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Aluminum Extruder Introduces Extremtech Anodizing Line

Alexandria Extrusion Company (AEC) is a supplier of precision aluminum extrusions, including advanced engineering services and innovative value-added operations including but not limited to machining, fabrication, and al...

15 Mar 2009

First High-Resolution Images of Bone Formation

They used the world’s most advanced electron microscope to make three-dimensional images of the nano-particles that are at the heart of the process. The results provide improved understanding of bone, tooth and shell formation. For industrial applications, they promise better materials and processes based on nature itself.

15 Mar 2009

Greener Way to Turn Propane into Industrially Necessary Propylene

The process to turn propane into industrially necessary propylene has been expensive and environmentally unfriendly. That was until scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory devised a gree...

15 Mar 2009

Nanotechnology-Based Engine Oil Lubricant Help Reduce Automobile Fuel Consumption

ApNano Materials, Inc., a cleantech company and provider of nanotechnology-based products, today announced that vehicle tests carried out by independent automotive test centers and car fleets, including field tests of ca...

15 Mar 2009

New Method to Replace Platinum Catalyst with Stainless Steel

Platinum is highly desired in jewelry and as a catalyst, but in both cases it is expensive. Now, Penn State researchers have found a way to replace the platinum catalyst in their hydrogen generating microbial electrolysi...

15 Mar 2009

Chinese Iron and Steel Company to Construct New Automated Equipment for Annealing Lines

Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from the Chinese company, Handan Iron&Steel Corporation, to supply the automation and electrical equipment for a new annealing line and two hot galvanizing lines....

From Primetals Technologies Limited 15 Mar 2009

NIST Release New Reference Material for the Polymer Industry

In a tour de force of measurement science, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed and issued for sale a new test material for calibrating quality control equipment used extensively by the polymer industry.

From NIST Standard Reference Materials 15 Mar 2009

Light-Bending Metamaterial Could Lead to High-Powered Nanophotonics

Researchers at Rice University have created a metamaterial that could light the way toward high-powered optics, ultra-efficient solar cells and even cloaking devices. Naomi Halas, an award-winning pioneer in nanophotonic...

15 Mar 2009

Nanomaterials to Further Advance Harnassing of Solar Power

Imagine flexible lighting devices manufactured by using printing techniques. Imagine solar power sources equally as reliable and as portable as any conventional power source. Such advances are among aims of research at A...

15 Mar 2009

New Ceramic Production Technique Help Increase Efficiency and Cost Reduction

Engineers at the University of Leicester have invented a new technique in the manufacture of ceramics that has the potential to save the industry time and costs while reducing wastage. The novel method takes away the traditional ‘trial and error’ approach to manufacture of ceramics and instead applied new computer modelling techniques to the manufacturing process

15 Mar 2009

Rapid Charging Battery Material Overcomes Challenges

MIT engineers have created a kind of beltway that allows for the rapid transit of electrical energy through a well-known battery material, an advance that could usher in smaller, lighter batteries -- for cell phones and other devices -- that could recharge in seconds rather than hours.

15 Mar 2009

Research Leads to New Applications for Carbon Nanomaterials in Hydrogen Storage

An international research team, involving Professor Rajeev Ahuja at Uppsala University and researchers in the USA, set out to understand the mechanism behind the catalytic effects of carbon nanomaterials. Experimental an...

12 Mar 2009

Global Market for ECM Technology to Increase to $519 Billion

According to a new technical market research report, ELECTRONICS CONTRACT MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN SERVICES: THE GLOBAL MARKET (MFG021A) from BCC Research , the global market for electronics contract manufacturing (ECM) ...

12 Mar 2009

Epitaxial Processing System Help Maximize Wafer Capacity for Photovoltaic Cell Production

CSD Epitaxy, Inc. (CSD Epitaxy), a global provider of epitaxial processing equipment, announced the recent delivery of the first EpiPro(tm) 5000-IG production system to GlobiTech Corporation, a leading global supplier of...

12 Mar 2009

Songwon to Provide Dedicated Warehousing Facilities and Packaging Line for Customers

Songwon’s target is to become the partner of choice for its customer by always providing the optimum solution. This has led Songwon to providing dedicated extensive warehousing facilities and a packaging line at one of the most important distribution points in Europe.

From Songwon 12 Mar 2009