Materials Science News

RSS

Glass is The Consumers Preferred Packaging Material

Consumers around the world overwhelmingly prefer foods and beverages in glass to other packaging materials, but new research commissioned by Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI) suggests consumers struggle to find their favorite brands packaged in glass on store shelves.

From O-I Glass 8 Jul 2009

Metals Recycling Company Launches New Website

RML Metals Recycling Company announces its online website that is available at www.RmlMetals.com. The site illustrates an array of services and materials that RML Metals provides and recycles. Prospective and existing cu...

8 Jul 2009

Foam Drawer Liners for Mobile Tool Chests

United Case™, a UFP Technologies brand, introduces foam drawer liners for Pelican™ Product's 0450 Mobile Tool Chest. United Case's Case Fit™ Drawer Liner product line consists of two specialty foam sets for the 0450 case. The foam sets are intended for storing tools and for practicing tool accountability.

8 Jul 2009

Environmentally Friendly Way to Ensure Optical Data Storage Media id Destroyed

Proton Data Security is announcing the new Proton model 1250A, a security device that ensures all information on compact disks (CD, CD-RW, CD-R, CD-ROM) and optical disks (DVD) is destroyed and rendered useless in an env...

8 Jul 2009

Light Metals Researcher from University of Queensland Wins Technology on Tap Competition

University of Queensland metals researchers have scooped the pools at a unique science event held on the Gold Coast recently. Called Technology on Tap, the event challenged scientists to explain their research in les...

8 Jul 2009

Samsung UltraTouch Mobile Phones to be Protected by Gorilla Glass

Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announced today that Corning's Gorilla glass was selected as the protective cover glass for Samsung UltraTOUCH mobile phones. "The full touch screen mobile category is growing...

8 Jul 2009

JPK Instruments Open New Office in Japan

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, is pleased to announce the opening of their first offices in Japan.

8 Jul 2009

Bemis to Acquire Flexible Food and Packaging Assets

Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE: BMS) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Food Americas operations of Alcan Packaging, a business unit of international mining group Rio Tinto plc (LON: RIO;...

From Amcor PLC 7 Jul 2009

Polyscope to Supply Auto Makers with SMA with the Demise of Dylark SMA

Economic turbulence has made a more visible impact on the automotive industry than any other. One of the most recent effects is the decision by Nova Chemicals to discontinue production of its Dylark styrene maleic anhydr...

7 Jul 2009

Samuel Manutech to Take Full Ownership of Polypropylene Strapping Products JV

Samuel Manu-Tech Inc. (TSX - SMT), a leading North American industrial products and technology company, today reported that it has signed a letter of intent with Sekisui Jushi America, Inc. to acquire their 50% interest ...

7 Jul 2009

BHP Billiton Iron Ore Project Celebrates 40th Year

BHP Billiton Iron Ore and Western Australia's Pilbara communities today celebrated a significant milestone in Australia's mining history by marking the 40th Anniversary of the railing and shipping of the first ir...

From BHP 7 Jul 2009

Corus Living Solutions Achieves Quality and Environmental Management Accreditations

Corus Living Solutions (CLS), the North Wales based modular manufacturing business of Corus, has been awarded certification to three internationally recognised business management systems: ISO 9001 for Quality Management...

7 Jul 2009

Nanovis Looks to Commercialize Bone Regeneration Technology

Nanovis LLC, a startup developer of nanosurfaced implants and nanostructured biomaterials, announced Tuesday (July 7) that it has begun initial testing of a bone regeneration technology with the help of the state's 2...

7 Jul 2009

New Process for Filling Fullerenes with Radioactive Materials

Virginia Tech chemistry Professor Harry C. Dorn, Emory and Henry College chemistry Professor James Duchamp, and Panos Fatouros, professor and chair of the Division of Radiation Physics and Biology at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine have co-invented a hands-off process for filling fullerenes with radio-active material.

7 Jul 2009

Low Cost Solution for Manufacturing CIGS Solar Cells

Though the solar industry today predominately produces solar panels made from crystalline silicon, they remain relatively expensive to make. New players in the solar industry have instead been looking at panels that can ...

7 Jul 2009