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PPG Set to Build First Manufacturing Plant in Russia to Serve Automotive and Industrial Coatings Markets

PPG Industries is planning to build its first manufacturing plant in Russia. PPG has signed an "investment agreement" with the administration of the Kaluga Region, Russia, to build an automotive coatings and...

23 May 2008

Hairy Foam Provides Excellent Basic Structure for Catalysts

If you bond nanofibers to solid foam, you get ‘hairy foam’. Doctoral candidate Patrick Wenmakers from Eindhoven University of Technology has developed this product, which provides an excellent basic structure for catalytic systems.

23 May 2008

First Solar MD to Outline Latest Developments in Thin Flm Solar Cells

Managing director Stephan Hansen of First Solar (GmbH) – one of the worlds fastest growing manufacturers of thin-film solar modules – will speak at an international conference in Munich on June 11th about the...

23 May 2008

Scientist Hope to Unlock Scientific Mysteries with World's Most Powerful Subatomic Collider

Physicists the world over are hoping that Atlas will help unlock some deep scientific mysteries and perhaps even lead to discovery of the Higgs boson, sometimes called "the God particle" because it is believed its discovery will refine the understanding of exactly how the universe came to be and how it functions, and how mass came to be in the first place.

22 May 2008

Predicting the Properties of Light Nuclei

Scientists have spent 70 years trying to predict the properties of nuclei, but have had to settle for approximate models because computational techniques were not equal to the task. In the 1990s, scientists at the U....

22 May 2008

Polymer Group Start Work on New Multi-Beam Spunmelt Line in Mexico

Polymer Group, Inc. (PGI) today commemorated the start of construction at its approximately $50 million plant expansion in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, with ground breaking ceremonies attended by government officials, and bu...

22 May 2008

Fujifilm Develop Next Generation Inkjet Printing Technology

FUJIFILM has developed ground-breaking, next generation inkjet digital printing technology that enables the world’s first high quality, high-speed printing on large sheets.

22 May 2008

US Air Force to Restructure Wing Maintenance Program

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley signed the Global Wing Structure Program Action Directive 08-01. PAD 08-01 directs the realignment of fighter, rescue and bomber aircraft maintenance units under flying sq...

22 May 2008

Leading Materials and Chemicals Company to Close Welsh Plant

Solutia Inc. announced that its Flexsys(r) subsidiary intends to cease manufacturing at its facility in Ruabon, Wales, by the end of 2008, with complete site exit by the end of 2011. "This action is part of our ...

22 May 2008

New Models Demonstrate How Power Transistors Work in Smart Electrical Circuits

New models of how two types of power transistors perform will result in more efficient smart electrical circuits, making such technologies as cars and home appliances more reliable and environmentally friendly. Power ...

22 May 2008

New Factory Allows 3M Aerospace to Increase Production Capacity for Adhesives and Coatings

The 3M Aerospace and Aircraft Maintenance Department announced its intent to build an Aerospace-focused factory in Wroclaw, Poland. An addition to its sister factory in Springfield, Mo., the Poland facility will signific...

22 May 2008

LayTec's Curvature Sensor Gaining Popularity with GaN LED Manufacturers

The wafer curvature sensor EpiCurve® TT, which is already LayTec‘s bestseller among GaN LED manufacturers worldwide,
is gaining more and more recognition at European research institutions, as well. Recently, three EpiCurve® TT sensors were sold for MOCVD systems in Europe.

From Laytec - in-situ Monitoring Sensors for Thin-Film Applications 22 May 2008

XRF Calibration Standards for Petrochemicals, Wear Metals and Oil Samples

PANalytical has introduced a series of new petrochemical standard sets for X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy that make reliable and accurate calibration a simple, convenient and cost effective procedure.

22 May 2008

GKN Aerospace Commence Assembly of Lynx Helicopters for Royal Navy and Army

On schedule this month, GKN Aerospace has commenced assembly of the AgustaWestland Future Lynx Airframe at the Company's Yeovil, UK facility. Frank Bamford Vice President of Business Development and Strategy comme...

22 May 2008

New Device Extands the Life of Razor Blades

A consumer's cost for a clean shave has jumped dramatically as steel prices have increased more than 60% over the past three years. In response, BB&L Innovations, LLC has brought to market the RazorPro®, a device proven to significantly extend the life of individual blades and cartridges.

22 May 2008