With Centric Parts' new lab, all new friction formulations can be mixed, molded and cured on the spot, the company reports Centric Parts has opened a state-of-the-art friction materials lab at the company’s Compton, Calif., ...
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The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced that Dow Chemical Company and Preferred Sands' innovation, TERAFORCE Technology, won the 2014 Polyurethane Innovation Award. The winner, ...
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Mark Chung has joined Cooper to lead business development and strategy in the Americas. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has appointed Mark Chung vice president, strategy and business development for the Americas. He reports to Chris Ostrander, ...
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World T.E.A.M Sports, a national not-for-profit sports management company that creates inclusive events for disabled and able-bodied athletes, announced the appointment of Sarah Bell as the organization’s director of advancement. ...
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Toyota GT86 CS-R3 rally car is set to make its public debut at the ADAC Rallye Deutschland. The car features 75-liter FT3 safety cell and has a rear wheel drive, which allows modification to its two-liter boxer engine. As part of a ...
For its fiscal fourth-quarter (ended 27 April), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported its seventh consecutive quarter of sequential revenue growth, to a record $306m (up ...
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The Goodman Group’s wholly owned North American subsidiary, Goodman Birtcher has launched the development of a new US$150 million logistics centre at Rancho Cucamonga in the Inland Empire West market of Southern California. The new ...
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Genomatica has been selected as the winner of the 2014 Bioeconomy Leadership Award. The Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals (SBFC) chose Genomatica as the company that has significantly advanced the development of a renewable ...
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LED chipmaker Epistar Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan and Intermolecular Inc of San Jose, CA, USA have signed a multi-year extension of their existing collaborative development program (CDP) and royalty-bearing IP licensing agreement of April 2013 ...
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Brewers Association (BA), a US-based not-for-profit trade group representing small and independent craft brewers, has reported 49% increase in craft beer export volume to 282,526 barrels in 2013. Of all the markets, exports to Canada ...
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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett has awarded $7.7m in funding under Act 13 for 25 companies and organizations that are switching to natural gas for their heavy-duty fleet vehicles. This funding is a part of the Natural Gas Energy ...
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Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. has begun reducing the production of passenger and light truck tires at its Pictou County plant in Nova Scotia. The reduction will continue through June 30, 2015. The company sites "declining demand ...
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FMI Inc. Chicago-based medical silicone component manufacturer FMI today announced a new program aimed at helping medical device companies get new projects to market faster. Chicago-based medical silicone component manufacturer FMI today ...
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has loaned Austrian textile company Lezning AG €100 million to help finance research and development (R&D) activities and investment in Tencel fibre production. Lenzing, which specializes in making ...
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Belarus-based Byelorussian Steel Works (BMZ) has stated that the reconstruction of two important facilities has been finished at its steel melting complex. The electrical-arc furnace No. 1 and the powder-gas catching aggregate No. 1 have ...
Tags: Steel Melting, Steel, Melting