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Oxford University Researcher Wins Nicholas Kurti European Science Prize

We are delighted to announce that Dr John Morton from the department of Materials at Oxford University is the 2009 recipient of the Nicholas Kurti European Science Prize.

14 May 2009

Composite Pavers Reduce Installation Time

In today's tough economy, forward-looking contractors could take advantage of a premium (and green) product for hardscapes that enables them to get excellent results with less labor. VAST Enterprises has engineered just such a solution: VAST Composite Pavers.

14 May 2009

Swedish Buildings to be Enclosed in Energy Saving Steel

An energy-saving steel that can dissipate heat from solar radiation will enclose the buildings at the Swedish pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai next year. Prelaq Energy from SSAB is a newly developed Swedish façade ...

14 May 2009

Real-Time Gas Analysis from Bench-Top Instrument

Cirrus bench-top gas analysers from Henniker Scientific Ltd. deliver real time analysis over a wide range of gases and vapours.

14 May 2009

Single Tube Scanner Improves Handling and Processing of Chemical Compounds

Micronic Europe BV has announced that Specs (Delft, The Netherlands) has deployed the Tracker TRxD Single Tube Scanner in its laboratories to improve handling and processing of chemical compounds.

14 May 2009

Oxford Instruments Launch Multi-Wafer Hydride Vapour Phase Epitaxy Reactor

Oxford Instruments excited to announce the launch of CrystalFlex. This multi-wafer Hydride Vapour Phase Epitaxy (HVPE) reactor provides superb epitaxial growth control, and offers a cost effective route for the production of high quality, crack free epitaxial GaN, AlGaN and AlN single crystal materials.

14 May 2009

High Performance Solar Cell Inspection Systems Available from Vitronic

VITRONIC supplies manufacturers of solar cells and solar cell modules with high-performance inspection-systems. Optical quality inspection contributes to high-quality and clearly classified products. Such solar cells and modules are now producing energy for VITRONIC.

14 May 2009

First Entirely Mercury-Free HID Headlamps Manufactured by OSRAM

With the Xenarc D3 and D4 high-pressure gas discharge lamps and matching D3-Xenaelectron control gear OSRAM is the first manufacturer to provide entirely mercury-free HID headlamp systems. As such, the lamps with the &qu...

14 May 2009

Energy Saving Metal Halide Lamps Illuminate Berlin Landmark

Hardly any other building symbolises Germany like Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. Which is why lighting the Pariser Platz in front of the monument is so vitally important. After all, the world-famous square ought to look ...

14 May 2009

Smallest RGB Multi ChipLED Developed Especially for High-Resolution Full-Color Video Screens

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has developed the smallest RGB Multi ChipLED especially for high-resolution full-color video screens with large diagonals and small viewing distances. The tiny dimensions of these components enable a very large number of pixels to be accommodated in a small display area. The LED is housed in a black package that reflects hardly any ambient light at all. The LED emits light in brilliant colors with excellent contrast.

From Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH 14 May 2009

Novelis Makes Commitment to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Novelis Inc. announced today that its North American organization has established its greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goal with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Climate Leaders program. Novelis h...

From Novelis Corp 14 May 2009

BASF Implement Short-Term Work Schedules for 20 Production Plants

BASF SE is introducing short-time work in the coming months for about 1,000 employees in 20 production plants and associated service units at its site in Ludwigshafen. These measures are necessary mainly at production units for pigments, intermediates, petrochemicals and inorganics.

From BASF Corporation 14 May 2009