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| ADDISONMCKEE BENDS TO THE NEEDS OF THE SUBMARINE REFURBISHMENT
PROGRAMME. |
30 June 2003 - Addison McKee
World-leading tube forming technology specialists, AddisonMckee, have recently
won a prestigious contract for the supply and installation of one of their Databend
“Full Boost” Pipe Bending Machines at the Devonport Royal Navy Dockyard at
Plymouth. |
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| A NEW LOOK AND JUST ONE NAME FOR TUBE BENDING AND END FORMING
TECHNOLOGY AROUND THE WORLD. |
30 June 2003 - Addison McKee
Across the world, Preston-based Addison Tube Forming is renowned for the
design, supply and manufacture of precision CNC tube forming machinery for
numerous industries – including the manufacture of today’s highly complex car
and truck exhaust systems. Across the Atlantic, sister company, McKee-Addison,
of Ohio, USA, produces the widest range of end forming machines and associated
tooling, all of which are frequently used in tandem with Addison bending
technology. |
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| Revealed: Europe’s master plan for space technology |
30 June 2003 - European Space Agency
'Europe has a yearly budget of approximately 400 million Euro for space technology research and development. ESA provides half of this budget, while the rest is going through national channels,' said Hans Kappler, ESA Director of Industrial Matters and Technology Programmes. 'It is very obvious this investment has to be harmonised in order to avoid unnecessary duplications of activities and fill strategic gaps.' |
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| Ashland agrees to sell its Electronic Chemicals business group to Air Products |
30 June 2003 - Ashland Inc
Ashland Inc. announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to sell the net assets of its Electronic Chemicals business and certain related subsidiaries to Air Products in a transaction valued at approximately $300 million before tax. Ashland's after-tax proceeds will be used primarily to reduce debt. |
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| RENPIM USED FOR 40KG TRACTOR ROOF PROTOTYPES |
30 June 2003 - Huntsman Advanced Materials
RenShape Solutions proved the answer to a BIG problem for Reko International, of
Ontario, Canada when they won the contract to produce 30 tractor roof prototypes,
each weighing 40kg and measuring about 2m². |
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| Alfa Romeo Use RenShape Modelling Boards For First SUV Concept Vehicle |
30 June 2003 - Huntsman Advanced Materials
RenShape modelling boards have been used to build the first Sports Utility Vehicle
ever developed by Alfa Romeo. The concept car was made by Italy’s leading
automotive model makers, Stola S.p.A., in just 20 days. |
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| ARALDITE BONDS LIGHT HOUSING ON FIAT MULTIPLA |
30 June 2003 - Huntsman Araldite
Araldite adhesive is being used to bond the light housing supports on one of
Europe’s most distinctive cars, the Fiat Multipla. |
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| ARALDITE ENHANCES SPORTS BICYCLE PERFORMANCE |
30 June 2003 - Huntsman Araldite
With the increasing demand for lighter, faster performance bicycles, some innovative manufacturers in the US are now using Araldite structural adhesives to produce tough durable joints on the different substrates used in bicycle assembly including aluminium, titanium and fibre composites. |
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| Yale researchers identify two types of childhood reading disability with different brain patterns |
30 June 2003 - Yale University
Yale researchers have, for the first time, identified two types of reading disability: a primarily inherent type with higher cognitive ability (poor readers who compensate for disability), and a more environmentally influenced type with lower cognitive skills and attendance at more disadvantaged schools (persistently poor readers). |
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| BOC celebrates first delivery of bulk liquid oxygen to the Isle of Man |
30 June 2003 - BOC Gases
The first–ever delivery of bulk liquid oxygen to the Isle of Man has been made to the island’s newly-built hospital by BOC. The delivery was made to two liquid medical oxygen vessels recently installed by BOC at the 252-bed Noble’s Hospital in the capital, Douglas. |
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| Sustainable Urban Revitalization Center helps breathe new life into urban areas |
29 June 2003 - Georgia Institute of Technology
'The revitalization of urban communities isn't just about designing buildings,' says Bob Schmitter, a senior research scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute and director of the new center. 'It's a complicated mix of environmental, economic and social issues. If we can get developers and communities to think about these interrelationships and the cumulative impact of a project, such as how it affects the people who work and live in an area, then chances for that project's success will increase dramatically.' |
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| From vision implants to new biochips |
29 June 2003 - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Over 35,000 blind people in Germany alone could be helped. If 'only' the retina is affected and the optic nerve still functions, implants can restore limited sight. For the past eight years, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS in Duisburg have been developing various sight prostheses with increasingly better resolution and performance. |
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| High temperature resistant epoxy offers outstanding chemical resistance |
28 June 2003 - Master Bond
Master Bond Inc. of Hackensack, New Jersey has developed a new two component epoxy system for service above 500°F. Called EP125, this compound is designed to withstand exposure to boiling acids, alkalis, salts, fuels and most organic solvents. It offers high bond strength to metallic and nonmetallic surfaces. Typical lap shear strengths are in the order of 2,400-2,500 psi at ambient temperatures. After heat aging for 1,000 hours at 500°F, slightly less than 50% of the original bond strength is retained. Castings exhibit flexural strength as high as 15,000 psi and flexural moduli of more than 500,000 psi. |
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| New surface-mount, common-mode choke circuits improve on multilayer circuits |
27 June 2003 - Vishay Electronic
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced the release of two new surface-mount, common-mode choke circuits featuring a wirewound design that enables lower dc resistance, higher current-handling capability, and greater stability than multilayer common-mode choke circuits. |
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| Major advance in coalbed methane research |
27 June 2003 - CSIRO
Australia stands to reap the benefits of a significant breakthrough in coalbed methane research by CSIRO and Sydney Gas Ltd, enhancing the potential for CBM to become a major natural gas resource for Australia. |
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| Client and contractors warned over buried services risks |
27 June 2003 - HSE InfoLine
The Health & Safety Executive has highlighted the need for clients and contractors to use cable plans before digging near buried services. The warning follows the conclusion this week of a prosecution brought by HSE in which two companies were fined a total of £22,000 by a District Judge sitting at Birmingham Magistrates Court. |
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| Nickel-tin catalyst can replace platinum in a new process for making hydrogen fuel from plants |
26 June 2003 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Writing this week in the journal Science chemical and biological engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison report the discovery of a nickel-tin catalyst that can replace the precious metal platinum in a new, environmentally sustainable, greenhouse-gas-neutral, low-temperature process for making hydrogen fuel from plants. |
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| Race has powerful effects on children’s perceptions of job status, study shows |
26 June 2003 - University of Texas at Austin
Children’s perceptions of job status and their own vocational interests are affected by racial segregation of the workforce according to a new study published in the May issue of Developmental Psychology, a journal published by the American Psychological Association. |
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| BOC and Hudson Technologies announce exclusive global technology alliance |
26 June 2003 - BOC Gases
BOC and Hudson Technologies, a leading player in the US refrigerants market, have today announced the signing of a global alliance to promote a technology that ‘cleans’ refrigerants. The technology will improve plant efficiency leading to greater energy savings for customers and environmental benefits from reduced carbon dioxide emissions. |
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| Yale to reduce emissions at power plant through fuel change |
26 June 2003 - Yale University
Yale University plans to reduce emissions from its Sterling Power Plant, which provides energy for the School of Medicine, by using cleaner oil than the type it currently is permitted by the State of Connecticut to use. |
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| Corus, Caparo Wire and Emhart Teknologies co-operation accelerates automotive fasteners component supply |
26 June 2003 - Corus Automotive
The supply of fasteners into the automotive industry has been radically improved, thanks to an initiative bringing together three key players in the supply chain.
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| Great Lakes to produce a new grade Anox 20 antioxidant |
26 June 2003 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation will begin producing a new grade of Anox 20 hindered phenolic antioxidant with a non-organotin catalyst. The new grade will be first available in the 4th quarter of 2003. |
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| New concept in stabilisers for polypropylene fibre production |
26 June 2003 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has launched Anox FiberPlus polymer stabiliser blends, for the process stabilization of polypropylene fibres. |
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| Polybrominated styrene flame retardant offers compatibility in polyesters and polyamides |
26 June 2003 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has launched Firemaster CP-44HF flame retardant, a high flow, polybrominated styrene co-polymer that offers unique compatibility in thermoplastic polyesters and high temperature polyamides. |
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| Flame retardants meet changing demands of polyurethane market |
26 June 2003 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has introduced three flame retardants that meet changing demands of the polyurethane foam market sparked by regulatory actions in North America and Europe. |
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| Smoke suppressant additive for low-smoke PVC applications |
26 June 2003 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has launched Smokebloc AOM-100 smoke suppressant and flame retardant additive for rigid and flexible PVC applications with low-smoke requirements. |
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| CaddyTig & CaddyArc welding equipment is rugged portable & ideal for the mobile professional |
25 June 2003 - ESAB Group
ESAB's latest CaddyTig 150 and CaddyArc 150 welding equipment is designed for use by professional welders who are out and about, working both indoors and outdoors. Moreover, the portability and flexibility does not come at the expense of weld quality, which remains high thanks to the incorporation of proven ESAB inverter technology and several sophisticated features. |
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| Solvay Advanced Polymers announces plant expansion in Greenville, S.C. |
25 June 2003 - Solvay Advanced Polymers Llc
Solvay Advanced Polymers, L.L.C., will expand the production capacity of
its polyamide-imide plant at Donaldson Center in Greenville, S.C., during the next nine months. |
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| BOC begins major fuel cell trials programme in the UK |
24 June 2003 - BOC Gases
As part of its developing hydrogen energy programme, BOC has started two hydrogen fuel cell trials at internal sites in the UK. |
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| ExxonMobil Chemical introduces Vistamaxx specialty elastomers for next-generation solutions |
24 June 2003 - ExxonMobil Chemical Co
ExxonMobil Chemical today launched the new Vistamaxx family of specialty elastomers, a revolutionary new product platform that combines the company's strengths in catalyst technology, product design and process development to deliver new levels of performance across a broad range of customer applications. |
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| The BOC Gh2ost to attempt world record in August |
23 June 2003 - BOC Gases
BOC is to sponsor a world record attempt later this year to travel a distance equal to London to Vancouver on the equivalent of one gallon of petrol by using a hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicle. |
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| Cabot Superior MicroPowders facilitates fabrication of world's first inkjet printed plastic electronics |
23 June 2003 - Cabot Corporation
Cabot Corporation announced today that the digital electronic materials developed by its recently acquired Cabot Superior MicroPowders division, were successfully used in facilitating the fabrication of the first fully functional, inkjet printed, plastic electronics, active-matrix display. The display was recently presented at the Society for Information Display Conference in Baltimore, MD. |
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| Making Health and Safety a cornerstone of a civilized society |
23 June 2003 - HSE InfoLine
The Health and Safety Executive has today called on everyone involved in the world of work to give it their views on health and safety for the next 10 years. Each year injuries and ill health caused by work result in 40 million days off, with effects in terms of personal suffering and lost productivity. Now the HSE is seeking views on its strategy for the years ahead by publishing 'StrategicThinking, work in progress'. |
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| Bayer Polymers Introduces Three New Grades Of Makrofol® Polycarbonate Film |
22 June 2003 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
The three new grades combine to offer customers a wider range of design opportunities and improved production results:
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| Bayer Polymers Product Stewardship Web Site Goes International |
22 June 2003 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
'We view the addition of multi-language capabilities to the site as further evidence of our commitment to providing accurate safe handling information to our customers in the quickest, simplest, most user-friendly manner possible,' said Herman Campbell, manager - BayCare Program, Bayer Polymers. |
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| Bayer Polymers' Synthetic Rubber Represented By Four Tire Companies At NPE 2003 |
22 June 2003 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Among the important characteristics that Bayer Polymers rubber offers to the tire industry are: impermeability to air, wear resistance, anti-aging qualities, high- and low- temperature resistance, resistance to abrasion, and flexibility. |
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| Milena™ Coloring Technology For Optical Media Is Part Of Bayer's Fantasia® Colors And Special Effects Program |
22 June 2003 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
With Milena technology, color concentrates supplied by Clariant Masterbatches are metered directly into the feed throat of a molding machine, which results in the customers having a cleaner and more efficient mix-and-match coloring process. |
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| Bayer Polymers Introduces New Grade Of Makrolon® Polycarbonate In Americas Region |
22 June 2003 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Makrolon DP1-1848 - which was introduced to the European market in late 2001 - will continue to be manufactured and now imported from Bayer Polymers' facility in Antwerp, Belgium.
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| Bayer Polymers' Polyurethane Systems And Processing Technologies Combine To Meet Automaker Needs |
22 June 2003 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer Polymers has responded to this need by offering the Baypreg® F polyurethane system that is a combination of polyurethane chemistry adapted to work best with natural fibers and processing technology - NafpurTec - developed by Bayer's Hennecke Machinery unit. |
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| Bayer Polymers' Makrolon® Polycarbonate Resin Selected For Breakthrough Cardioplegia Device |
22 June 2003 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
'The small size of the VBC unit and thus the need for much less blood to prime the system is a breakthrough,' said Daniele Ghidoli, project engineer at Gish Biomedical, Inc. 'The unit provides complete visibility of the blood path and excellent heat exchange efficiency.' |
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| GM's Popular Sierra Denali Pickup Truck Features Body Panels Made With Bayer Polyurethane System |
22 June 2003 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
The truck box outer panels of the Sierra Denali are made using the Bayflex® 190 reinforced reaction injection molding (RRIM) system, and are manufactured for GM by Venture Industries, Inc. |
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| Bayer Names Polymers Americas Management Team |
22 June 2003 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
'The worldwide Bayer Group recently completed the most far-reaching reorganization in its history,' said Ian Paterson, Head, Bayer Polymers' Americas Region and President and CEO of Bayer Polymers LLC. |
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| Bayer Polymers Is 'Creating The Future' At NPE 2003 Exhibit |
22 June 2003 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
From the industry's first extrudable, thermoformable nylon, to colorful CDs and DVDs made of Bayer's Makrolon® polycarbonate resin and colored with Milena mix-and-match coloring technology - a part of the company's Fantasia colors and special effects marketing program -and to outer panels of the 2003 GMC Sierra Denali pickup truck molded from Bayer's Bayflex® 190 polyurethane reinforced reaction injection molding (RRIM) system, Bayer demonstrates that the future is now. |
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| Case IH Reaps The Benefits Of Forming Exterior Panels Using Bayer Polymers' Polyurethane RIM System |
22 June 2003 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Specifically, from the materials standpoint, CNH selected the Baydur® 730S IBS structural foam polyurethane RIM system from Bayer Polymers to mold body panelsfor the 3.3 and 3.0 meter wide versions of its Case IH AFX Series Combines. |
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| Tiny device can detect hidden nuclear weapons, materials |
21 June 2003 - DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
A small, portable detector for finding concealed nuclear weapons and materials has been developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. |
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| New thin film power resistor series offer best power/size combinations |
20 June 2003 - Vishay Electronic
Two new series of thin film wire−bondable resistor chips featuring exceptional power handling in a compact design were launched today by Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. |
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| Vishay's next−generation IR receiver modules provide 3−V operation over distances of 35 m |
20 June 2003 - Vishay Electronic
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is adding to its family of multi−function IR receiver modules for the remote control market with 14 new devices that provide high immunity to ambient light disturbances while operating over a distance of 35 m (114.8 ft.) on supply voltages as low as 2.7 V. |
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| Active Control System Could Halt Squealing Brakes in Cars, Trucks and Buses |
20 June 2003 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Squealing brakes cost auto manufacturers several hundred million dollars a year in warranty repairs and are among consumers' top 20 vehicle complaints - even in luxury cars. Now, acoustics researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a solution that could stop the problem of noisy brakes once and for all. |
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| Materialise adds CAM to its automated tool design solution, boosting toolmakers' productivity |
19 June 2003 - Materialise NV
Materialise announces the release of its latest innovation in software for the tooling industry. The Magics Tooling range of products has been completed with integrated CAM software, 'Magics Mill'. Magics Mill is powerful 3D CAM software that generates optimum roughing and finishing CNC tool cutter paths for even the most complex shapes. |
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| Hydro prepares public listing of Agri
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19 June 2003 - Hydro Aluminium
Norsk Hydro’s Board of Directors decided today to begin preparations for establishing Agri as a separate Norwegian-based company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. |
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| Health problems and financial setbacks risk factors for women and smoking |
19 June 2003 - Yale University
Women are affected more than men by certain stressful life events, a factor that can contribute to their inability to quit smoking or their decision to resume smoking, according to a new study from Yale researchers. |
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| Seeking a new way forward |
19 June 2003 - Component Obsolescence Group (COG)
Professor Roulston, OBE, FRSE, FIEE, CEng is also Industrial Professor of Electronics at Edinburgh University. His work with BAE Systems is concentrated on the Avionics Group, and his views on the changing face of the electronics industry made a big impact when he presented the keynote speech that opened the recent COG conference on The Application of Obsolescence Strategies. |
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| ESAB announces comprehensive tube welding system |
19 June 2003 - ESAB Group
A complete tube-welding system has been launched by ESAB, comprising of a new range of A21 PRH enclosed tube welding tool, high-quality mechanised Tig welding sources, and a parameter documentation printer. Aimed at users in the food, drink, pharmaceutical and semiconductor industries where high-integrity welds are required on stainless steel tubing, the cost-effective system guarantees full compatibility between the various components. |
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| New LGC Promochem catalogue - Reference materials for food, industry and occupational hygiene |
19 June 2003 - LGC
LGC Promochem, Europe´s leading supplier of certified reference materials, has increased its product range for food safety and quality control, industry and occupational hygiene. In a new catalogue containing details of over a thousand products intended for analysis in these sectors, LGC Promochem has sourced products from reputable national and international bodies such as the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements and the National Institute of Standards and Technology and commercial organisations including ULTRA Scientific and Cerilliant as well as LGC´s in-house production facility. |
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| Productivity increases of 40% with duplex stainless steel bar |
19 June 2003 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Ongoing product development, including modifications and refinements to the steel chemistry have enabled Sandvik Materials Technology to further enhance the machinability of Sandvik Sanmac grade SAF 2205, duplex stainless steel round bar. Its existing and excellent corrosion resistance, mechanical properties and weldability have been maintained.
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| Findings by chemist John Caradonna may lead to targeted therapeutics for PKU |
19 June 2003 - Boston University
For the first time, a chemical link has been identified as a potential cause of a disease that affects one in every 16,000 infants born in the United States. Researchers have found that a misaligned molecular component can significantly reduce the activity of an enzyme associated with the disease phenylketonuria or PKU. This finding opens the possibility to “cofactor therapy,” in which pharmaceuticals would be designed to chemically correct the misalignment and, for some people, correct the metabolic malfunction that causes PKU. |
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| Boston University researchers have developed a better method for identifying genes associated with diseases |
18 June 2003 - Boston University
Two Boston University researchers have developed a better method for identifying genes associated with diseases. Where previous methods could only locate disease genes by looking at individual mutations separately, this new technique can simultaneously scan several disease genes. This new method gives greater statistical power to disease association studies. |
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| University researchers find clues to personality traits in musical preferences |
18 June 2003 - University of Texas at Austin
A new study from researchers at The University of Texas at Austin that examines how music preference is related to personality found that most musical choices fall into one of four broad categories: Reflective and Complex, Intense and Rebellious, Upbeat and Conventional, or Energetic and Rhythmic. The results of the study appear in the June issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association. |
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| Researchers demonstrate new wireless disaster response system |
18 June 2003 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Members of the Center for Wireless Telecommunications of Virginia Tech demonstrated their newly developed broadband communications system at the Digital Government Research Conference (DGO 2003) in Boston recently. This system will provide vital connectivity in disaster response situations such as 9-11. They also gave a similar demonstration at Science Applications International Corporation's Public Safety Integration Center in Herndon. |
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| BOC launches next-day delivery service at its Reading distribution center |
18 June 2003 - BOC Gases
BOC has enhanced its capabilities and instituted new ordering and fulfillment procedures at its Reading, Pennsylvania distribution center. The center serves welding equipment customers and company-owned retail outlets within a 75-mile radius of Reading. |
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| Matrox Graphics to showcase revolutionary multi-display graphics cards |
18 June 2003 - Matrox VITE
Matrox graphics cards combine productivity enhancing multi-display features with award winning image quality for the ultimate in professional workstation graphics. The Parhelia, equipped with 128MB of memory, is an end-to-end solution for high-end video editing, compositing, visual effects and digital content creation. This acclaimed graphics card features multimonitor output modes such as Dual-display plus TV output and TripleHead and includes special What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get TV preview plug-ins for a host of applications. |
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| Adolescents are neurologically more vulnerable to addictions |
18 June 2003 - Yale University
Adolescents are more vulnerable than any other age group to developing nicotine, alcohol and other drug addictions because the regions of the brain that govern impulse and motivation are not yet fully formed, Yale researchers have found. |
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| Advantech embedded computing in Asia |
18 June 2003 - Advantech UK
Henry Lee, Vice President of Advantech's Embedded Computing Group, discusses trends and Advantech's involvement in Asia's embedded computing market. |
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| Morgan Receives Contract for Second Bar RSM |
17 June 2003 - Morgan Construction Company
Morgan Construction Company has received an order from Zhangjiagang Shatai Steel Company, Ltd., in Jiangsu Province, the People’s Republic of China, for a new bar-in-coil outlet.
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| Active control system could halt squealing brakes in cars, trucks and buses |
16 June 2003 - Georgia Institute of Technology
In disc brakes, squeal can occur when the brake pads contact the rotor while the vehicle is moving at low speeds, setting up a vibration that manifests itself as an annoying high-pitched squeal. The noise doesn't affect brake operation, but the problem, which occurs in cars, trucks and buses – leads to needless replacement of brake pads and the addition of shims, damping materials and other parts designed to stop the noise. |
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| Ashland Casting Solutions Enters into Marketing Agreement with Z Corporation |
16 June 2003 - Ashland Inc
Ashland Casting Solutions, a business unit of Ashland Specialty Chemical Company, and Z Corporation are pleased to announce today, at GIFA 2003 (Hall 12, Stand No. A 39/40), a marketing partnership designed to create value and provide integrated solutions to the casting industry.
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| Ashland Casting Solutions and ESI Group to Offer Casting Simulation Software and Services |
16 June 2003 - Ashland Inc
Ashland Casting Solutions, a business unit of Ashland Specialty Chemical Company, and ESI Group are pleased to announce today, at GIFA Foundry Trade Fair 2003 in Düsseldorf, their intent to jointly provide casting simulation software solutions and services to the metal casting industry.
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| Graz team sheds new light on dark states, another Austrian breakthrough in quantum physics |
16 June 2003 - Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Light shines through opaque materials if certain conditions are met. By establishing the existence of another such condition, scientists at the Graz University of Technology have created additional possibilities for using light to control revolutionary new optical components. The project, funded by the Austrian Science Fund, has experimentally demonstrated an effect previously only known from theoretical calculations. |
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| Statoil to use Cabot Cesium formate fluids on two major high pressure gas fields |
13 June 2003 - Cabot Corporation
Cabot Corporation announced today that its Cabot Specialty Fluids business has signed a letter of intent with a major energy service company to provide a supply of cesium formate fluids for both reservoir drilling and completion activities on two large gas and condensate field projects in the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The fields, Kristin and Kvitebjorn, are being developed and will be operated by Statoil. If the cesium formate fluids perform as anticipated, they could be used in more than 20 drilling and completion projects in these fields over the next several years |
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| National study findings that state eye drops delay onset of glaucoma in people at higher risk |
13 June 2003 - Emory University
Researchers have discovered that eye drops used to treat elevated pressure inside the eye can be effective in delaying the onset of glaucoma. These results mean that treating people at higher risk for developing glaucoma may delay, and possibly prevent, the disease. These findings are reported in Archives of Ophthalmology. |
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| M&G Completes Obligations Following Acquisition of Rhodia-ster
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13 June 2003 - M&G Group
Mossi & Ghisolfi International S.A. ('M&G') today confirms that on 9th June, as required under Brazilian law, it made an offer ('Tag-Along Offer') to acquire any remaining shares in Rhodia-ster S.A. ('Rhodia-ster') following the acquisition of the controlling interest from Rhodia Brasil Ltda ('Rhodia'). |
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| COMALCO AND NORSK HYDRO ENTER INTO LANDMARK ALUMINA DEAL |
13 June 2003 - Hydro Aluminium
Comalco and Hydro Aluminium today signed one of the largest alumina supply contracts in the history of the aluminium industry. |
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| New category of antibiotics may present a fresh threat to public health |
13 June 2003 - Society for General Microbiology
Bacteria have developed resistance to all antibiotics in use today, and this is causing a major health problem. However, a remarkable range of new antibiotics, called cationic antimicrobial peptides, is attracting increasing interest as a key weapon in the fight against bacterial infection. |
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| Vishay's PowerPAK Power MOSFETs provide on-resistance down to 2.25 mΩ |
13 June 2003 - Vishay Electronic
Fourteen industry-leading PowerPAK power MOSFETs, featuring improved package technology that yields lower on-resistance devices, were announced today by Siliconix incorporated, an 80.4%-owned subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology. |
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| Rapid curing epoxy adhesive has high flexibility |
12 June 2003 - Master Bond
Master Bond EP51FL is a new two component, highly flexible epoxy resin system developed by Master Bond Inc., Hackensack, N.J. for high performance bonding. EP51FL has a 1 to 1 mix ratio, weight or volume. It cures rapidly at room temperature and has a setup time of 30-40 minutes. Cure speeds can be accelerated by the use of heat. It is a 100% reactive system and no solvents or volatiles are emitted during cure. |
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| Formula Student Racing Team goes trackside with help from Corus |
12 June 2003 - Corus Automotive
Corus, the international metals company, is again supporting one of the country’s leading student race teams - the Birmingham University entry in the 2003 International Formula Student programme - with its high quality steel and material expertise for the undergraduates’ single seat racecar. |
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| BOC launches cylinder to aid asthma sufferers |
12 June 2003 - BOC Gases
BOC has today announced the launch of a new Heliox cylinder in the UK to aid the treatment of patients with airway obstructions, such as acute asthma. |
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| Promising indications that we may have succeeded in reproducing matter |
12 June 2003 - Weizmann Institute of Science
Recent results of a joint experiment conducted by 460 physicists from 57 research institutions in 12 countries strongly indicate that the scientists have succeeded in reproducing matter as it first appeared in the universe, matter called the quark-gluon plasma. The experiment, called PHENIX and conducted at the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, New York, has brought together physicists from Brazil, China, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Sweden and the United States. The Israeli team is led by Prof. Itzhak Tserruya, head of the Weizmann Institute's Particle Physics Department. Tserruya and his colleagues have designed and built unique particle detectors that are a central part of PHENIX's detecting system. |
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| A smile a day keeps the doctor away |
11 June 2003 - Carnegie Mellon Universtity
People who are happy, relaxed or exhibit other positive emotions are less likely to catch colds than those who are unhappy or anxious, according to a study by Carnegie Mellon University Psychology Professor Sheldon Cohen that will be published in the upcoming edition of Psychosomatic Medicine, the journal of the American Psychosomatic Society. |
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| ASML MaskTools and Nanya enter into software and technology licensing agreement |
11 June 2003 - ASML Netherlands B.V.
ASML MaskTools today announced that Nanya Technology Corporation of Taiwan has licensed its proprietary software and intellectual property for deployment in Nanya’s advanced semiconductor production facilities. The capabilities provided by ASML MaskTools will enable Nanya to improve imaging performance in its next-generation process technologies. |
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| Scientists discover formula for long-life rechargeable batteries |
11 June 2003 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
If you're tired of cell phones and laptops that quickly lose their charge, or worse, their ability to be recharged, help may be on the way from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory. There, BNL scientists James Reilly, Gordana Adzic, John Johnson, Thomas Vogt, and James McBreen have developed a new metal alloy that could greatly improve the performance of rechargeable batteries for portable electronic devices and electric and hybrid electric cars. |
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| Clip nuts help reduce corrosion on Aircraft, Trains and Ships |
10 June 2003 - Solvay Advanced Polymers Llc
It’s just a small part, but a clip nut made from TORLON polyamide-imide can make a really big difference when used on commercial aircraft to secure flooring, fairings, interior trim and bulkheads. |
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| Study suggests children read and behave better if working families rise above poverty level |
10 June 2003 - University of Texas at Austin
Providing earning supplements and other assistance to poor working families boosts their children’s academic and social skills, a study of hundreds of Milwaukee families directed by a child development expert at The University of Texas at Austin suggests. |
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| Study suggests children read and behave better if working families rise above poverty level |
10 June 2003 - University of Texas at Austin
Providing earning supplements and other assistance to poor working families boosts their children’s academic and social skills, a study of hundreds of Milwaukee families directed by a child development expert at The University of Texas at Austin suggests. |
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| Solvay Advanced Polymers’ new UDEL P-1700 helps Ohio company produce a better Ball for the Ball valve |
10 June 2003 - 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. But for Ronald A. Moner, P.E., the chief engineer in Parker Hannifin Corporation’s Parflex Division in Ravenna, Ohio, it means the ‘ball’ inside the ball valve is sealing properly. The ‘ball’ in question is made from UDEL P-1700 NT11 polysulfone produced by Solvay Advanced Polymers, L.L.C. |
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| New solution casts a spell over aluminium testing |
10 June 2003 - Lloyd Instruments
Lloyd Instruments has been specially chosen by Pechiney, the world's fifth largest producer and converter of aluminium, for a pioneering testing solution to examine the strength characteristics of aluminium during casting. For this unique application, Lloyd Instruments has designed its first ever horizontal LR30KPlus testing machine, and special software drivers for seamless control of its NEXYGEN test software in a Lab VIEW industry platform. |
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| Oxide materials may facilitate small-scale hydrogen production |
09 June 2003 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Scientists have long known that oxides of the rare earth elements cerium, terbium, and praseodymium can produce hydrogen from water vapor and methane in continuous 'inhale and exhale' cycles. By doping iron atoms into the oxides, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have lowered the temperatures at which these 'oxygen pump' materials produce hydrogen, potentially allowing the process to be powered by solar energy. |
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| New Capillex CX |
09 June 2003 - Autotype International
It is a well known fact that improving production productivity is one of the best ways to improve your company's profitability. |
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| APAC names Halvorson division president for APAC-Missouri, Inc. |
06 June 2003 - Ashland Inc
Arlen W. Halvorson has been named division president of APAC-Missouri, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH). He succeeds Donald G. Mantle who has been given responsibility for all of APAC's asphalt operations in Missouri. The announcement was made by John A. Walker, regional vice president for APAC.
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| Trying to stop runaway spam |
06 June 2003 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Anyone with an email account recognizes these marketing come-ons from the spam or junk email they've received. Experts say it is not your imagination; the number of spam emails is increasing. One estimate predicts that fifty percent of all e-mail traffic this year will be spam, unwanted emails selling products, according to Brightmail Inc, an anti-spam firm. For March 2003, Brightmail says 45 percent of all email traffic was spam, up from 8 percent in September 2001. |
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| Scratch-proof transparence for plastic |
06 June 2003 - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
The 'one-times-one' chant of the witches 'This must ye ken! From one take ten' guild in Goethe's Faust could be re-written by this new process simplificationm, call it: 'This must be done! From two makes one'. Until now, plastic lenses were first hardened and then treated with an antireflective coating in a separate step. Now it's done simultaneously, without witchcraft. |
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| Wafer-bumping stencils maintain accuracy on 300mm format |
06 June 2003 - Tecan
In addition to the supply of standard wafer-bumping stencils, proven specialist Tecan is now producing stencils in the next-generation large format, of 300mm x 300mm (12in x 12in), while maintaining close tolerance and high resolution across the whole image. The ultra-accurate stencils are produced by electroforming, resulting in mirror-finish aperture walls, which ensure optimum solder paste release characteristics when depositing solder paste directly onto silicon wafer die. |
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| Findings could lead to better valve design and testing |
05 June 2003 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Numerical modeling techniques, developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology to simulate the flow of water around hydraulic structures such as bridge foundations, are being used to better understand the complex patterns of blood flow through artificial mechanical heart valves. |
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| Treon named marketing communications manager |
05 June 2003 - Ashland Inc
Julie Treon has been named manager, marketing communications in Ashland’s Corporate Affairs Department with responsibility for Ashland Specialty Chemical Company, effective June 2. The announcement was made by Martha Johnson, vice president, divisional communications, and director, corporate communications, Ashland Inc.
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| Bayer Names Polymers Americas Management Team |
05 June 2003 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
'The worldwide Bayer Group recently completed the most far-reaching reorganization in its history,' said Ian Paterson, Head of Bayer Polymers' Americas Region and President and CEO of Bayer Polymers LLC. |
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| Filled Liquid Prototyping Materials For A Broader Application Range Emerge On The Near Horizon |
04 June 2003 - DSM Somos
DSM Somos®, world leaders in innovative materials technology for the rapid prototyping industry, has announced that it is nearing commercialization of Somos® ProtoComposites™, liquid materials containing fillers allowing for a broader range of applications. |
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| Ongoing development means new and improved saw products
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04 June 2003 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Ongoing development by Sandvik Materials Technology of its woodband saw products has led to a better surface finish and improved straightness for woodband saw strip. At the same time, the company has announced the launch of a new steel for mobile woodband saws.
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| Hydro opens the world’s most northerly windmill park at Havøygavlen
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04 June 2003 - Hydro Aluminium
Oil and Energy Minister Einar Steensnæs officially opened today the Havøygavlen windmill park in Finnmark. The windpower plant, the world’s most northerly, has been in operation since October 2002 and will have an annual electrical power production of roughly 120 GWh. This is equivalent to the annual consumption of 5,000 to 6,000 Norwegian households. |
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| High strength steel for a better environment |
03 June 2003 - SSAB Tunnplåt AB
A new environmental study reveals that products made of high strength steel are beneficial to the environment. Environmental effects were studied both in the production and in the use of various products and structures. The results are clear, the emissions of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide can be substantially reduced in important areas such as road traffic, transport and production. Calculations reveal that the environmental benefit of high strength steels is also economically favourable to companies that decide to use these steels. |
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| Matrox Imaging 4Sight-II now runs Windows XP Embedded |
03 June 2003 - Matrox VITE
Matrox Imaging is pleased to announce that its Matrox 4Sight-II integrated industrial vision computer is now available pre-installed and pre-configured with the Windows XP Embedded operating system. 'Windows XP Embedded allows OEMs to deploy highly customized, feature-rich embedded applications with a reduced footprint and a high level of reliability and performance,' says Fabio Perelli, Product Manager for Frame Grabbers and Stand-alone Systems for Matrox Imaging. |
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| £3 million investment in Trafford Park company |
03 June 2003 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
Investment at the Great Lakes Trafford Park site now totals £15 million in five years |
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| ABB robots blast away paint build up on skids at Land Rover |
03 June 2003 - ABB Limited (Group Headquarters)
ABB, the global power and automation technologies group, has supplied three industrial robots to the Paint Shop at Land Rover's manufacturing facility in Solihull, West Midlands. The foundry-specification robots are used as high-pressure water cleaners for the removal of paint build-up on paint shop skids. The skids are moving bases that hold the car body as it travels around the paint shop. |
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| Large regions of Earth have been greening in recent decades because of global climate changes |
03 June 2003 - Boston University
Large regions of Earth have been “greening” in recent decades because of global climate changes that have brought more rainfall, better growing temperatures, and more sunlight, according to findings reported by Ranga Myneni, associate professor of geography at Boston University, and co-investigators in the June 6 issue of Science. The researchers indicate the increase, however, falls far short of the food, shelter, and heating demands of a burgeoning global population. |
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| The discovery may help design effective therapies for the genetic disease that mainly affects Ashkenazi Jews |
02 June 2003 - Weizmann Institute of Science
An interdisciplinary team of Weizmann Institute scientists has solved the three-dimensional structure of an enzyme called glucocerebrosidase. Mutations occurring in this enzyme cause Gaucher disease, a genetic illness that mainly affects Ashkenazi Jews. The Institute study, published recently in EMBO Reports, may lead to the design of effective new therapies for treating the disease. |
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| Ashland named premier distributor of Hardwire® reinforcements |
02 June 2003 - Ashland Inc
Ashland Distribution Company, a division of Ashland Inc., has been named the premier North American distributor for Hardwire metallic reinforcements.
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| Moog's explosion-proof servovalves and servo-proportional valves receive ATEX and FM certifications |
01 June 2003 - Moog Controls
ATEX Certification for servo and servo-proportional valves used in explosion-proof environments is obligatory from 1 June 2003 in the European Union. Moog has also received FM certification (Class 1, Division 1, Group B, C, D) for the D633K and D634K Direct Drive Valve Series. FM Certification is used in the USA for explosion-proof environments. |
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