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| DuPont creates medium performance polymer modifier |
30 June 2004 - DuPont Packaging and Industrial Polymers
DuPont has announced the entry of its new cost-effective, medium performance copolymer for the modified polymer industry.
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| DuPont creates medium performance polymer modifier
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30 June 2004 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
DuPont has announced the entry of its new cost-effective, medium performance copolymer for the modified polymer industry. |
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| FORD FIESTA BODYKIT FIRST TO MARKET USING RENPIP
New RenPIP materials deliver 20-fold increase in part production rates |
30 June 2004 - Huntsman Advanced Materials
RenShape® Solutions RenPIP materials have been used by SW Autodesign in
Manchester, to produce aftermarket automotive body kit components 20 times faster than previously possible, giving them the competitive edge to be first into the European market with a new Ford Fiesta body kit. |
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| Inventor company Bayer aims also to set standards in the future |
30 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
“As an inventor company with an excellent track record, we intend to go on making our mark in research-intensive areas in the future,” said Bayer CEO Werner Wenning in a speech during the news forum “Bayer’s Perspective on Innovation 2004” in Leverkusen. |
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| The New www.polytec.com - Your gateway to the world of electro-optical instrumentation excellence |
30 June 2004 - POLYTEC GMBH
Polytec delivers innovative electro-optical products and solutions that enhance
productivity, improve product development and assure quality to worldwide markets. |
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| New Hokie/ACC apparel unveiled; Crazy for the Hokies sweepstakes launched |
29 June 2004 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
A new line of Virginia Tech and ACC co-branded apparel will be introduced as Virginia Tech prepares to become an official member of the Atlantic Coast Conference July 1. In addition, a new 'Crazy for the Hokies' sweepstakes will be held with prizes totaling more than $10,000. |
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| Deserts and rainforests are equally productive during drought |
29 June 2004 - Yale University
A team of researchers led by Melinda Smith at Yale and Travis Huxman at the University of Arizona report that, from desert to rainforest, during drought conditions, the maximum rain use efficiency, or effective productivity of plant growth per unit of precipitation converges to a common value. |
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| New competence center for PC film processing |
29 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer MaterialScience AG has established a new Technical Service Center for polycarbonate films at its Leverkusen site. Opened officially in early June 2004, the center enhances the ability of the Polycarbonates Business Unit to study application engineering issues, find solutions for customers and develop new films made from Makrolon®. |
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| Hydro concludes dialogue with SEC regarding proved undeveloped reserves |
29 June 2004 - Hydro Aluminium
Norsk Hydro ASA has concluded the dialogue with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (SEC) regarding Hydro’s estimate of the “proved undeveloped reserves” for the Ormen Lange gas field. |
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| Solvay Advanced Polymers sells parts business to Parkway Products |
29 June 2004 - Solvay Advanced Polymers Llc
Solvay Advanced Polymers Llc and Parkway Products Inc has announced today that Parkway Products has purchased Solvay Advanced Polymers' high-performance plastic parts business located in Atlanta, Georgia. |
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| Exclusive deal with SABIC strengthens Distrupol’s position in the French polymers market |
29 June 2004 - 3M Europe
Distrupol, a member company of Univar and a leading European polymer distributor, technical service provider and application development partner, has signed an agreement with SABIC that takes it a significant step further in building a leadership position in the French market.
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| German alumina business to be sold |
28 June 2004 - Hydro Aluminium
Hydro has entered into an agreement to sell its German based alumina business. This consists of a 50 per cent share in Aluminium Oxid Stade GmbH (AOS), the related chemical grade alumina business and the dedicated bauxite supply source represented by Hydro's 10 per cent share in Halco (Mining) Inc. |
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| New designed paclitaxel analog kills more cancer cells |
26 June 2004 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
A multi-university research team led by Virginia Tech University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry David G. I. Kingston and his collaborators Professor Susan Bane at the State University of New York Binghamton and Professor James P. Snyder at Emory University has succeeded in enhancing the structure of paclitaxel (Taxol) to make it more effective in killing cancer cells. |
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| Flexible touch layer laminates to any surface in retail, point-of-sale, kiosks and industrial applications |
26 June 2004 - 3M Europe
3M Touch Systems, Inc. introduces a new touch technology platform, Interactive Surface Technology, addressing the needs of traditional touch application segments such as retail, point-of-sale, kiosks, and industrial. |
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| Cuban expert laments recent developments that further restrict travel to the Caribbean Island |
25 June 2004 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Joseph Scarpaci, professor of geography in the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech, has just returned from his 43rd educational tour to Cuba and says that the federal government's latest tightening this week of study travel is a sad development for students and scholars |
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| ABB to provide world's largest stainless steel processing lines |
24 June 2004 - ABB Automation Technologies
ABB, said today that it has signed two contracts totalling US$ 21 million with Ningbo Baoxin Stainless Steel Company of China. ABB's technology will support the development of the world's largest stainless steel processing lines, and help Baoxin to more than double production. |
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| Moldflow delivers first 210 Zone hot runner process control system |
24 June 2004 - Moldflow Corporation
Moldflow Corporation, the world leader in software solutions for design and manufacturing analysis and optimization, announced today its first delivery of a 210 zone Altanium hot runner process control system to Kortec, the world's largest supplier of turnkey co-injection systems for multi-layer PET preforms. The system also features Moldflow's new Matrix intelligent operator interface. |
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| Friction Stir Welding |
24 June 2004 - Castings Technology International
Under a project led by TWI, and including Cti, Corus, AMRC, Technicut and Yorkshire SMEs as partners, Cti are researching the use of Friction Stir Welding (FSW) of castings and associated parts. FSW has only been around since 1991 but, following development of the process by its inventors at Cambridge based TWI Ltd, it has rapidly been implemented around the world in many applications within the aerospace, shipbuilding, rail and automotive industries. |
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| Australian electronic toll road deploys RAD’s TDMoIP products to enable ethernet-ready emergency telephone |
24 June 2004 - RAD Data Communications Ltd
RAD’s IPmux-1 and IPmux-16 TDMoIP gateway solutions replace IBM equipment that provided a private voice circuit over ATM. The compact IPmux products, in contrast, convert E1 voice traffic from CityLink’s key system into IP packets for transport over the ATM Ethernet LAN. |
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| New research supports hypothesis that Ocean currents redistributed heat during rapid warming & cooling |
24 June 2004 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Authored by the University of Bremen's Frank Lamy and colleagues, the paper in the journal Science provides new evidence that Southern Hemisphere climate may not have changed in step with Northern Hemisphere climate. Though these new measurements of ocean surface temperature off Chile are consistent with information from Antarctic ice core samples, they still contradict measurements made on land in the Southern Hemisphere, suggesting additional research will be needed to resolve the issue. |
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| Working together helping to reduce fatalities in the Scottish agriculture industry |
24 June 2004 - HSE InfoLine
Dr Roger Nourish, Head of HSE's Agriculture and Food Sector said: 'Last year I appealed to Scottish farming families to work with us to stem the rising number of deaths in agriculture. This year has seen a return to single figures. And for the first time in over a decade no agricultural employee was killed in Scotland while at work. The overall reduction in the number of deaths is welcome but we must not be complacent. The trend for agriculture as a whole of a rising fatal accident incidence rate amongst the self-employed and family farms is still a concern. We need to sustain and build on the improvements in Scotland over the past year.' |
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| ESAB introduces Plug and Cut portable plasma |
24 June 2004 - ESAB Group
The new ESAB CaddyCut unit offers small workshops and repair facilities a portable, easy-to-use plasma cutting facility. Provided that a 230V single phase mains supply and a 5.2 bar, 118 l/min compressed air supply are available, the system offers a 'plug and cut' facility capable of clean cuts on any conductive material. Cutting capacity in mild steel or aluminium is up to 12 mm thickness. |
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| New versatile cutting machine can incorporate both Oxy-Fuel & Plasma Cutting Heads |
24 June 2004 - ESAB Group
New from ESAB Automation is the Combirex CXL-P CNC cutting machine. It is a high performance, competitively priced oxy-fuel gas and plasma machine that can be fitted with a maximum of four tool carriages, of which one can be dedicated to precision plasma cutting up to a maximum of 200A. |
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| DSM Somos® Announces Worldwide Non-Exclusive Agreement with 3D Systems for Distribution of Somos Stereolithography Resins
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24 June 2004 - DSM Somos
DSM Desotech Inc. and 3D Systems Corporation announced today that the companies have entered into a worldwide non-exclusive distribution agreement for stereolithography (SL) resin. Under the terms of this agreement, 3D Systems will distribute DSM Somos®’ stereolithography resins. |
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| Special Coating in Heading Operations Eliminates Environmental Problems, Cuts Removal Time 50% |
24 June 2004 - Carpenter Technology Corporation
John Hassall, Inc., a Long Island specialist in custom formed and machined parts, has harvested big rewards by re-evaluating and changing coatings used in the shop’s cold forming operations.
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| High modulus polyamide 6 grade challenges 66 alternatives |
24 June 2004 - DSM Engineering Plastics
DSM Engineering Plastics is introducing a new high modulus, high finish Akulon Ultraflow K-FG0 polyamide 6 grade which is lighter, moulds more quickly and costs 25% less than PA66.
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| Award-winning Pro Active Chair tracks user's movements |
24 June 2004 - Eastman Chemical Company
Durastar copolyester from Eastman Specialty Plastics has been selected for the production of the Pro Active Chair, a new office chair produced by ICF Company (Vignate – Milan – Italy) in conjunction with designer Christophe Marchand. This design was recently awarded as “Most Innovative Product” at the NeoCon Chicago 2003/USA, the major furniture exhibition in North America. |
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| Goodson promoted to president at APAC-Arkansas' Arkhola operation |
24 June 2004 - Ashland Inc
Jerry W. Goodson today was named the new president of APAC-Arkansas, Inc.'s Arkhola business unit in Fort Smith, Ark. He succeeds John C. Sulcer, who will serve as an executive vice president for Arkhola in an advisory role with the transition until his retirement at the end of 2004.
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| Revolutionary insulating material makes the best window, wall and skylight products better |
23 June 2004 - Cabot Corporation
With energy prices rising around the world, maximizing thermal performance in today's building materials is top of mind for architects, builders, and building and home owners. The emotional and ergonomic benefits of natural daylight often compromise the desire for energy efficiency. Cabot Corporation today announced that its Nanogel translucent aerogel material, provides superior energy savings and is the best translucent insulating and lightest solid material in the world. |
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| Introducing the new RAD3mp medical display controller board |
23 June 2004 - Matrox VITE
Matrox Graphics Inc., the leading manufacturer of professional graphics solutions, is pleased to announce the latest addition to its Matrox RAD Series of display controller boards, the Matrox RAD3mp. With exceptional reviewing, assessing and diagnosing capabilities, the Matrox RAD3mp was designed for review and diagnostic stations, offering the most flexible multi-display capabilities and practical feature-set. |
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| Micro part specialist delivers micro-acoustic application success |
22 June 2004 - Tecan
Enhancing its growing reputation as a world leader, micro-part specialist Tecan has highlighted its Photo ElectroForming expertise with the development and delivery of a customised micro-acoustic mesh device for a major OEM. |
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| New version of premier global climate model released |
22 June 2004 - National Science Foundation
The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., is unveiling a powerful new version of a supercomputer-based system to model Earth's climate and to project global temperature rise in coming decades. Scientists will contribute results to the next assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an international research body that advises policymakers on the likely impacts of climate change. The system, known as the Community Climate System Model, version 3, indicates in a preliminary finding that global temperatures may rise more than the previous version had projected if societies continue to emit large quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. |
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| RAD and TranSwitch demonstrate interoperability of TDMoIP-based T1 voice |
22 June 2004 - RAD Data Communications Ltd
At SUPERDemo, which is now being held under the auspices of the Metro Ethernet Forum at SUPERCOMM 2004 in Chicago, RAD Data Communications has joined forces with TranSwitch Corporation in demonstrating circuit emulation system interoperability using TDMoIP technology over an MEF-compliant Ethernet UNI service. |
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| CTI uses its initiative |
22 June 2004 - Castings Technology International
With the support of Objective 1, Yorkshire Forward and the Department of Trade and Industry, CTI is collaborating with a number of companies to promote the introduction of new technologies to traditional industry. CTI is running two projects within the Advanced Metals Technology Initiative, using its expertise to develop these new technologies to make them accessible to companies who currently employ traditional manufacturing techniques and who might not otherwise be able to afford to explore these technologies. |
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| Light alloy castings in Airframe Structures |
22 June 2004 - Castings Technology International
In December 2003 CTI launched its LACAST project, the aim of which is to encourage and promote the use of Light Alloy Castings (aluminium, magnesium and titanium) in Airframe Structures. A kick-off meeting was held at the Sheffield site, and was well supported by the project participants, comprising casting users, producers and suppliers. Detailed discussions were undertaken to determine the participants' needs, which this three-year project will work towards addressing. |
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| Gunning for success |
22 June 2004 - Castings Technology International
BAE Systems is an international company engaged in the development, delivery and support of advanced defence and aerospace systems in the air, on land, at sea and in space. An example of its pioneering technology is the world's first ultra-lightweight 155mm Howitzer, which offers unique deployment and firepower capability to modern artillery forces. Deployment is achieved by air transport or by light field vehicles. |
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| Sandvik steel grade selected for sour service heat exchangers
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22 June 2004 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Engineers India Ltd (EIL), India's state owned design and engineering company, has selected stainless steel heat exchanger tubes in grade UNS N08028 (Sandvik Sanicro 28) to be supplied by Sandvik Materials Technology, Sweden for the DCU package of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd's, Panipat Refinery, about 100km, north of Delhi.
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| Railway pads take a helluva beating |
22 June 2004 - DSM Engineering Plastics
Railway pads made form DSM’S Arnitel thermoplastic copolyester elastomer takes a pounding on railroads yet have a predicted life of 20 years. |
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| DSM Engineering Plastics adds to Stanyl team in Europe |
22 June 2004 - DSM Engineering Plastics
DSM Engineering Plastics has added two members to their Stanyl Team in Europe, as part of the company’s mission to grow the team’s resources in product management, customer service and technical support in Europe and worldwide.
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| Borealis increases European polyolefins prices by EUR 100 per tonne |
22 June 2004 - Borealis A/S
Borealis has increased the price of its polyethylene and polypropylene plastics in Europe by EUR 100 per tonne as of 1 July 2004. |
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| Borealis expands polypropylene plant and Noretyl JV cracker in Norway |
22 June 2004 - Borealis A/S
Borealis will expand its Noretyl ethylene cracker, a 50:50 joint venture with Hydro Polymers at Rafnes with 100,000 tonnes, and debottleneck its own polypropylene plant at Rønningen. The two Norwegian projects will be completed in the autumn of 2005. |
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| Hydro to build plant in Mexico
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22 June 2004 - Hydro Aluminium
To better serve the growing automotive markets, Norsk Hydro ASA has decided to construct a new aluminium precision tubing plant in Mexico.The new capacity will secure Hydro’s position as the global market leader in aluminium precision tubing for the automotive industry. |
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| Advantech is certified as Sony's green partner |
21 June 2004 - Advantech UK
Advantech, the world leading ePlatform service provider focuses not only on technology solutions but also environmental conservation policies, which are included in its daily operation. Advantech's commitment toward environmental protection corresponds with Sony's Green procurement policy and Advantech is certified as Sony's Green Partner in 2004. |
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| Bayer and United Nations Establish Global Partnership for Youth Environmental Projects |
21 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer has signed an historic agreement with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to promote environmental projects for young people around the world, Bayer Corporation Chairman and CEO Attila Molnar announced today.
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| University of Vienna chooses TDMoIP from RAD solution |
21 June 2004 - RAD Data Communications Ltd
The University of Vienna, the oldest university in German-speaking Europe, is reporting that its recent deployment of TDM over IP gateways from RAD Data Communications is yielding significant savings. |
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| New water treatment system now available |
21 June 2004 - Rohm & Haas Co
Rohm and Haas Company today announced the introduction of a new, modular ion exchange-based water deionization system that makes it even easier for water management experts to provide a continuous flow of pure, deionized water for industrial use in the power, chemical, petrochemical, paper and electronics industries. |
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| Specsaver founder unveils her vision of the future |
18 June 2004 - Cardiff University
The co-founder of Specsavers Opticians, a Cardiff University graduate, will be returning to her roots to reveal the secrets of her success. |
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| Salmonella infects cells and saves itself by altering host membrane lipids |
18 June 2004 - Yale University
Jorge Galan and his colleagues in the Section of Microbial Pathogenesis at the Yale School of Medicine report a new and fundamental mechanism that Salmonella bacteria use to replicate within body cells and cause disease without endangering themselves. The work appears in the June 18 issue of Science. |
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| HA Motorcast in Leeds in UK to be closed |
18 June 2004 - Hydro Aluminium
The Board of Directors in Hydro Aluminium Motorcast Ltd. in Leeds in UK ( HA Motorcast)has made a final decision to go ahead with the closing of the plant, affecting 580 employees.
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| Distrupol and Lucite International redefine traditional distributor role to provide a more complete integrated service |
18 June 2004 - Distrupol
Distrupol has announced that its 15 year distribution relationship with Lucite International has been elevated to an ‘open book’ working partnership to provide a more complete integrated service.
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| Moulded-in tear seam critical element of airbag cover |
18 June 2004 - DSM Engineering Plastics
The side-door airbag covers in the 2003 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Phantom model have adopted Arnitel TPE-E copolyeser elastomer from DSM Engineering Plastics. |
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| Dow Corning names solutions centre manager |
18 June 2004 - Dow Corning Silanes
Dow Corning names solutions centre manager, who will oversee surface and interface solutions center;expand silanes innovation expertise
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| Fry named VP Business Planning & Development for VIOC |
18 June 2004 - Ashland Inc
Lester D. Fry has been promoted to vice president of business planning and development for Valvoline Instant Oil Change (VIOC), the nation's second-largest quick lube chain, according to John Q. Wesley, president. |
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| Great Lakes introduces new additives at K2004 |
18 June 2004 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation is to launch the latest additions to its range of flame retardants and polymer stabilisers at the international trade fair for plastics and rubber, K 2004, to be held 20-27 October 2004, in Düsseldorf, Germany. |
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| New thermodynamic theory will help engineers Go With the Flow |
18 June 2004 - Duke University
'Constructal Law' may enable the designers of cars, planes, air conditioners and other devices to take a more scientific approach to a development process now based on trial and error. |
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| Scientists demonstrate quantum teleportation with atoms |
17 June 2004 - DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Researchers at the University of Innsbruck in Austria, in collaboration with a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, announced today the first demonstration of the teleportation of a quantum state from one trapped atom to another located 8 microns, slightly less than a thousandth of an inch, away. This is the first time quantum teleportation has been achieved with actual particles (as opposed to beams of light), and the first time it has been demonstrated in an entirely deliberate and controllable manner. |
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| Materialise brings web services to a new level with OnSite
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17 June 2004 - Materialise NV
Materialise launches OnSite: an innovative online concept that is developed in such a way that the customers' desktop becomes the window to the prototyping of their projects.
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| Bayer MaterialScience LLC Introduces New Spray Polyurethane Formulation For Part Reinforcement |
17 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer MaterialScience LLC announces its new Baytec® RS polyurethane material. The Baytec RS system is a multi-layer polyurethane technology designed for reinforcing acrylic and ABS parts in applications ranging from spas to bathtubs to architectural parts such as garage doors. |
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| Bayer MaterialScience LLC Introduces New Spray Polyurethane Formulation For Seating And Other Leather And Vinyl Replacement Applications |
17 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer MaterialScience LLC announces its new Baytec® SPR polyurethane material. Baytec SPR is a polyurethane system designed for in-mold foam applications where a protective skin is needed - replacing vinyl and leather goods in applications ranging from seat cushions to molded foam seating to automotive dashboards. |
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| Bayer MaterialScience LLC To Focus On High-Tech Products With Complex Technologies And Production Processes |
17 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer Corporation's new business segment, Bayer MaterialScience LLC, will focus on innovation-driven polymers products that require complex technologies and capital-intensive production processes, the corporation announced today.
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| Bayer MaterialScience LLC Introduces Six New Fantasia™ Colors And Special Effects For Use In Plastic Product Designs |
17 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer MaterialScience LLC introduces six new Leda® compounded color effects: Silverado, Black Starlight, Heart's Desire, Fade-to-Black, Titanium, and White Marble.
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| Bayer MaterialScience LLC Creates Future Business Group To Focus On Innovation-Driven Polymer Products, Next-Generation Application Trends And New Complex Technologies |
17 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer MaterialScience LLC, which begins operation in the Americas region on July 1, will have a renewed focus on innovation with the creation of its Future Business Group. |
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| Surfers Rely Increasingly On Leg Ropes Made Of Thermoplastic Polyurethane |
17 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Even the most experienced surfer feels his heartbeat climb up a notch when he spies a mega-wave coming along. The wave catches up with him, towers high above him and threatens to crash down on top of him with immense force. |
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| Bayer MaterialScience LLC Develops Novel Optical-Grade Cast Elastomers For Applications From Ophthalmic Lenses To Ballistic Enclosures |
17 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
As a result of the increased global demand for safety and security products, Bayer MaterialScience LLC has developed and patented a novel aliphatic polyurethane cast elastomer technology that enables the production of highly transparent, optical/ballistic-grade parts with unique property profiles. |
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| Researchers Develop Processing Technologies, Methods For High-Speed Production Of High-Quality Polyurethane Pultrusions |
17 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
With applications ranging from footwear to exterior automotive panels, polyurethanes are among the most versatile of polymers. However, the industries that manufacture large quantities of polyurethanes employ processing technologies that are considered difficult to adapt to pultrusion production. |
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| Bayer MaterialScience LLC Develops New Plasticizer-Free Soft Elastomers For Applications Such As Mold-Making, Roller Coverings, Gaskets, Seals And Diaphragms |
17 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer MaterialScience LLC has developed a new group of polyurethane cast elastomer systems that enable casters/molders to produce extremely soft and flexible parts that have excellent tear resistance. |
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| Bayer MaterialScience LLC Introduces A New Twist In Plastic/Metal Hybrid Design: Extrusion Blow Molding Using Thermoplastic Polyurethane |
17 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer MaterialScience LLC introduces TPU Blow Molded Hybrid - a new design concept that utilizes its Texin® thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) in an extrusion blow molding process. |
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| Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials and Xaar to jointly develop new digital inkjet printing systems |
17 June 2004 - Rohm & Haas Co
Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials today announced a joint development agreement with Xaar, plc. The companies are working together to produce digital inkjet printing systems for the application of etch masks and other key materials and processes used in the fabrication of printed circuit boards. |
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| HSC seeks step change from the Civil Air Transport industry |
16 June 2004 - HSE InfoLine
The Health and Safety Commission today encouraged the civil air transport industry to continue to work in partnership with the Health and Safety Executive and trade unions to drive down the costs of accidents and ill health. Speaking at the Airport Operators' Association Operations and Safety Conference, Bill Callaghan, Chair of HSC. |
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| Vishay extends MPM and ORN series |
16 June 2004 - Vishay Electronic
Two new precision thin film resistor networks announced today by Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. extend the ratio tolerance of the company's MPM and ORN matched-pair and quad resistor networks to a new industry low of just 0.01% in standard molded SOT 23 and 8 pin SOIC packages. |
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| Obsolescence – The growing industrial menace |
15 June 2004 - Component Obsolescence Group (COG)
Recently, a seminar on parts obsolescence was organised by the Railway Industry Association and the Association of Train Operating Companies. The event was an acknowledgement of the fact that the railway industry, like many other industrial sectors, is suffering from a growing problem caused by the inability economically to obtain replacement parts. |
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| Moldflow and SolidWorks announce MoldflowXpress |
15 June 2004 - Moldflow Corporation
Moldflow Corporation and SolidWorks Corporation, today announced MoldflowXpress for SolidWorks 2005. Fully integrated with SolidWorks 2005 and based on Moldflow Plastics Advisers technology, MoldflowXpress is an entry-level plastics design validation tool that predicts whether a 3D solid model of an injection molded plastic part will fill based on geometry, injection location, type of material and processing conditions. |
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| RAD’s TDMoIP technology standardized in the ITU’s new TDM over MPLS recommendation |
15 June 2004 - RAD Data Communications Ltd
TDM over IP technology, developed and introduced to the market by RAD Data Communications in 1999 and implemented in its IPmux series of TDMoIP gateways and Vmux series of voice trunking gateways, has been incorporated into the ITU’s recently adopted recommendation Y.1413 for carrying TDM services over MPLS networks. |
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| Researchers & artists will start reaching larger audiences when new Research Channel shows |
15 June 2004 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and artists will start reaching larger audiences when the Research Channel shows four documentaries that focus on work at the university. |
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| MATERIALISE opens new Vacuum Casting plant in the Czech Republic |
15 June 2004 - Materialise NV
Materialise, announces the official opening on June 10th of its new plant in Velke Brezno in the Czech Republic. |
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| Bayer MaterialScience: focus on growth, innovation and efficiency |
15 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer MaterialScience AG will showcase its numerous innovations and a new mission at K 2004 in Düsseldorf, the largest plastics trade show worldwide, October 20 through 27, 2004. |
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| Bayer MaterialScience: One of the world’s leading polymer companies |
15 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
With 2003 sales of around 7.5 billion euros and approximately 18,000 employees worldwide, Bayer MaterialScience AG is one of the mainstays of the Bayer Group. Since the beginning of 2004, the company has been operating as an independent, globally operating company within the Bayer Group. |
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| Soundtrack from the wallpaper |
15 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
The home cinema market has long offered consumers who don’t like clumsy TVs ultra-flat screens and powerful video projectors for viewing the latest Hollywood productions on their living room wall. |
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| The next monster wave is never far away |
15 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Even the most experienced surfer feels his heartbeat climb up a notch when he spies a mega-wave coming along. The wave catches up with him, towers high above him and threatens to crash down on top of him with immense force. |
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| Realistic simulation of head, hip and leg impact |
15 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
In October 2005 – if not before – a first set of stricter regulations to improve pedestrian safety will come into force. As part of a voluntary self-commitment, the European automotive industry wants to minimize injury in the event of an impact with the front of a car. |
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| Guaranteed comfort in a high-tech saddle |
15 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
There are of course still plenty of hardened cycle fans who swear by their good old leather saddle. However, most cyclists today prefer to avoid unnecessary discomfort on their bikes by mounting a modern saddle made of state-of-the-art materials that offers excellent comfort even over long distances. |
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| New flexible thermoplastic polyurethanes |
15 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer MaterialScience AG has extended its range of Desmopan® thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) to include variations of the material that are even more flexible. The hardness of these ester-, ether- and ester/ether-based materials ranges from 60 to 80 Shore A. |
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| Reinforced shower trays and bathtubs |
15 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
The fact that our modern-day bathrooms are no longer dominated by heavy, antiquated steel bathtubs and shower trays but attractively designed, lightweight sanitary furniture is due above all to the use of suitable plastics. |
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| Some like it hot |
15 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
With its new transparent Bayfol® DP 1202 film, Bayer MaterialScience AG has added a particularly heat-resistant grade to its line of polycarbonate films. The service temperature of this film goes up to its softening point of 205 °C, which is more than 50 °C above that of conventional polycarbonate films. |
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| On the goal trail with diving mask, snorkel, fins and stick |
15 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
It’s said that Prince Charles once played this sport – underwater hockey, also known as octopush. It features a puck weighing 1.2 to 1.4 kilograms and similar in size to the one used in ice hockey. |
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| Cost-effective production of medical equipment |
15 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Trips to the dentist aren’t usually all that pleasant. Most patients are afraid of pain and protracted treatment sessions. Visually appealing surroundings can help to counteract these fears, not least comfortable, attractively designed dental equipment. |
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| Optimized heat insulation |
15 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
With the lowest thermal conductivity of all insulation materials used in practical applications, high compressive and shear strength and low water absorption, polyurethane rigid foams are tried-and-tested insulation materials that have also proved their worth in the pipe and pipeline insulation sector over the last 30 years. |
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| Good diffusion is half the battle |
15 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer MaterialScience AG has unveiled a new Makrolon® light scattering film that diffuses light even more intensely than the PMMA films that have been setting the standard in this segment until now. The new film is called Makrofol® TP 243, and because it also allows more light to pass through, it has higher efficiency all-round. |
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| Safer driving |
15 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
When driving and operating industrial trucks it is particularly important that the work areas are ergonomic and comfortable so that employees can reliably operate and drive vehicles for several hours at a time. |
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| Trend towards large formats continues |
15 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Anyone strolling through the aisles of this year’s plastics trade show in Düsseldorf will find little to remind him or her of the first “K” which was held there in 1952. After all, the plastics industry is one of the most innovative around. |
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| New thermoplastic polyurethanes for textile coating |
15 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer MaterialScience AG has developed new grades of its Desmopan® thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) specifically for coating textiles using extrusion and calendering processes. Because they are based on aliphatic isocyanates, the TPUs suffer virtually no long term yellowing from UV light, in contrast to aromatic TPU systems. |
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| Medical implants work better when you rough them up, study finds |
14 June 2004 - Ohio State University
Medical implants – from catheters that deliver long-term life support to joint replacements – may work better when their surfaces are on the rough side, new research suggests. |
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| Valvoline Instant Oil Change® Offers Auto Tips For Summer Travel Season Amid Rising Gas Prices |
14 June 2004 - Ashland Inc
Valvoline Instant Oil Change, one of the largest preventive auto maintenance providers in the nation, is gearing up for the summer travel season with helpful tips to help motorists address the issue of rising gas prices. |
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| Media war in Austria-Hungary, War photography as propaganda in World War I |
14 June 2004 - Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Unprecedented in the history of war, photography was used extensively as propaganda material to strengthen national feeling at home and demonstrate military might. This is the finding of the photo-historic analysis of the photographic collection at the picture archive of the Austrian National Library, one of the FWF-sponsored projects. |
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| Study finds cannabis triggers transient Schizophrenia-like symptoms |
14 June 2004 - Yale University
The principal active ingredient in marijuana causes transient schizophrenia-like symptoms ranging from suspiciousness and delusions to impairments in memory and attention, according to a Yale research study. Lead author D. Cyril D'Souza, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, said the study was an attempt to clarify a long known association between cannabis and psychosis in the hopes of finding another clue about the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. |
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| Researchers develop MRI technique for identifying neural pathways |
13 June 2004 - Emory University
A Center for Behavioral Neuroscience research team led by Emory University’s Xiaoping Hu, PhD and Georgia State University’s Don Edwards, PhD, has developed a magnetic resonance imaging technique using manganese for identifying anatomical structures and neural pathways in the crayfish brain. |
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| Yale researchers discover new potential asthma therapeutic targets related to parasites and insects |
11 June 2004 - Yale University
An unusual protein called acidic mammalian chitinase, is markedly increased in mouse models of asthma, making it an important link in finding the pathways that lead to asthma, Yale researchers report in today's issue of Science. |
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| BU geographer Tigga Kingston links speciation potential to acoustic differences in calls |
11 June 2004 - Boston University
It may not matter whether there is a mountain high enough or a river wide enough to keep members of a species apart. New species may diverge and form because of something as fundamental as a call to dine. |
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| ARC applies its expertise to improving sustainability in Paraguay |
11 June 2004 - Alberta Research Council
The Alberta Research Council, under contract to the Canadian International Development Association, has partnered with Paraguay's Fundacion Moises Bertoni on a three-year, $1.1 million project to apply expertise in land use planning to a variety of issues in a sensitive region of Paraguay. |
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| Dieflex Auto cutting rules benefit diemakers and diecutters
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11 June 2004 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Sandvik has announced that its Dieflex Auto™ cutting rules, specially developed for use with automated rule processing and bending equipment is now available throughout the range of Dieflex rule products.
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| New owners for Axxicon Mould Technology |
11 June 2004 - Axxicon Mould Technology
Axxicon Mould Technology has been acquired from Mikron Technology Group by its current Management Team, supported by Gilde Participaties. The selling price is EUR 27,5 million |
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| Corus Steels spring into a new market |
11 June 2004 - Corus Automotive
The first fatigue tests of the most performance-critical grade of steel yet to be produced by Corus have been successful.
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| Bayer and BASF complete a license agreement on the use of a technology for the production of polyether polyols |
11 June 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer and BASF Aktiengesellschaft have completed a license agreement that allows BASF to produce polyether polyols using Bayer's Impact technology. Financial terms have not been disclosed. |
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| Corus wins Environmental Business Award |
10 June 2004 - Corus Automotive
Corus, the international metals company, has gained a top business award for its innovative alloy coated steel, Neotec. |
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| APEX aerial platform exhibition and conference |
10 June 2004 - APEX2005
Apex 2005 – The International Access Platform Exhibition & Conference in MECC Maastricht, The Netherlands |
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| APC commercial business manager elected to Extrusion Division Board of SPE |
10 June 2004 - Advanced Polymer Alloys Llc
R. Thomas ‘Tom’ Pugh, commercial business manager for Advanced Polymer Compounding (APC), a division of Ferro Corporation, was recently elected to the board of directors for the Extrusion Division of the national Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). |
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| How brain gives special resonance to emotional memories |
10 June 2004 - Duke University
A new Duke study provides clear evidence from humans that the brain's emotional center interacts with memory-related brain regions during the formation of such memories as the thrill of first love. |
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| Virginia Tech researcher advances fight against sudden oak death disease |
10 June 2004 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Virginia Bioinformatics researcher Brett Tyler and his colleagues are one step closer to controlling a disease affecting California oak trees that is now showing up in nurseries in a dozen states, including Virginia, and threatening woody ornamentals and East Coast forests. |
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| How to survive a short lifespan |
10 June 2004 - Component Obsolescence Group (COG)
Given the pace of technology, consumers should be thankful for the Component Obsolescence Group. Since 1997 the group has provided a platform to discuss the problem of outdated equipment and Teri-Ann Winslow, its new chairwoman, will be encouraging more companies to take part. |
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| LGC Promochem announces new reference standards for the food industry. |
09 June 2004 - LGC
LGC Promochem, Europe's leading supplier of reference materials, has launched a range of reference standards for the nitrofuran drug metabolites. Developed by Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, these new standards support the demand for analytical techniques to determine drug residues in meat. |
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| Public portal, with recipes for building complex molecules, could fuel drug research |
09 June 2004 - Boston University
It’s not exactly a “pinch of this and a dash of that” kind of guide. Yet the online resource for making molecules unveiled today by the Center for Chemical Methodology and Library Development at Boston University is essentially a collection of organic chemistry procedures handed from researcher to researcher the new-fashioned way, through a fully searchable, publicly accessible, Internet-based notebook. |
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| Turnkey option for moulding plastic jars |
09 June 2004 - Husky Injection Molding Systems
Husky offers a turnkey solution, based on its Index injection moulding machine, for the production of thick-walled plastic cosmetics jars that can help manufacturers shorten cycle times, reduce scrap rates and produce higher yields. |
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| Husky’s new Shanghai Technical Centre helps global customers optimise Asian presence |
09 June 2004 - Husky Injection Molding Systems
Husky Injection Molding Systems is positioning its new state-of-the-art Shanghai Technical Centre to provide world-class sales and service support for global manufacturers and processors of plastics parts with operations in China.
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| HyPET is the next generation in pre-form systems |
09 June 2004 - Husky Injection Molding Systems
Husky’s new PET pre-form platform features improved cooling and higher output |
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| Flip-top lid system for disposable wet wipes |
09 June 2004 - Husky Injection Molding Systems
Husky has developed a unique approach to moulding hinged, flip-top lids for wet wipes containers that, when compared to conventional systems, can lead to a 10% to 15% increase in output and a 15% to 25% reduction in floor space. |
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| In-mould labelling with high-quality graphics |
09 June 2004 - Husky Injection Molding Systems
Global demand for complete in-mould labelling solutions for thin wall container and lid packaging is growing at double-digit rates. |
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| Innovative product design through Film Insert Moulding |
09 June 2004 - Autotype International
The latest developments by Autotype, the leading UK manufacturer of hardcoated formable films and texture lacquers for Film Insert Moulding (FIM) also known as In-Mould Decoration (IMD), enable product designers and developers to make significant improvements to both the aesthetic and functional characteristics of plastic components. |
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| IISI-38 ANNUAL CONFERENCE |
08 June 2004 - International Iron and Steel Institute
The IISI Annual Conference provides a unique opportunity to find out more about the key issues affecting the international steel industry today, and for networking with leading decision makers in the sector. |
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| World Steel in Figures - 2004 edition now available |
08 June 2004 - International Iron and Steel Institute
The 2004 edition of IISI’s World Steel in Figures is now available. World Steel in Figures contains essential facts about the world steel industry including steel production, consumption, trade, employment and basic statistics on scrap, iron ore, pig iron and crude steel production. |
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| Leading French skin and face care brand gets premium makeover with Eastman Glass Polymer |
08 June 2004 - Eastman Chemical Company
French beauty salon brand Matis opted for a vessel made from Eastman Specialty Plastics’ super-transparent copolyester resin, Glass Polymer, to convey the superior qualities of its new luxury range of face creams.
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| Latest release further strengthens manufacturing product offering |
08 June 2004 - Moldflow Corporation
Moldflow Corporation, the world leader in software solutions for design and manufacturing analysis and optimization, announced today the release of Moldflow Manufacturing Solutions 2.0. MMS 2.0 features numerous enhancements including new process monitoring capabilities for multi-barrel injection molding equipment and a new hybrid display for process analysis and control for the metal die cast market. |
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| Polytec new laser surface velocimeter – LSV |
07 June 2004 - POLYTEC GMBH
Polytec is known throughout the high-tech world for its leadership in the design and manufacture of laser-based measurement instruments. Polytec`s Laser Surface Velocimeter LSV perform highly accurate non-contact speed and length measurements on moving surfaces in industrial production environments. LSV' measure accurately on billets, slabs, plates, tubes, profiles, coils, and almost any other moving materials, including hot metals thus allowing online control of the production process. |
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| Collaboration links best-of-breed design and lithography solutions |
07 June 2004 - ASML Netherlands B.V.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and ASML MaskTools, an ASML business unit, today announced a multi-year, multi-million dollar software licensing and joint development agreement for advanced resolution enhancement technology software solutions. The two companies will work together to develop a tightly integrated design for manufacturability flow. |
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| HSE kicks off construction blitz |
07 June 2004 - HSE InfoLine
Construction sites across Great Britain will be inspected by the Health and Safety Executive during June 2004 as part of a Europe-wide inspection campaign to reduce the number of fatal and serious injuries in the industry. |
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| Morgan Names 2 VPs, New Board Member
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07 June 2004 - Morgan Construction Company
The board of directors of Morgan Construction Company, at its recent annual meeting, elected two vice presidents, while naming a third vice president as a board member. |
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| Why calcium improves a high-temperature superconductor |
07 June 2004 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have found evidence to prove why adding a small amount of calcium to a common high-temperature superconductor significantly increases the amount of electric current the material can carry. |
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| Imaging technology may be used to diagnose melancholic depression |
06 June 2004 - Yale University
In the brain, low levels of the inhibitory transmitter GABA and high levels of the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate appear to be strongly associated with a particular type of depression, according to a study by Yale researchers. The findings were made using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy to observe the levels of GABA and glutamate in 38 healthy persons and 33 subjects with major depressive disorder. The study is published in the Archives of General Psychiatry. |
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| Affluence bringing increase in diabetes, researcher says |
05 June 2004 - University of Chicago
Soaring global rates of adult-onset diabetes will shorten the lives of hundreds of millions of people unless humanity starts to grapple with a deadly genetic legacy from its stone-age past, a prominent evolutionary biologist suggested Wednesday in the British journal Nature. |
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| Hidden X-ray population revealed in satellite survey, new dipper in Andromeda Galaxy |
04 June 2004 - DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
In the most-sensitive study ever of our neighbor galaxy, the X-ray Multi-Mirror satellite observatory has uncovered a new population of X-ray sources. Examining new satellite data, an international team of scientists led by researchers at the United States Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory discovered more than 100 X-ray sources in the Andromeda galaxy. The faint sources had gone undetected in previous high-energy missions launched to observe the galaxy. |
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| Prenatal nicotine exposure may increase obesity risk |
04 June 2004 - Duke University
Early research shows that children who are exposed to nicotine before birth may have an increased likelihood of being obese during childhood. A Duke researcher explains what may cause this to occur. |
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| Study links diabetes and colorectal cancer |
04 June 2004 - American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Diabetics are three times more likely to develop colorectal cancer than people with normal blood sugar levels, according to a team of scientists at the University of Cambridge, U.K., reporting in this month's edition of the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. |
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| ABB launches new generation of PQF active filters |
04 June 2004 - ABB Limited (Group Headquarters)
ABB has upgraded its Power Quality Filter range of microprocessor controlled active filters designed to solve the growing problem of harmonics in low voltage electrical networks. Two new models are now available, the PQFM for small to medium three-phase industrial loads and the PQFK, a three-phase, four-wire unit for industrial and commercial networks having high triplen (third and its odd multiple) harmonics. |
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| Gazprom appoints Hydro as partner in Shtokman |
04 June 2004 - Hydro Aluminium
Alexey Miller, the top executive of the Russian oil company Gazprom indicated in a meeting with Hydro's President and CEO, Eivind Reiten, on Thursday that Hydro could be one of the most important partners in the Shtokman gas field, situated on the Russian side of the Barents Sea. |
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| Ashland enhances DREW WATCH ELECTRONIC SERVICESTM software for use with high-pressure boiler systems |
04 June 2004 - Ashland Inc
Drew Marine, a business group of Ashland Specialty Chemical, has launched DREW WATCH ELECTRONIC SERVICES software version 1.3 with additional water treatment programs including the ULTRAMARINESM Coordinated Phosphate-pH High-Pressure Boiler Water Treatment Program. The addition of the ULTRAMARINE treatment program allows customers with high-pressure boiler systems to benefit from this revolutionary new software.
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| New recruit for Distrupol sales team in the Nordic region |
03 June 2004 - Distrupol
Distrupol, a member company of Univar and a leading European polymer distributor, technical service provider and application development partner, has announced the appointment of another sales professional to its existing team serving Finland. |
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| Dow Corning’s Multibase site in France receives new international ISO/TS 16949 automotive quality award |
03 June 2004 - Dow Corning - EEI
Dow Corning has announced that its Multibase production centre at Saint Laurent du Pont has been awarded the ISO/TS 16949:2002 automotive quality certification. This achievement confirms the company’s total commitment to meet the highest standards as a leading global supplier of differentiated Thermoplastic Elastomer materials to the automotive industry.
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| Researchers report major advance in gene therapy technique |
03 June 2004 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Despite a roller-coaster ride of ups and downs during the past 15 years, gene therapy has continued to attract many of the world's brightest scientists. They are tantalized by the enormous potential that replacing missing genes or disabling defective ones offers for curing diseases of many kinds. |
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| Statement of nuclear incidents at nuclear installations |
03 June 2004 - HSE InfoLine
A statement of nuclear incidents at nuclear installations in Britain during the first quarter of 2004 is published today by the Health and Safety Executive. It covers the period 1 January to 31 March 2004. During this period there were no incidents at civil licensed nuclear installations that met the reporting criteria. |
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| Safe arboriculture and tree surgery |
03 June 2004 - HSE InfoLine
Three-way karabiners are still the best form of rope-to-harness connector for tree surgery and arboriculture but improvements are needed, say researchers at the Health and Safety Laboratory. |
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| Prevalence of pediatric metabolic syndrome increases as children become more obese |
03 June 2004 - Yale University
Pediatric metabolic syndrome, which is a group of risk factors in one person including obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension and other metabolic abnormalities, is present in nearly half of all severely obese children and adolescents and increases with worsening obesity, researchers at Yale report. |
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| Eyewitness memory poor in highly intense and stressful situations |
03 June 2004 - Yale University
'Contrary to the popular conception that most people would never forget the face of a clearly seen individual who had physically confronted them and threatened them for more than 30 minutes, a large number of subjects in this study were unable to correctly identify their perpetrator,' said Charles Morgan III, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. |
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| Inspectors detect improvements in designer CDM performance |
02 June 2004 - HSE InfoLine
During April 2004 HSE construction inspectors met designers and planning supervisors at 122 sites across Scotland and the North of England, focusing on falls from height. Designers had the opportunity to explain what they have done, during the design stage, to reduce the risks from work at height for workers on site during construction and those carrying out future maintenance as required by Regulation 13 of the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 1994. An overview report of the site visit initiative is available on the HSE web site from today. |
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| High-temperature superconductors: magnetic glue may be the clue |
02 June 2004 - University of Bristol
Striking pictures of magnetic waves inside advanced ceramics may be the clue to understanding how they can transmit electricity without losing energy, according to results obtained by two teams of scientists using the UK's world-leading ISIS neutron source in Oxfordshire. |
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| RTP improves high gravity compounds for lead replacement applications |
02 June 2004 - RTP Company
Speciality compounder RTP Company has made improvements to high gravity compounds (HGC) for lead replacement applications that typically fall within a density range of 5 to 11 gm/cc. |
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| Fluid 'stripes' may be essential for high-temperature superconductivity |
02 June 2004 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Scientists have discovered evidence supporting a possible mechanism for high-temperature superconductivity that had previously appeared incompatible with certain experimental observations. |
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| Strong Shipbuilding and Offshore Sectors in East Asia Beckon Western European Metallic Welding Equipment and Consumables Manufacturers |
02 June 2004 - Frost & Sullivan
Metallic Welding Equipment and Consumables Market: Shipbuilding and Offshore Applications - Latest Findings by Frost & Sullivan |
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| DuPont forms filaments joint venture with Wuxi Xingda Nylon Co., Ltd.
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02 June 2004 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
DuPont and Wuxi Xingda Nylon Co., Ltd., of Wuxi, China, have completed formation and start-up of a joint venture for the production and distribution of filaments used in toothbrush, paint brush, cosmetic and industrial brush applications. |
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| Discovery of old 'wrinkle-face' in the Sahara throws new light on the world's early history |
02 June 2004 - University of Chicago
Even by the low standards of the dinosaurs, this one would not win a beauty contest. Its complexion resembled a wrinkled prune, its breath smelt of rotting meat and it had an unseemly habit of dining on its dead cousins. |
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| Thin steel belts to challenge plastic monopoly
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01 June 2004 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Sandvik Process Systems, a product area within Sandvik Materials Technology and the company behind the world's first steel belt over 100 years ago, is set to expand its presence in the conveying market with the introduction of ultra-thin steel belts that can be employed in applications previously monopolised by plastic belts.
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| Honeywell standardises specimen mouldings with Axxicon AIM mould system
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01 June 2004 - Axxicon Mould Technology
Honeywell's use of the AIM Mould System ensures that quality control, quality assurance and R&D studies and tests meet all present-day industry standards, yet provide the flexibility to adapt to other existing or new to be introduced standards on a local or worldwide scale.
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