Dyesol has entered formal discussions to finalise the terms for its role as an Industrial Partner at the Sustainable Product Engineering Centre for Innovative Functional Industrial Coatings (SPECIFIC), South Wales. SPECIFIC is a £20 million, 5-year project, located at the Baglan Bay Innovation and Knowledge Centre and a powerful partnership that includes leading U.K. university groups such as Swansea, Imperial College, Bath, Bangor, Cardiff, Glyndwr and Strathclyde as well as multi-national companies, including BASF, Pilkington and Tata. SPECIFIC is considered a world leader in innovation and functionalising the building envelope for energy capture, storage and release.
Cosmo Specialty Fibers marked the third anniversary of a reborn pulp mill in Cosmopolis, Washington. Dormant for about half a decade, the mill was purchased by the Gores Group LLC and restored to commercial production capability as Cosmo Specialty Fibers in only six months. Two hundred well-paying jobs were added to an area where unemployment is typically the highest in the state.
Central Concrete Supply Co., Inc., a business unit of U.S. Concrete, Inc., and the leader in delivering low-CO2 concrete to the San Francisco Bay Area, has joined, as a founding member, a unique coalition of commercial building owners and tenants; architects, engineers and builders; building product manufacturers; legal professionals; labor and healthcare professionals and institutions to promote human health through green building.
People use their GPS apps, cameras, and mobile internet to navigate strange cities in search of good coffee, record "selfie" commentary while they wait in line, and upload their videos directly to social media sites while they sip their latte. But no amount of high-tech savvy can save a well-loved device from dying when its battery is drained.
In the near future, solar panels will not only be more efficient but also a lot cheaper and affordable for everyone, thanks to research by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) scientists.
BASF will introduce new chemistries for the coatings industry at the 2013 Western Coatings Symposium and Show (WCS), October 20-23, in Las Vegas, Nevada. BASF will share solutions for architectural and decorative coatings, as well as for transportation and industrial coatings manufacturers.
Thousands of cups of coffee are served each day, from high-end baristas to homey cafes and diners. Two RIT students developed JavaSkinz, a durable coffee cup sleeve made of high-tech, phase-change material that can keep coffee warmer longer. It also has the potential to provide a cost effective and sustainable solution for coffee drinkers on the go by doing away with the paper sleeves now used for coffee cups.
Power management company Eaton is delighted to announce that its manufacturing plant in Worksop, United Kingdom, has won the Energy & Environment category at this year’s Best Factory Awards. The awards were presented at a ceremony held in London on 27th September, and additionally saw Eaton being Highly Commended for its plant in the highly regarded Best Electronics & Electrical Plant category.
Indium Corporation’s Dr. Ning-Cheng Lee, Vice President of Technology, will present at the International Microsystems Packaging Assembly and Circuits Technology conference (IMPACT) on Thursday, October 24 in Taipei, Taiwan.
At this year's SPS IPC Drives automation trade fair, Siemens will be supplying answers to the current and future challenges facing manufacturing industry under its trade fair banner "Making Things Right". "Our aim this year is to illustrate to visitors how to improve their production – from design, through engineering and operation to maintenance", explains Heinz Eisenbeiss, Director of the Siemens booth at this year's show.
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