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| IOM3 focuses on motorsports and automotive industry |
31 July 2002 - Corus Automotive
For the first time, the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining’s annual Steel Division conference will focus on a specific industry sector, presenting delegates with an insight into the issues that will determine the future of steel and other materials in the motorsports and automotive industry.
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| Entry-level Matrox Odyssey XA vision processor integrates analog video capture |
31 July 2002 - Matrox VITE
The Matrox Odyssey XA is the newest member of the Matrox Odyssey family of vision processors. This new board joins the Matrox Odyssey Xpro and XCL vision processors, all of which integrate the latest off-the-shelf and custom technologies with an established, fourth-generation architecture to deliver unprecedented performance and value. |
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| BOC to show customers ways to improve operations using eBusiness capabilities |
31 July 2002 - BOC Gases
BOC is inviting companies on the West Coast to two daylong seminars in August to learn how to reduce purchasing and ownership costs, keep better track of operations and ensure consistent supply through state-of-the art technology customized to meet specific needs. |
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| Araldite® wins Olympic Gold for Australia |
30 July 2002 - Huntsman Araldite
The blades that propelled Steven Bradbury over the finishing line to win the first ever Winter Olympic Gold medal for Australia at Salt Lake City 2002 were bonded with Araldite structural adhesives from Vantico. |
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| VANTICO ANNOUNCES TWO NEW GLOBAL WEBSITES |
30 July 2002 - Huntsman Araldite
Comprehensive multilingual product information, brochures, technical enquiries and
press releases, as well as selected technical datasheets for Araldite® structural
adhesives, and RenShape® Solution modelling, prototyping, tooling materials, are all now available on Vantico’s two new global Websites. |
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| Bayer Corporation Awarded Patent for Mica Reinforced Polyurethane and Polyurea Composite Technologies Used in Reaction Injection Molding Operations |
29 July 2002 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
The patent (U.S. 6,326,428 B1) was issued to Bayer Corporation December 1, 2001, and relates to polyurethane and polyurea systems useful in reaction injection molding and specifically to such systems using mica as the reinforcing agent. |
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| Autoype declares FESPA 2002 a huge success |
29 July 2002 - Autotype International
Autotype International has declared this year’s FESPA, a huge success, with large numbers of visitors attracted to its stand; one of the most striking and elegant of the entire show.
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| DesoBond™ Offers Sticky Solution to DSM Somos® WaterClear™ Parts
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29 July 2002 - DSM Somos
The popularity of DSM Somos® WaterClear™ resins has generated increasing interest in how to successfully bond the product together so that the aesthetic appeal of the finished part is not ruined and the strength of the finished prototype is not compromised. |
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| protoCAD Rapid Modeling And DSM Somos® Resins Contribute To “Living History.” |
29 July 2002 - DSM Somos
Rapid modeling and rapid prototyping materials play an important role in helping the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of American History “bring history to life.” Recent examples include miniatures of a 200-year-old American home and a replica anti-slavery medallion. |
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| Thinking positively about aging extends life more than exercise and not smoking |
29 July 2002 - Yale University
Thinking positively about getting older extends one's life by seven-and-one half years, which is more than the longevity gained from low blood pressure or low cholesterol or by maintaining a healthy weight, abstaining from smoking and exercising regularly, a study by a Yale researcher has found. |
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| Autotype’s unique formable hardcoated films answer growing mobile phone demand |
26 July 2002 - Autotype International
Autotype International Ltd, Europe's leading manufacturer of specialist products for screen printing, has launched a family of coated films that are being widely adopted in the mobile phone market. |
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| Spas Made with Bayer Thermoplastics Provide Peace of Mind |
24 July 2002 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Dimension One's AquaFit 16, AquaFit 19 Dual Temp, and AquaPro 19 Aquatic Fitness Systems feature two Bayer Plastics' engineering thermoplastics - Centrex® 833 ASA/AES (acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylonitrile/acrylonitrile-ethylene-styrene) weatherable polymer over Lustran® 752 ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) resin. |
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Long term agreement with RUSAL
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24 July 2002 - Hydro Aluminium
Hydro Aluminium and Russian Aluminium (RUSAL) have entered into a long-term agreement for production and sourcing of high quality extrusion ingots to meet the increasing needs of their global markets. The agreement, to last in excess of ten years, builds on existing relations between Hydro Aluminium and RUSAL. |
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| New high-performance evaporation masks |
23 July 2002 - Tecan
High-performance evaporation masks, for use across a wide range of selective vacuum chamber processes, such as the deposition of gold and silver on various substrates, have been developed by Tecan. |
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| Scientists zero in on 'green revolution' gene |
23 July 2002 - CSIRO
A team of CSIRO Plant Industry scientists has isolated the gene that produces the shorter, more productive, varieties of rice that led the 'green revolution' in the 1960s. |
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| CWRU researchers demystify protein at root of osteoarthritis |
23 July 2002 - Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University researchers have discovered kinks in aggrecan, a widely studied protein at the submolecular root of arthritis, a finding that brings scientists closer toward new drugs and other interventions to prevent or alleviate the disease. |
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| Drug delivery device to help treat cardiovascular disease |
23 July 2002 - Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University researchers are developing an innovative drug delivery device to help treat cardiovascular disease. 'Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the U.S., particularly for men who die of strokes and heart attacks brought on by blocked or closed arteries,' said Roger Marchant, the lead researcher on the study and professor in the department of biomedical engineering at CWRU. ' |
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| Emory researchers test the effects of valerian root on sleep disturbances in Parkinson's patients |
23 July 2002 - Emory University
Can the root of an 'herbal compound' help improve sleep disturbances in patients suffering with Parkinson's disease? Emory researchers are taking a close look at this form of alternative medicine through a multi-million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health. |
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| Advance may lead to practical quantum computing |
23 July 2002 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
For the first time, University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have designed a semiconductor-based device that can trap individual electrons and line them up, an advance that could bring quantum computing out of the gee-whiz world of scientific novelty and into the practical realm. |
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| BOC completes ETOL pipeline acquisition following merger clearance |
23 July 2002 - BOC Gases
BOC has announced it has completed the purchase of the industrial assets of Enron Teesside Operations Limited. The purchase was completed on July 12 following approval of the acquisition by The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. |
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| New drug discovery spin-off from CSIRO |
22 July 2002 - CSIRO
CSIRO Entomology today announced the establishment of a company dedicated to producing a wide range of therapeutic drugs from a virtually untapped source, insects. |
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| Positive earnings trend
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22 July 2002 - SSAB
SSAB today presented its Half Year Report for 2002. Profit after financial items amounted to SEK 477 (786) million. Profit for the second quarter, SEK 295 million, thus represents a considerable improvement on the profit for the first quarter, which amounted to SEK 182 million. |
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| Smoking cessation drug may be helpful for nicotine addiction in Schizophrenics |
19 July 2002 - Yale University
A new study at Yale University School of Medicine has shown that the FDA-approved smoking cessation medication bupropion (Zyban) can help patients with schizophrenia stop smoking. |
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| New low-voltage analog switches combine low power, charge injection, and on-resistance |
19 July 2002 - Vishay Electronic
Siliconix incorporated, an 80.4%-owned subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., today announced a new family of analog switching devices designed for low-voltage signal routing and voice and data applications. |
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| Bayer Corporation's Polyurethanes Division Recognizes Crozier-Nelson Sales as Distributor of the Year |
19 July 2002 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Crozier-Nelson earned the award based on a number of factors, including increased sales activity and volume, new business generation and excellent communication, according to Flo Pippin, Manager of Distributor Sales for Bayer's Polyurethanes Division. |
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| New Autotype Technology offers clean, Fast turnaround for laser print jobs |
19 July 2002 - Autotype International
The UK’s leading supplier of laser-printer based solutions to the pre-press market, Info-Tec Distribution Ltd is championing the latest generation of pre-press plates for laser printers from Autotype as the ideal in-house solution for small printing companies. |
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| Distrupol appointed sole distributor for DSM’s Sarlink |
19 July 2002 - Distrupol
Distrupol has been appointed by DSM as sole distributor for its Sarlink range of thermoplastic vulcanisates (TPVs). The agreement covers product distribution throughout the UK, Ireland, the Nordic region, Benelux and France. |
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| Mysterious iron factory in the Early Universe |
19 July 2002 - Max Planck Society
Where does iron come from? According to astrophysicists, iron, like all other heavy elements, is created in the center of massive stars and is expelled into space once these stars explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The material then mixes with the interstellar matter and may form new stars and planetary systems. Our solar system was formed after several generations of stars and therefore contains enough heavy elements like iron, oxygen etc. to form Earth-like planets which can sustain life. Prof. Günther Hasinger and Dr. Stefanie Komossa of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany and Dr. Norbert Schartel of the European Space Agency ESA in Spain made a startling discovery: spectral observations carried out with the X-ray observatory XMM-Newton demonstrate that the young quasar APM 08279+5255 contains a three times larger iron fraction than our own solar system although it is much older. |
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| Researchers investigate role of apolipoprotein A-IV in coronary vascular diseases |
19 July 2002 - Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
30 to 50 % of all deaths in western industrialised nations are caused by arteriosclerosis according to a WHO study. While cholesterol has been known to be a risk factor for years, less attention has been paid to another factor, apolipoprotein A-IV (or, for short, apoA-IV). |
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| Travel to a new dimension in vision processing with Matrox Odyssey |
17 July 2002 - Matrox VITE
The scalable Matrox Odyssey Xpro features the premier Motorola G4 PowerPC embedded microprocessor, running at 1 GHz. The PowerPC, combined with Matrox Imaging's state-of-the-art Oasis processing and router ASIC, delivers over 130 billion operations per second. The single-slot Odyssey Xpro also offers over 5 GB per second of memory bandwidth, up to 1 GB of DDR SDRAM memory and up to 2 GB per second of external I/O bandwidth. |
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| Teachers discover bacteria prefer milk chocolate |
17 July 2002 - Society for General Microbiology
Bacteria prefer milk chocolate to dark chocolate and will swim towards it on an agar plate, so teachers have found out at a summer school run by the Society for General Microbiology at the University of Reading. The experiment is one of a series of A-level practicals currently being produced for teachers by the Society. |
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| Research does not support worry that beta blockers cause depression, fatigue and sexual dysfunction |
16 July 2002 - Yale University
There is no data to support the worry that beta blockers, prescribed following a heart attack to guard against future episodes, commonly cause depression, fatigue and sexual dysfunction, according to a study by Yale researchers published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. |
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| New UW solution stores organs even longer |
16 July 2002 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
In the late 1980s, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers developed a synthetic solution that could safely store organs outside the body for longer than ever before. Their advance, known as the UW Solution, became the gold standard of organ preservation techniques. |
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| NREL launches fuel research lab in Denver |
16 July 2002 - DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory will dedicate a new a research facility in Denver on July 19 that will develop cleaner fuels for trucks and buses, part of a broader DOE effort to find domestically produced alternatives to petroleum and improve the nation's air quality. |
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| Experts share strategies for responding to needs of children and families |
12 July 2002 - Yale University
Superintendents, principals, teachers and program staff from 'community schools', Schools of the 21st Century (21C), will gather at a Yale University-sponsored national conference on July 15 - 17 to learn from an exciting mix of experts in the field of child development and learning. |
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| Metallized polyester film capacitor provides high-reliability operation |
12 July 2002 - Vishay Electronic
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is extending the voltage range of its MKT metallized polyester film capacitors with a new device that allows designers to incorporate small, reliable MKT capacitors in an even broader variety of telecommunications, automotive, consumer, and industrial product. |
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| M&G Introduces New PET Grade for CSD Packaging in the USA |
12 July 2002 - M&G Group
M&G Polymers USA LLC – a wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group operating in the USA – announces the official commercial launch of a new PET resin, CLEARTUF® MAX, for use in CSD packaging applications in the USA.
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| PETROBRAS DISTRIBUIDORA chooses ABB Process Portal, ControlIT and DesignIT solution suites |
12 July 2002 - ABB Automation Technologies
PETROBRAS DISTRIBUIDORA has awarded ABB, the power and automation technology group, an order for IndustrialIT electrical systems and ControlIT terminal, management automation and control. |
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| Tecan Components has developed new concepts and designs for traditional and next-generation applications |
11 July 2002 - Tecan
Furthering its reputation for innovative RFI screening solutions, Tecan Components, has developed new concepts and designs for traditional and next-generation applications, optimising considerations such as maintenance access, PCB real estate, crosstalk, EMC, microwave labyrinths and lead-free needs. |
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| Lancome’s new packaging starts with Eastar copolyester |
11 July 2002 - Eastman Chemical Company
Lancome of Paris, part of the L’Oreal Group has developed fresh new packaging for its Tonique Confort and Tonique Clarte lotions. |
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| New signaling pathway found, may be linked to movement disorders
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11 July 2002 - Washington University in St Louis
Though previous evidence points to the contrary, scientists have discovered that the protein known as fibroblast growth factor 14 may not actually behave like a growth factor. The research suggests that FGF14 is instead involved in transmitting signals from one nerve cell to another and may help regulate walking and other movements. The protein could, therefore, be linked to movement disorders such as Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases. |
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| Solvay Advanced Polymers’ UDEL P-1700 helps Ohio Co produce better ‘Ball’ for Ball Valve |
10 July 2002 - Solvay Advanced Polymers Llc
With a minimum of effort and just a slight turn of the wrist, water flows from the valve. Turn it back, the flow stops and nothing drips. For most people that means the valve is working. |
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| With what what you see is not always what you get |
09 July 2002 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Many factors influence the quality of drinking water and a burgeoning new problem is raising concern. Metallic plumbing materials, capable of lasting for centuries, are occasionally corroding at a very fast rate. This deterioration is producing some extraordinary costs and environmental problems to consumers and to industry. |
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| Calza Garver turns to Durastar for fashion footwear |
09 July 2002 - Eastman Chemical Company
When Mexico’s Calza Garver looked to enter the fashion footwear market with a clear shoe product, they knew they needed to avoid the breakage issues experienced with the soles of earlier entries. |
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| Ogihara chooses Corus for Peugeot's first UK body panel contract |
09 July 2002 - Corus Automotive
Corus, the international metals company, has been awarded the contract to supply the skin panel blanks to Ogihara, one of Europe's largest press stamping companies, for pressing into body panels for Peugeot's new 206SW model, which was launched at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year.
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| Clear plastic case lets pen manufacturer rule out retail theft |
08 July 2002 - Eastman Chemical Company
Sanford Argentina, the Latin America manufacturer of Waterman, Parker and PaperMate pens, has devised a clever means of thwarting any attempt to steal Parker pens without attracting the immediate attention of store security. |
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| Innovative medication injector uses rugged, low-friction DuPont Polymers |
08 July 2002 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
An award-winning device for self-injection of an arthritis medication meets stringent requirements for reliability and ease of use thanks to key components made of DuPont Zytel nylon resin and Delrin acetal resin. The SimpleJect auto-injector system is designed for self-administration of Amgen Inc.'s Kineret (anakinra) drug for rheumatoid arthritis. The injector's manufacturer, Owen Mumford Ltd., Woodstock, England, worked closely with Amgen in developing it. SimpleJect has earned the Arthritis Foundation's Ease of Use commendation and has received two prestigious awards this year. Canon Communications gave it a Medical Design Excellence Award in June, and the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council presented it with its Compliance Package of the Year Award in May. |
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| BOC Burnjector helps steel mill improve operations |
08 July 2002 - BOC Gases
Since incorporating the BOC Burnjector technology into its operations in August, 2001, CitiSteel, a carbon plate steel mill based in Claymont, Del., has improved the energy efficiency and productivity of its manufacturing processes. |
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| Brookhaven Lab collaboration determines how aging affects brain chemistry |
07 July 2002 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
How does aging affect the brain? Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, the State University of New York at Stony Brook and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found chemical changes in the brain that may underlie the cognitive deterioration associated with aging. |
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| Research Highlights From Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
07 July 2002 - DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
In this special issue dedicated to homeland security-related technologies and training, we are highlighting just a few projects that fall within PNNL's approximately $220 million national security portfolio. |
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| EUREKA status for CPS COLOR |
05 July 2002 - CPS Color
CPS COLOR has been awarded EUREKA status for its Thermocolor research project being undertaken in conjunction with Corob Oy, Finland, a key manufacturer of dosing equipment. |
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| Finned tube development opens market for Sandvik Steel
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03 July 2002 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Sandvik Steel has developed a production method for internally, longitudinally finned, cold finished tubes for use as pyrolysis tubing in the demanding environment of ethylene furnaces.
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| Conferencing software now released in five languages: Japanese Magics Communicator easily communicates with German version!
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03 July 2002 - Materialise NV
Nowadays businesses need to cut costs and save time in order to stay competitive. Improving product communication is a major step in the right direction. |
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| MK V CONTROL UPGRADE MAKES ADDISON-MCKEE THE ONLY CHOICE |
03 July 2002 - Addison McKee
Addison-McKee, the acknowledged world leader in tube and pipe technology for the car and truck exhaust pipe manufacturing industry has introduced a new state-of-the-art Control System upgrade that combines outstanding features with highly advanced user benefits. |
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| U. of C. chemist researching bioweapon detection |
03 July 2002 - University of Chicago
We've become distressingly familiar with the otherworldly sight of technicians dressed like astronauts prowling inside a building they suspect contains anthrax spores. |
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| Carnegie Mellon University, Dickinson College partner on project to develop cancer categorization |
02 July 2002 - Carnegie Mellon Universtity
An interdisciplinary scientific team from Carnegie Mellon University and Dickinson College will receive $3.5 million from the Pennsylvania Department of Health over the next four years to create a more exact way to identify cancer subtypes, leading to improved diagnosis and treatments. |
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| Hydro Aluminium step up production of engine blocks |
02 July 2002 - Hydro Aluminium
Hydro Aluminium has developed an all aluminium engine block for a new high volume diesel engine. On the basis of a serial production order for this engine block and with prospects for new orders for aluminium blocks, the board of Norsk Hydro has approved a major expansion of VAW alucast, Dillingen. Hydro will invest up to ™ 76 million in a new production line for the production of aluminium blocks. |
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| Burmester to leave after successful integration |
02 July 2002 - Hydro Aluminium
After almost five years at the helm of VAW aluminium AG, Dr. Helmut Burmester has decided to disembark now that the integration period with Norsk Hydro's aluminium activities has been completed according to plan and the organizations of the new company, Hydro Aluminium, are in place both in Germany and worldwide. |
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| New CMOS Photo-Schmitt-trigger photo detector offers low power consumption |
02 July 2002 - Vishay Electronic
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.today announced the release of a highly sensitive photo detector that combines the efficiency enabled by CMOS technology with the high performance of Vishay's Photo-Schmitt-Trigger standard. |
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| Researchers clarifies a major uncertainty about bone marrow donor cells. |
02 July 2002 - American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Bone marrow cells have shown a surprising ability to grow in heart, liver, nerve and other cells. These findings have stirred controversy, however, over whether bone marrow cells actually change their genetic program and become these new types of cells. Some researchers have found evidence suggesting that bone marrow cells simply fuse with cells in other organs without actually taking on a new identity. |
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| Technique could dramatically diminish hunger in Africa |
01 July 2002 - Weizmann Institute of Science
Corn harvests on experimental plots and in farmers' fields in four East and Southern African countries have yielded striking results in long-term trials of an innovative witchweed-fighting technology developed by a Weizmann Institute scientist in collaboration with researchers at CIMMYT (the Spanish acronym for The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center). The new technology will be presented to seed producers, government representatives, regional scientists and regulatory agencies at a CIMMYT-sponsored meeting in Kisumu, Kenya on July 4–6, 2002. |
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| China Firm Orders First Morgan Rod Mill
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01 July 2002 - Morgan Construction Company
Morgan Construction Company, of Worcester, has received an order from Shanxi Haixin International Iron and Steel Company Ltd., a new high-speed single-strand rod mill to be built in Shanxi Province, the People's Republic of China. This will be that company's first rod mill from Morgan. |
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