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| A tight fit for PipeMate |
30 September 2002 - Distrupol
Leading materials-supplier Distrupol has played a leading role in helping East Midlands moulder AAC bring time and cost savings to the heart of the building site with PipeMate – a hand-operated tool for the on-site tapering of plastic pipes. |
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| On exhibit by DSM Somos Bathsheba: “The Fine Art of Prototyping” |
30 September 2002 - DSM Somos
DSM Somos® announces its support of the arts with a display of Bathsheba sculpture to be exhibited at the 2002 TCT Exhibition and Conference and the 2002 Euromold fair. |
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| Customer focused development is helping to expand Stereolithography’s window of opportunity
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30 September 2002 - DSM Somos
Over the past 25 years, the Ford Technical Centre (Dunton, United Kingdom) has acquired a central role in the production of prototypes for Ford’s global R&D network. |
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| New Photopolymer Material From DSM Somos® Provides Cost and Performance Benefits Versus Traditional Polyurethane Model Making |
30 September 2002 - DSM Somos
General Pattern, a service bureau providing rapid product development solutions for all engineering applications, has used an automotive register assembly prototype application as a basis for comparing turnaround times and costs of traditional RTV/Polyurethane modeling versus a new generation stereolithography (SL) resin. |
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| Hydro Aluminium to further develop low-cost Alouette smelter |
30 September 2002 - Hydro Aluminium
The Board of Norsk Hydro, the Norwegian based Oil and Energy, Aluminium and Agri group, has decided to take part in expanding the Canadian primary aluminium plant, Alouette. |
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| Adhesives in Sign Manufacture |
30 September 2002 - Huntsman Araldite
It seems that image is everything! Look around the high street, on the petrol
forecourt, and around cities and towns, corporate images and company logos are
everywhere. |
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| Clot-busting drugs are often misused |
30 September 2002 - Yale University
Virtually every stroke patient who was administered a clot-busting medication in clinical practice, and who was included in a study of such cases, was given the medication with deviations from recommended protocols, according to a journal article by a Yale physician. |
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| Distrupol helps ensure a tight fit for PipeMate |
30 September 2002 - Distrupol
Leading materials-supplier Distrupol has played a leading role in helping East Midlands moulder AAC bring time and cost savings to the heart of the building site with PipeMate, a hand-operated tool for the on-site tapering of plastic pipes. PipeMate is the invention of West Midlands builder Dave Higgs who took the idea to Sutton-in-Ashfield based moulder AAC. The company then developed the project to full scale manufacture. The PipeMate device employs a similar principle to a giant-sized pencil sharpener. In this case, however, the application puts bevels onto 4' plastic building pipe, thus creating leak-proof joints and fittings. |
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| New Emergency Drug for Cardiac Arrest, Vasopressin as an agent for cardio-pulmonary resuscitation |
30 September 2002 - Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Diseases of the cardiovascular system continue to be the most frequent causes of death in the Western world. For over 100 years, Adrenaline has been the standard drug of choice in the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest. |
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| Composite material provides dimensional stability, reduces cost and weight |
27 September 2002 - Solvay Advanced Polymers Llc
Engineers at Delphi Automotive Systems have chosen a grade of AMODEL
polyphthalamide from Solvay Advanced Polymers, L.L.C. for the engine air control valve for an outboard engine application. Commonly called a “throttle body,” the valve controls the amount of intake air that goes to the engine. |
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| New fuel-cell grid connection |
27 September 2002 - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
The travelling colossus weighs 20 tons and measures over seven meters in length. A few months ago, the core of the 'PEM Oberhausen' power supply system completed its long journey from canadian Vancouver to the Ruhr region in Germany. |
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| World premiere: First magnesium strip produced by casting-rolling |
26 September 2002 - ThyssenKrupp Steel
'The first important step has been taken. We are well on the way to producing magnesium sheets at competitive cost,' says Dr. Ulrich Jaroni, director of technology and responsible for research and development at ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG. The Duisburg-based company holds leading world market positions in carbon steel and in processing technologies for lightweight automotive materials. |
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| Alcan Technology Enables Landmark Aluminum Jaguar
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26 September 2002 - Alcan Automotive
Jaguar’s all new XJ sedan, unveiled to journalists today at the Paris Auto Show, is capturing attention for more than its luxurious styling. Beneath the surface of this landmark automobile is a unique aluminum structure made possible by the pioneering technology of Alcan Inc., a leader in the supply of aluminum-based solutions for the automotive market.
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| Sandvik Steel and RGB Stainless to merge
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25 September 2002 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Swedish steelmaker, AB Sandvik Steel has announced that it is to merge Sandvik Steel UK and RGB Stainless Ltd.
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| Yale researchers shed light on B cells' involvement in autoimmune diseases like Lupus |
25 September 2002 - Yale University
Using genetically altered mice, Yale researchers have generated a clearer picture of the origins of B cells and their involvement in autoimmune diseases such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes. |
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| Black anodising for leading air-bearing specialist |
25 September 2002 - Tecan
Weymouth based metal finishing specialist, Tecan, has supplied tens of thousands of defect-free black-anodised aluminium parts, to the world-leading high-precision engineering company, Air Bearings Limited, Poole, Dorset. |
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| Prototype fast, reduce resin consumption with single cavity nozzles |
24 September 2002 - Husky Injection Molding Systems
Built around the new Ultra Nozzle platform, Husky Injection Molding Systems has introduced a new line of single cavity hot runner nozzles. |
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| Federal Government not funding enough research for mental health problems in children, Yale study finds |
24 September 2002 - Yale University
Although it is well established that primary care doctors are on the front lines in identifying and treating behavioral and emotional problems in children, there is little federally funded research in this area, according to a study by a Yale researcher published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. |
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| A mythic story...
About Kouros
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24 September 2002 - Materialise NV
A remarkable statue is standing in the hall of the Materialise headquarters in Leuven, attracting attention of anyone entering the building. It is a reproduction of the ancient Greek Kouros sculpture with a length of almost 6 feet. |
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| Terry Wohlers takes Magics Tooling Training
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24 September 2002 - Materialise NV
Industry consultant, analyst, and author Terry Wohlers, president of Wohlers Associates, Inc., visited the Materialise HQ in Leuven, Belgium on September 23 - 24, 2002 to participate in a Magics Tooling training program. |
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| Vehicles of tomorrow revealed at student design show |
22 September 2002 - Corus Automotive
Adam Fairless was awarded the 'Best Vehicle Design' accolade in the Corus sponsored 'Autumn Collection', the private view of the Coventry University MA Automotive Design Show 2002. |
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| Fantasia™ Makes a Colorful Impression with East Coast Design Community |
20 September 2002 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
On the evening of September 4, 2002 at Material ConneXion in New York City, more than 175 industrial product designers and architects attended Bayer's unveiling of Fantasia -- a new technology initiative for adding colors and special effects to the company's engineering thermoplastics. |
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| DSM Somos® & TCT Europe announce collaboration to provide advanced-learning opportunities in occasion of TCT 2002 with seminars conducted by independent professionals
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20 September 2002 - DSM Somos
DSM Somos® announces its collaboration with Time Compression Technologies Europe to provide further technology learning opportunities at the 2002 TCT Exhibition and Conference (MICC, Manchester, UK – 16-17 Oct 2002). |
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| Borealis and Trespaphan have signed License Agreement for PP film |
19 September 2002 - Borealis A/S
Borealis A/S, Denmark, and Trespaphan GmbH, Germany, have signed a License Agreement in the field of biaxially oriented PP films made from high isotactic PP. Borealis has agreed to a license fee of an undisclosed amount and has been granted the right to operate under Trespaphan’s patents related to this type of high isotactic PP. |
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| Microbes use sunscreens too! |
19 September 2002 - Society for General Microbiology
Microbes can withstand extreme levels of atmospheric ultraviolet light by producing their own sunscreens. Unlike humans, some bugs may even be able to survive without any help from the ozone layer scientists heard at the Society for General Microbiology autumn meeting at Loughborough University. |
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| Gene mutations, possible link to meningitis |
19 September 2002 - Society for General Microbiology
Gene mutations may account for a third of all meningococcal meningitis in the UK scientists heard at the Society for General Microbiology autumn meeting at Loughborough University. |
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| Don't smoke while feeding the birds: new research on lung disease |
18 September 2002 - Society for General Microbiology
Scientists are developing a method that could prevent lung infections in people who smoke, according to a paper presented at the Society for General Microbiology autumn meeting at Loughborough University. |
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| Researchers identify enzyme that turns on RNA |
18 September 2002 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Scientists have long searched for triggers that activate ribonucleic acid, a key component in gene expression. Now, in the journal Nature, scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison report that they have found an enzyme that activates RNA, which could lead to new ways of regulating genetic information. |
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| Bayer Plastics Unveils Redesigned Web Site www.BayerPlastics.com |
18 September 2002 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer Plastics today launched its redesigned Web site, www.BayerPlastics.com, which includes a wide range of added features, an updated navigation structure, and new product, application, processing and design home pages. |
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| Catch MRSA infections while they're young |
17 September 2002 - Society for General Microbiology
Laboratory studies showing how communities of MRSA bacteria build up on catheters could lead to improved treatments for hospital acquired infections, according to a paper presented at the Society for General Microbiology autumn meeting at Loughborough University. |
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| Helping good bacteria win the war on dental disease |
16 September 2002 - Society for General Microbiology
Good bacteria growing in dental plaque could help fight off bugs that cause gum disease and tooth decay if they are given a competitive edge, according to research presented at the Society for General Microbiology autumn meeting at Loughborough University. |
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| Dental plaque: a breeding ground for antibiotic resistance |
16 September 2002 - Society for General Microbiology
Gene swapping is taking place on your gums as the bacteria in dental plaque trade-up on newer antibiotic resistance genes, according to research at the Society for General Microbiology autumn meeting at Loughborough University. |
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| Materials conference discusses role of UK steel in a rapidly changing automotive industry |
16 September 2002 - Corus Automotive
Setting the scene for the steel division’s annual meeting of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3), Professor Garel Rhys OBE (pictured left), director, Centre for Automotive Industry Research, Cardiff Business School, said the major challenge for the automotive supply chain was coping with fundamental change in a dynamic automotive sector. |
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| Lower rates of cardiac diagnostic procedure use in women restricted to cases where indications are unclear |
16 September 2002 - Yale University
In the first large national study on the topic, Yale researchers found lower rates of cardiac catheterization, a diagnostic procedure used to assess blood flow to the heart, in women after a heart attack are only found in cases where the appropriateness of the procedure is unclear. |
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| New series of wirewound, molded, surface-mount inductors |
13 September 2002 - Vishay Electronic
Vishay Intertechnology announced the release of a new series of wirewound, molded, surface-mount inductors designed to eliminate electro-magnetic interference in power lines for personal computers, telecommunications, appliances, and other electronic devices. Measuring 0.221 in. by 0.197 in. [5.6 mm by 5.0 mm] with a 0.197-in. [5.0-mm] height height profile, inductors in the Vishay Dale IMC-2220 series serve as a drop-in replacements for industry-standard 2220 (or metric 5650) devices. Forty-nine inductance values ranging from 1.0 µH up to 10000 µH are available with tolerances of ±10% and ±5%. Intended for medium- to low-frequency resonant circuits, the new devices are rated for currents from 25 mA to 1.8 A. |
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| Mikael Nyquist New President of Tibnor |
13 September 2002 - SSAB
Mikael Nyquist has been appointed new President of Tibnor with effect from 1 January, 2003. He replaces Sven Bergman who has been President of Tibnor since 1988 and will retire in 2003. |
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| Scientists discover how cells Catch a cold |
13 September 2002 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
In what could be a first step toward finding a cure for the common cold, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered how one form of cold virus binds to human cells. The discovery, appearing in this week's issue of Science, could lead to the development of drugs that block infection. |
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| MRI and Quadrupole Resonance technologies from BTG available for license on PATEX |
12 September 2002 - BTG
CorporateIntelligence.com today announced the addition of high profile patent portfolios to its collection of more than 5,000 properties now available for license at www.patex.com. Added to the PATEX exchange are magnetic resonance imaging and Direct Quadrupole Resonance portfolios provided by BTG International, a leading technology commercialization company. |
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| Matrox announces new video compositing bundle |
12 September 2002 - Matrox VITE
Matrox Graphics Inc., today announced that the Matrox Parhelia 128MB digital video workstation graphics card is now available in a new bundle with Adobe After Effects 5.5, for only US$799 (a combined value of US$1098). This bundled offering radically enhances the user's compositing experience and efficiency, through Parhelia's unique dual-display plus TV-output technology and free WYSIWYG plug-in for previewing After Effects projects on an NTSC or PAL video monitor. |
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| Enzyme discovery to benefit homeland security, industry |
12 September 2002 - DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have successfully immobilized enzymes while simultaneously enhancing their activity and stability, opening up new possibilities for using tailored nanoporous materials. |
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| Durethan® Polyamide Resin from Bayer Plastics Forms Air Intake Manifold for GM Ecotec Engine |
12 September 2002 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
MANN + HUMMEL AUTOMOTIVE, Inc. was able to improve the noise quality and reduce the cost of the air intake manifold for General Motors' 4-cylinder, 2.2-liter Ecotec engine by making a double switch - from lost core molding and from another material supplier to multishell technology and engineering resins from Bayer Plastics. |
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| Borealis customer event stimulates dialogue about creating value in the plastic pipe business |
11 September 2002 - Borealis A/S
Borealis, Europe’s leading supplier of specialist polyolefin products for the pipe industry, organised a major event for its customers near its Marketing & Development Centre in Stenungsund, Sweden, on 4 and 5 September 2002. |
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| Morgan Commissions High-Speed Wire Mill
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10 September 2002 - Morgan Construction Company
Morgan Construction Company has commissioned a new high-speed wire rod mill at Anyang Iron & Steel Company in People's Republic of China.
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| New Ezi-Fix system attaches electrical cable, conduit and pipe without drilling or screws |
09 September 2002 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
Saddle components molded from DuPont Zytel PA66 nylon resin perform a key support function in the Ezi–Fix system for attaching electrical cable, conduit and pipe to wall or ceiling surfaces. Installation with the Ezi-Fix system requires no drilling or screws. Instead, adhesive-surfaced saddles are simply pressed against a pre-primed surface with the aid of a spring-loaded application tool. A full load can then be immediately applied, according to the system manufacturer. The saddle's design incorporates an integral slot for reusable cable ties. |
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| Researchers search for ways to reduce nursing home noise |
09 September 2002 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Now, researchers will test the effectiveness of several noise-reducing environmental interventions they developed to reduce sleep disturbances among nursing home residents. Their ultimate goal is to improve residents' health and quality of life. |
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| Snehal Vashi is ATDC's newest entrepreneur-in-residence |
09 September 2002 - Georgia Institute of Technology
The Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program matches experienced entrepreneurs with early-stage technology companies enrolled at the ATDC, Georgia Tech's incubator program for technology companies. As an entrepreneur-in-residence, Vashi meets regularly with the management teams of ATDC member companies to offer advice and share connections to the support networks he developed while running his own ventures. |
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| Autotype’s match made in heaven |
09 September 2002 - Autotype International
Wedding World Wales Ltd’s use of polyester plates and laser printing reflects its commitment to maintaining the very high standards associated with nuptial printing jobs whilst meeting the rapid response times expected. To keep its printing stress-free, the company uses Autotype International Limited’s OMEGA Fast plates.
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| High-tech investor network launched |
09 September 2002 - DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
A regional partnership of economic development organizations, led by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, today announced the launch of the Northwest Technology Investor Network (www.techinvestnw.com). The network is an online forum that links investors and entrepreneurs in the high-tech sector. |
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| Using natures command and control network to develop ways to engineer organisms |
09 September 2002 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Peter Kennelly, a professor of biochemistry at Virginia Tech, is probing nature's own command and control network to understand how it functions and to develop new strategies for genetically engineering organisms. By mapping the mechanisms already in place to find the switch that controls a certain action, Kennelly is working to find ways to turn on processes that normally would not be active. |
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| New Faraday Partnership to enable high throughput technologies in product and process R&D. |
06 September 2002 - LGC
Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, announced a new Faraday Partnership in High Throughput Technologies on 5 September 2002 in which LGC is the core partner. The aim of the INSIGHT Faraday Partnership is to make HTT an integral part of new product and process development, leading to reductions in 'time to market' for UK industry. INSIGHT, one of six partnerships approved in the latest round, has been awarded an initial £2.2m over three years, with core funding to come from the Department of Trade and Industry and research funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. |
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| Treatment expected to help parents cope with separation-anxiety situations |
06 September 2002 - Boston University
Most parents have faced the occasional heartbreaking wail of their child fearing separation from mom or dad. It's normal. But such children's fears may be eased using techniques being tested for the first time at Boston University on young children who have Separation Anxiety Disorder, which experts say is the most prevalent yet least studied of childhood anxieties. |
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| Sandvik supplies large diameter tube for Nigerian Bonga field gas lift risers
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06 September 2002 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Sandvik Steel has produced its first high volume order for large diameter stainless steel tubes for gas lift risers. |
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| Distrupol wins distributorship for DuPont Packaging and Industrial Polymers |
06 September 2002 - Distrupol
Distrupol, a member company of Univar and the leading UK polymer distributor, technical service and solutions provider, has been appointed distributor for DuPont packaging and industrial polymers. The agreement covers distribution throughout the UK and Ireland for Elvax Ethylene Vinyl acetate resins, Surlyn ionomer resins, Fusabond polymer modifiers and Elvaloy AC acrylate copolymer resins. |
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| Boston University study suggests terrorism against US will continue because of negative attitudes held by teen-agers |
05 September 2002 - Boston University
A new Boston University study suggests that terrorism against the U.S. is likely to continue because of negative attitudes held by teen-agers around the world about Americans as people, impressions largely drawn, ironically from made-in-America movies, TV, and popular music. |
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| BOC Gazy to supply combustion equipment and gases to Bate |
05 September 2002 - BOC Gases
BOC Gazy has been awarded a contract for the supply of industrial gases and combustion equipment to Baterpol’s lead smelting and refining facility in Katowice, Poland. |
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| Bladder cancer returns sooner with each recurrence, study shows |
05 September 2002 - Washington University in St Louis
A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that the number of months between recurrences of superficial bladder cancer progressively shortens with each recurrence. The study also identified two proteins in tumor cells that may help predict the risk of a first or second recurrence. The findings will be published online Sept. 5 in the journal Cancer and in the Sept. 15 print edition. |
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| Autotype’s display graphics fuel railway advertising in Japan |
04 September 2002 - Autotype International
Tokyo-based Adonis Total Advertising Agency is set to enjoy a busy autumn with over 60 Japanese railway stations planning to use its services to provide new advertising opportunities. |
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| Mimics assists in separating conjoined twins
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04 September 2002 - Materialise NV
After Ganges and Jamuna from India, Maria de Jesus and Maria Teresa from Guatemala, doctors hope to successfully separate the conjoined Egyptian twins, Ahmed and Mohamed. All 3 very delicate operations have been prepared using Materialise Mimics software. |
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| ExxonMobil Chemical launches film label replacement for paper |
03 September 2002 - ExxonMobil Chemical Co
ExxonMobil Chemical today introduced Label-Lyte® 85 LP-200M, a biaxially oriented polypropylene film designed to replace metallized paper in water-based, cold-glue cut and stack patch labeling applications. The first film of its kind in the industry to run on most existing paper labeling equipment without machinery or adhesive modifications, Label-Lyte® 85 LP-200M brings the marketing and manufacturing benefits of film to beer, wine, spirits, food and household chemical marketers. |
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| Assists in studies of microbes, viruses |
03 September 2002 - DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
A faster, more thorough mass spectrometry method for identifying proteins may significantly advance the technology infrastructure required to comprehend the role proteins play in cellular function and disease development. Already, the one-of-a-kind system, developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, is beginning to provide new insights into how microorganisms gobble carbon out of the atmosphere and the role proteins play in a virus known to cause blindness. |
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| Siber a new ultra-resolution 248nm bilayer resist system |
03 September 2002 - Rohm & Haas Co
Shipley Company, L.L.C., announces selective customer sampling of its SiBER , ultra-high resolution, 248nm, Silicon Bilayer resist system. This system is comprised of a silicon containing top imaging layer and a planarizing, light- absorbing polymeric, bottom layer. |
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| Scientists develop atomic-scale memory |
03 September 2002 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
In 1959, physics icon Richard Feynman, in a characteristic back-of-the-envelope calculation, predicted that all the words written in the history of the world could be contained in a cube of material one two-hundredths of an inch wide, provided those words were written with atoms. |
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| Bayer Plastics Unveils Fantasia™ Color and Special Effects Program for Engineering Resin |
01 September 2002 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
With five separate technologies and a wide array of unique color and special effects options, Bayer Plastics' new Fantasia™ program for engineering resins - which the company announced today at Material ConneXion® in New York City - is the industry's most complete, one-stop solution for color and special effects. |
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| RFID identification system made sasier by film
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01 September 2002 - 3M Europe
RFID stands for 'Radio Frequency Identification' – a technology that enables non-contact data transfer via signals. Unlike conventional bar code systems, products can be identified without the need of direct contact or line of sight between the label and the reading device. |
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| Extended line of thermally conductive adhesive films |
01 September 2002 - 3M Europe
3M's new Series 88 Adhesive Films offer enhanced thermal conductivity through the use of mineral filler material. In addition, they feature maximum surface contact for high bond strengths. |
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