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Sandvik Advanced Materials Buys Medical Instrument and Implant Manufacturer

Sandvik Materials Technology has acquired the medical technology company Eurocut Ltd. Eurocut Ltd. manufactures medical instruments and implants for the orthopedic sector. Its customers comprise leading medical techno...

7 May 2008

Ausmelt Signs Agreement for Joint Tin Fuming Furnace Engineering Design Project

Ausmelt Ltd has signed an agreement with Bluestone Mines Tasmania Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Metals X Ltd , to undertake the basic engineering design of the tin fuming furnace as part of the Rentails project....

7 May 2008

Ambios XP-Plus Series of Stylus Profilers Distribution Agents for the UK and Ireland Now LOT Oriel

LOT - Oriel Ltd has been appointed as agents for the Ambios XP-Plus Series of Stylus Profilers. The new XP-Plus systems provide the widest range of application specific capability and set a new standard of excellence in the industry

7 May 2008

Major Toner Manufacture Employs Malvern on-line Particle Size Analyzer for Process Control

A major Japanese toner manufacturer is finding the Insitec LPS on-line particle size analyzer from Malvern Instruments ‘indispensable’ for process control.

7 May 2008

World Leading Wire Manufacturer Employ PC-Controlled Quality Assurance Procedure

World leader in the manufacture of precision cold drawn round wire, flat wire and shaped wire, is using a PC-controlled universal materials testing machine from Lloyd Instruments as part of its comprehensive quality assurance procedure.

7 May 2008

Zwick Contributes to New Paper Test Method

To investigate the clinching and creasing properties of paper, different tests are carried out in a paper laboratory. These tests simulate the creasing action, but a significantly lower speed is used compared to the clinching or creasing in today’s modern production lines.

From ZwickRoell GmbH Co. KG 5 May 2008

Zwick Establish Aerospace Testing Lab at University in Singapore

Zwick has established an application laboratory at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. The laboratory is part of the new School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the testing machines are being used for both R&D and student education.

From ZwickRoell GmbH Co. KG 5 May 2008

DuPont Nonwovens Showcase Products to the Medical Device Industry

DuPont Nonwovens recently participated in the Medical Device & Manufacturing Exhibition (MD&M) in Anaheim, Calif. With an average of 16,000 attendees and more than 1,200 exhibitors, it is one of the largest indus...

5 May 2008

Esmark Announce Acceptance of Merger Acquisition for $17.00 Per Share

Esmark Incorporated announced that it has agreed to the material terms of a proposed tender offer and merger with Essar Steel Holdings Limited for a cash purchase price of $17.00 per share. The Company plans to enter ...

5 May 2008

General Dynamics Armament Selected By Boeing to Supply Next Generation Radomes for F-15 Radar Modernization Program

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products has been selected by The Boeing Company as the preferred provider to supply the next generation of wideband radomes for the F-15 Radar Modernization Program. The sourc...

5 May 2008

Boeing's Next-Generation 737 Completes Carbon Brakes Certification Offering Operators Benefits

Through a month-long test program, Boeing reached its goal to show equivalent performance between steel and carbon brakes

5 May 2008

Trelleborg Strengthens its Position in Pipe Seals Market with Recent Acquisition

Through its Trelleborg Engineered Systems business area, Trelleborg has entered an agreement to acquire the operations of US company NPC Inc., with about 100 employees and sales of SEK 110 M. This acquisition strengt...

5 May 2008

Kyma Technologies Aluminum Nitride Templates Offers Significant Cost Reduction and Enhancement to Wafer Manufacturers

Kyma Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of ultra-high purity crystalline gallium nitride (GaN) and aluminum nitride (AlN) materials and related products and services, has been supplying AlN and GaN templates to the n...

5 May 2008

Autodesk Makes Acquisition of Leading Plastic Simulation Software Technology

Autodesk, Inc. , a leader of design innovation software and technologies, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Moldflow , a leading provider of software solutions that allow designers to p...

5 May 2008

NOVA Chemicals Announce Joint Venture Agreement on Buliding and Construction Projects

NOVA Chemicals today announced that the company has signed a letter of intent with Reliance Industries Limited to form a building and construction joint venture. The proposed new joint venture plans to leverage NOVA Chem...

5 May 2008