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3D Systems Announces the Availability of Engineered Nano-Composite Bluestone SL Material for SLA Systems

3D Systems Corporation announced the availability of Bluestone™ SL material, the first commercially available engineered nano-composite resin for SLA® (stereolithography) systems. For more information, click...

30 Jul 2004

Veeco Receive Order for GEN2000 Molecular Beam Epitaxy Systems for Wireless Applications

Veeco Instruments Inc. today announced its has received a multiple system order for its GEN2000(TM) molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system from a leading wireless device manufacturer. The 7x6" wafer GEN2000 systems wil...

29 Jul 2004

Ballard to Supply Heavy Duty Fuel Cells to Power 3 Buses in Beijing

Ballard Power Systems announced today that it will provide three heavy-duty fuel cell engines to DaimlerChrysler for integration into Mercedes-Benz Citaro buses for a project funded by China’s Ministry of Science &...

29 Jul 2004

Graham Packaging To Acquire Plastics Packaging Business of Owens Illinois

Graham Packaging Company, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Plastic Container business unit of Owens-Illinois, Inc., of Toledo, Ohio, for approximately $1.2 billion. Closing of the transaction is subject t...

From O-I Glass 29 Jul 2004

Single Leaf Construction Design Guide Available From Ceram

Experts at CERAM’s Building Technology Division (CBT) have produced the definitive Design Guide for Single Leaf construction for one and two storey buildings. It provides guidance to designers and contractors on th...

29 Jul 2004

GKN Agree to Sell Share in Helicopter and Aircraft Joint Venture

Further to the announcement on 26 May 2004, GKN plc announces that it has signed definitive agreements with Finmeccanica SpA in relation to the proposed sale of GKN’s 50 per cent stake in AgustaWestland N.V., its h...

28 Jul 2004

Air Liquide Sign 15 Year Supply Deal with Comalco Aluminium

Air Liquide Australia Limited has signed a 15-year contract with Comalco Aluminium Limited for the supply of oxygen and nitrogen to its Gladstone refinery in Queensland. Comalco is a subsidiary of the global mining group...

28 Jul 2004

Nanomarkets Release White Paper on Nanotechnology Trends

NanoMarkets, LC, a leading nanotechnology industry market research and analysis firm based here, today announced the release of a new white paper titled, "Why Nano Now?" The paper pinpoints key trends within en...

28 Jul 2004

Cree Launch Xlamp LED Product Line

Cree, Inc. today announced that its 7090 series XLampTM, a solid-state light emitting diode (LED) product, is now available in production quantities. This is the first high-powered packaged LED product that Cree has rele...

28 Jul 2004

Plastic Shopping Trolley Manufacturer Recieves First Commercial Order

Supercart Plc today announces that it has received its first commercial order from its exclusive European sales and distribution agreement with Ateliers Reunis Caddie SA ("Caddie"). This order is for 2,000 ...

28 Jul 2004

International Steel Group Complete Purchase of Hot Briquetted Iron Facility

International Steel Group Inc., today announced that it has completed the purchase of substantially all of the assets of the Cliffs and Associates Limited (CAL) Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI) facility located in Trinidad and ...

28 Jul 2004

Algoma Steel Reach Tentative Labour Agreement with USWA

Algoma Steel Inc. today announced that the Company has reached tentative settlements with USWA Locals 2251 and 2724 on the terms of new labour agreements. The current collective agreements are set to expire on July 31, 2...

28 Jul 2004

Delphi Open A New Engineering Facility And Two New Customer Service Centres In Japan

Delphi Corp. has opened a new engineering facility and two new customer service centres in Japan, further expanding its presence in the country, Delphi officials announced today. The new engineering office is near Nagoya...

28 Jul 2004

New Version Of Software For 3DAP Atom Probe Accelerates Materials from Oxford Nanoscience

In response to user requests, Oxford nanoScience Ltd has introduced a new version of the PoSAP software for materials characterisation using the 3DAP atom probe. The software has a number of new features, including a new...

28 Jul 2004

American Superconductor Achieves Key Manufacturing Development Benchmarks for its High Performance Second Generation Wire

American Superconductor Corporation, a leading electricity solutions company, today reported achieving significant manufacturing development benchmarks for its very high performance, second generation (2G) high temperatu...

28 Jul 2004