history of profitability and growth, including expanding its ...

7 Oct 2009

Advanced Composites to Showcase Expertise at COMPOTEC

Advanced Composites Group Ltd. (ACG) and Richmond Aerovac, both part of the Composites Division of Umeco plc, represented by ACG Italia and Aerovac Italia SRL respectively, will be exhibiting in Pavilion C at COMPOTEC 20...

7 Oct 2009

Veeco MOCVD System Approved for Use on Azur Solar Cells

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that its TurboDisc Arsenic Phosphide (As/P) metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) System has been qualified for production at AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH of...

From Veeco 6 Oct 2009

New Paper on Piezo Actuator Lifetime and Reliability Available from PI

Piezo specialist PI (Physik Instrumente) has released a new paper on piezo actuator lifetime and reliability. The paper describes the development and lifetime tests of ceramic encapsulated actuators in comparision with conventional polymer coated piezo actuators.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 6 Oct 2009

Handbook of Thermoset Resins Launched by iSmithers Rapra Publishing

iSmithers Rapra Publishing has announced the release of Handbook of Thermoset Resins. This handbook is designed as a stand-alone guide to thermoset resins, an important class of polymer materials.

From Smithers Rapra Technology Ltd 6 Oct 2009

Bayer Present New Applications Made Possible with Carbon Nanotubes

The extraordinary properties of BaytubesR carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have sparked new and highly promising lightweight design concepts that improve both energy efficiency and mechanical strength. Such concepts are the f...

6 Oct 2009

Renishaw Inspection System Leads to Huge Time Savings for GE Oil and Gas

GE Oil and Gas Florence has transformed the performance of a DEA Global CMM with a retrofit system direct from Renishaw, allowing far higher data collection rates and thus form analysis, never before practically possible on the DEA CMM.

From Renishaw plc - Spectroscopy 6 Oct 2009

Nobel Prize Awarded for Optical Fiber and CCD Sensor Research

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize 2009 in Physics for two scientific achievements that have helped to shape the foundations of today's networked societies. It has been awarded...

6 Oct 2009

ThyssenKrupp Bundles Its Plastics Capabilities into a New Company

As of October 1, 2009, ThyssenKrupp has bundled its plastics capabilities under ThyssenKrupp Plastics International GmbH. The new company is heading over 15 enterprises located in ten European countries. The new organiza...

6 Oct 2009

Paraytec System being Used to Develop Explosive Destruction System

Paraytec Ltd. has announced that its ActiPix D100 system is being used by the Biosystems Research Group at Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, CA, USA) to develop a capillary electrophoresis - based monitoring system for the "Explosive Destruction System" part of the U.S Chemical Demilitarisation program.

6 Oct 2009

Basotect used to Insulate Solar Collectors

The international heating systems manufacturer Viessmann, Germany, now uses Basotect® to insulate its solar collectors. The light, flame-retardant melamine resin foam produced by BASF is fitted to the side walls and the rear of flat-plate collectors. Flat-plate collectors capture solar radiation and convert it into heat. Basotect shows good insulation properties over a long period, even when exposed to high temperatures.

From BASF Corporation 6 Oct 2009

Multicoat Technology Improves Productivity in Oil and Gas Wells

Santrol Oil and Gas Stimulation Products is introducing a new breakthrough proppant technology today at the Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans. PowerProp MultiCoa...

6 Oct 2009

Innovative Pan-and-Tilt Tool Head for Plasma, Laser and Waterjet Cutting Machines

At EMO 2009, the CNC vendor NUM is launching an innovative ready-integrated pan-and-tilt tool head solution for sophisticated plasma, laser and waterjet cutting machinery applications. Called NUMcut, it provides a very s...

6 Oct 2009

Off the Shelf CMOS Image Sensor for Machine Vision Applications

Belgian startup CMOSIS is to introduce its first off-the-shelf hi-res CMOS image sensor product at Vision 2009 (3 - 5 November 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany). The new CMOSIS CMV2000 image sensor is specifically designed for demanding machine vision applications.

6 Oct 2009