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Dofasco to Acquire Copperweld Mechanical Tubing and Automotive Components Businesses

Dofasco Inc. has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire certain assets currently owned by Copperweld Holding Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania through a transaction with Atlas Tube Inc. of Harrow, Ontario...

18 Aug 2005

IMPACT Project Develops Cheaper Microchips for Wireless Communications

A recent EU project designed and developed a new demonstrator microchip that will dramatically cut the cost of producing new wireless products and could mean that a whole range of existing products will be enabled for wi...

18 Aug 2005

Ticona Composite Cuts Weight of Aircraft

In its quest to reduce the weight of aircraft seats, a major seat manufacturer switched a variety of seating elements from aluminum to a TEPEX® composite made with carbon fiber and Fortron® polypheny-lene sulfide...

18 Aug 2005

Boeing Eyes Russia For Future Growth

Russia and the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will require approximately 1,340 passenger airplanes over the next 20 years, according to The Boeing Company's annual forecast for the commerci...

18 Aug 2005

Basell Extends Metallocene-Catalyst Based Polypropylene Resins Range

Basell has extended its product portfolio of commercially available metallocene-catalyst based polypropylene resins marketed under the Metocene brand. New high melt flow grades with desirable qualities for melt blown ...

18 Aug 2005

Space and Satellite Market to Reach $158 Billion by 2010

The International Space Business Council has announced the release of the ‘2005 State of the Space Industry’. First released in 1997, the report was developed to provide industry, government, and financier...

18 Aug 2005

Bayer Materialscience to Take Over Polythane Systems

Bayer MaterialScience LLC, Pittsburgh, USA, is set to take over Polythane Systems, Inc. (PSI), of Spring, Texas, a leading American supplier of polyurethane spray foam systems for roof insulation. The transaction is s...

18 Aug 2005

New Process Makes Biodiesel Production Cheaper

In recent months, President Bush has pushed an energy plan that calls for an increase in the production of alternative fuels like biodiesel. In 1999, biodiesel producers sold only 500,000 gallons of fuel, but last year, ...

17 Aug 2005

CSMA Acquires Materials Characterisation Specialist MATS UK

CSMA Ltd, surface analysis expert and subsidiary of CERAM, the internationally renowned centre for materials and technology based in Stoke-on-Trent, has acquired the business and assets of MATS (UK) Ltd. The combinat...

17 Aug 2005

Dofasco to Acquire Copperweld from Atlas Tube

Dofasco Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire certain assets currently owned by Copperweld Holding Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania through a transaction with Atlas Tube Inc. of Harrow, Ontar...

17 Aug 2005

Kevlar Brake Pad Featured at China Trade Exhibition

DuPont Advanced Fiber Systems recently participated in the 7th China Friction and Sealing Material Association (CFSMA) Conference and Exhibition in Wuhan, China. During the exhibition, the business featured the newly-des...

17 Aug 2005

Ansteel and Bensteel Combine to Form Anben Steel Group Company

Two of China's 10 biggest steelmakers will be merged to create a behemoth with an annual output of 20 million tons - a move foreshadowing consolidation in the sector. Anshan Iron & Steel Group (Ansteel) and B...

17 Aug 2005

BAE Systems Awarded $122.3 Million Contract Modification For FCS Armed Robotic Vehicle

BAE Systems has been awarded a contract modification worth a minimum of $122.3 million for the transition effort for two Armed Robotic Vehicle (ARV) variants for the U.S. Army’s Future Combat Systems. “BA...

17 Aug 2005

Safeguarding U.S Power Grid

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be the home of a national center that will address the challenge of how to protect the nation’s power grid, the National Science Foundation announced today. The N...

17 Aug 2005

Completion of Target Assembly for the CERN Neutrinos

Scientists at CERN have announced the completion of the target assembly for the CERN neutrinos to Gran Sasso project, CNGS. On schedule for start-up in May 2006, CNGS will send a beam of neutrinos through the Earth to th...

17 Aug 2005

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

The global semiconductor market has entered an exciting period. Demand for chip technology is both driving the industry as well as hindering it, with current chip shortages predicted to last for some time. Current trends will likely shape the future of the industry, which is set to continue to show

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

The primary distinction between graphene-based batteries and solid-state batteries lies in the composition of either electrode. Although the cathode is commonly changed, carbon allotropes can also be employed in fabricating anodes.

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

In recent years, the IoT is rapidly being introduced into almost all sectors, but it has particular importance in the EV industry.

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Dofasco to Acquire Copperweld Mechanical Tubing and Automotive Components Businesses

IMPACT Project Develops Cheaper Microchips for Wireless Communications

Ticona Composite Cuts Weight of Aircraft

Boeing Eyes Russia For Future Growth

Basell Extends Metallocene-Catalyst Based Polypropylene Resins Range

Space and Satellite Market to Reach $158 Billion by 2010

Bayer Materialscience to Take Over Polythane Systems

New Process Makes Biodiesel Production Cheaper

CSMA Acquires Materials Characterisation Specialist MATS UK

Dofasco to Acquire Copperweld from Atlas Tube

Kevlar Brake Pad Featured at China Trade Exhibition

Ansteel and Bensteel Combine to Form Anben Steel Group Company

BAE Systems Awarded $122.3 Million Contract Modification For FCS Armed Robotic Vehicle

Safeguarding U.S Power Grid

Completion of Target Assembly for the CERN Neutrinos

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High-Throughput Configurable Raman Probes for Versatile Applications

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

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Driving Efficiency and Sustainability: Tofwerk at Semicon Europa

Combining Particle Size, Zeta Potential and Shelf-life for Cutting Edge Research

Can we Decarbonize the Aerospace Industry?

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