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EnPro Industries Open State-of-the-Art Bearings Plant in Slovakia

GGB, a unit of EnPro Industries, Inc., today officially opened a new manufacturing plant in Slovakia, marking the third new production facility an EnPro business has dedicated since September, 2004. "The state-of...

16 Nov 2004

Green Car Incorporating Space Age Materials Sets New Speed Record

When the non-profit organisation IdéeVerte Compétition decided to create a 'green' racing car, they turned to space technology to make it safer. Running on liquefied petroleum gas, one of the least poll...

16 Nov 2004

Knee Brace Based on Smart Fluids Set to Revolutionise Physical Rehabilitation

Each year Popular Science magazine surveys the year's most interesting, provocative and promising inventions, and this year an innovative brace by Northeastern University engineering professor Constantinos Mavroidis ...

15 Nov 2004

VFS Sell Vacuum Furnace to Bio-Vac to Produce Orthopedic Coatings

Vacuum Furnace Systems Corporation announces the sale in November of a vacuum furnace to Bio-Vac, Inc. for their Southfield MI orthopedic coatings plant. The new horizontal 2-bar external quench system will join four oth...

15 Nov 2004

NEC Develop Flame Resistant Polycarbonate Based on Fly Ash

NEC Corporation today announced that it has succeeded in the development of a flame resistant polycarbonate resin, which cuts manufacturing energy consumption by over 20% through the use of fly ash that is a by-product o...

15 Nov 2004

Next Generation pH Meters Overcome Flaws in Current Technology

The measurement of pH is one of the most common analytical measurements used the world over in applications from process control in the food industry, to research in the pharmaceutical industry, through to effluent monit...

15 Nov 2004

Composites Testing Lab to Evaluate Carbon Fibre Materials for ESA’s Next Generation Space Launchers

CTL Tástáil Teoranta wins contract to evaluate carbon fibre materials for next generation space launchers. A Spiddal-based company has been awarded a major contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to ev...

15 Nov 2004

Westinghouse Win Contract to Supply Technology, Training, Equipment and Installation for New Tube Plant in Korea

The Korea Nuclear Fuel Company (KNFC) has awarded Westinghouse Electric Company contracts to provide joint technology development, training, major equipment and installation, and commissioning of a new tube manufacturing...

12 Nov 2004

Degussa Begin Planning for Isophorene Plant in Germany

Degussa AG of Dusseldorf has begun basic planning on a new production line for isophorone products at its site in Herne, Germany. The unit, which is intended for the production of the solvent isophorone and its derivativ...

12 Nov 2004

Huhtamaki Introduce a Complete Range of Compostable Foodservice Packaging

A worldwide manufacturer of consumer packaging, Huhtamaki introduces BioWare, a complete range of single-use cold drink cups, plates, containers and cutlery, all based on renewable raw materials and compostable after use...

12 Nov 2004

Kuraray Sign Agreement to Acquire Polyvinyl Butyral (PVB) Business of HT Troplast

Kuraray Co., Ltd. has signed a contract with Rütgers AG (“Rütgers”), Germany, to acquire Polyvinyl Butyral (“PVB”) film business (the “Business”) of HT Troplast AG, a subsidi...

12 Nov 2004

Flexible Thin Film Battery Manufacturer Solicore Joins TBTF

Solicore, Inc., a leading provider of ultra-thin, flexible, lithium polymer batteries, announces that it has joined the Tampa Bay Technology Forum, a not-for-profit trade association that serves 240 member companies in T...

12 Nov 2004

Steel Partners Make Offer to Acquire Aerospace Manufacturer GenCorp

GenCorp Inc. today announced that it has received a letter from investment fund Steel Partners II L.P., a stockholder of the Company, seeking to enter into negotiations to acquire all of the shares of the Company for $17...

12 Nov 2004

NIST Researchers Grow Nanowires with Controlled Orientation using Gold Nanoparticles

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a technique for growing well-formed, single-crystal nanowires in place-and in a predictable orientation-on a commercially importa...

From NIST Standard Reference Materials 11 Nov 2004

Solvay to Double Vinyl Chloride Monomer Capacity at Vinythai Thai Plant

Solvay announces today that the board of Vinythai PCL (VNT) approved the doubling of the Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) production capacity at its plant in Map Ta Phut, Thailand. The project, which is based on Solvay&rsquo...

11 Nov 2004