Hydromer and N8 Medical have entered into a strategic agreement to develop and commercialize new class of antimicrobial coatings. Under the terms of the agreement, both the companies seek to capitalize on Hydromer's medical grade ...
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Global specialty chemicals company Eastman Chemical has been assigned a patent number 8,287,970 for ‘plastic baby bottles, other blow molded articles, and processes for their manufacture.’ The patent has been developed by ...
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US-based Spartech, a producer of plastic sheet, compounds and packaging solutions, has launched Visual Plastics, its portfolio of products serving the sign, display, graphic arts and architectural design market at the 2012 IAPD Convention & ...
The American Coatings Association (ACA) has announced that Dr. Dean Webster, chair of the Coatings and Polymeric Materials Department at North Dakota State University (NDSU), will deliver the Mattiello Memorial Lecture at its CoatingsTech ...
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Manufacturer of pharmaceutical and food packaging machinery ORICS has collaborated with Spartech Packaging Technologies, a subsidiary of Spartech, to provide a food packaging technology, 1-Seal. The new 1-Seal is a re-sealable packaging ...
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West Pharmaceutical Services has signed an agreement with Amgen to appraise Daikyo Crystal Zenith technologies for drug containment. Daikyo Seiko, West's partner, developed these technologies, which are based on a polymeric container, ...
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This study compares wastewater treatment at a Spanish winery using a membrane bioreactor (MBR) pilot plant and a full-scale conventional activated sludge system. Here Spanish researchers carried out a comparative study in order to ...
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Wacker in Germany has developed a vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymers (VAE)-based dispersion suited for bonding various surfaces in the paper and packaging industry, specifically. The new VINNAPAS EP 8010 with good heat resistance, ...
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Cytec Industries Inc. has completed capacity expansions at two manufacturing sites for Cyasorb light stabilizers. In North America, the manufacturing expansions in Willow Island, West Virginia, offers additional capacity to support the ...
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EV Group(EVG)of St Florian,Austria,a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS(micro-electro-mechanical system),nanotechnology and semiconductor markets,has received an order for its EVG850 temporary ...
Companies that are developing LED lighting products need to have an awareness of the wider patent landscape to help them develop,protect and exploit their own intellectual property to its fullest,as JACKIE MAGUIRE and DAVID SEGAL explain. ...
New LED Technology There are two competing technologies which could radically change the nature of lighting in the future: OLEDs and PLEDs. Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) are based on multiple layer devices (up to 16 layers) ...
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A new report estimates that the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of polymer usage will increase by 26% in wafer level applications over the next 5 years. Last year, polymeric semiconductor material market was valued at $274 million, ...
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US market for Conductive Polymers is projected to reach US$1.6 bln by the year 2017, as per Global Industry Analyst. Growth will be primarily driven by expanding new applications in advanced organic light emitting diode screens, sensor ...
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Whatever the nature of the equipment, it is a safe assumption that its reliable operation depends, among other components, on seals, ranging from tiny O-rings to custom engineered large diameter roll-line seals. Wherever there are ...
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