Meijo and Nagoya universities in Japan have developed a laser lift-off (LLO) technique for removing gallium nitride (GaN) substrates from ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to improve light extraction efficiency [Daisuke Iida et ...
The Tire Industry Association (TIA), has sent comments to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Docket Office regarding a notice of proposed rulemaking for tire identification and recordkeeping. NHTSA is seeking to ...
Tags: TIA, NHTSA, Auto Parts
Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Tuesday that the US imported a total of 3,833,000 net tons (NT) of steel in July, including 3,058,000 net tons (NT) of finished steel (up 6.1 ...
Tags: US Steel, Import Market, Metallurgy
PSA Peugeot Citroën has presented awards to its best suppliers. BASF’s Coatings division received the award for its CathoGuard 800 cathodic e-coat. This is applied to the vehicle body to protect it from corrosion. The special ...
Tags: PSA Peugeot CitroeN, Suppliers, Construction
University of Liverpool researchers propose replacing a toxic treatment step in cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell production with one that is benign, but apparently just as effective [J. D. Major et al, Nature, published online 25 June ...
Epic Rights has signed a deal with construction firm K'Nex to create lines inspired by legendary rock band Kiss. K’Nex will launch Kiss buildable figures that allow consumers to build their very own Demon, Starchild, Spaceman and ...
Tags: Epic Rights, K'Nex, Toys
Irwin & Sheehan has ceased to manufacture steel cans. This is the story. The business has been making steel cans in Waterloo since the '30s. Much has changed in eighty years. Waterloo is now an inner urban suburb. And residents are much ...
Tags: Irwin&Sheehan, Packaging, Printing
Inside nearly every piece of technology that we rely on—from our laptops and tablets to cars and airplanes—are the minerals tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold. However, for nearly two decades, the mining of some of these ...
Tags: HP, Electrical, Electronics
AY2 capacitors, from Vishay, are AEC-Q200 qualified and now available from Farnell element14. The X1, Y2 are suitable for AC line filtering, on-board chargers and battery management of e-cars and PHEVs as well as industrial applications. ...
Tags: Element14, Capacitors, Electronics
Available in five standard EIA case sizes (A through E), Tantamount TL3 devices are rated from 4V to 50V. They have a reliability at rated voltage of 0.50 per cent over 1,000hr at 85°C. CapacitanceThat property of a system of conductors ...
Tags: TTI, Electrical, Electronics
The South American mining industry will reach an estimated compound yearly growth rate of about 6.2% from 2012 to 2017, which will take the industry to a total value of $184.3-billion. Some of the world’s largest copper, bauxite, ...
Tags: South American, Electrical, Electronics
IPC and Celestica announce that the IPC Pb-free Electronics Risk Management (PERM) Council is meeting in Toronto, Canada, July 22–24, to discuss lead-free conversion issues related to the safetyClass X capacitors are used in ...
Tags: IPC, Electrical, Electronics
Wandering into an American Eagle Outfitters store, a customer is more likely to wonder if a denim jacket will look good with a purple V-neck T-shirt than whether that jacket’s metal buttons contributed to the war chests of armed ...
Tags: Minerals, Electrical, Electronics
Jiangxi province in South China produced 651,000 mt of refined copper in the first half of 2014, up 11% year on year, the Jiangxi government said Monday. H1 copper products output rose 16% year on year to 1.33 million mt, and refined tin ...
Tags: Refined Copper, Copper
Back in that misty time between the era of avocado refrigerators and Corian countertops, the accent wall was born. When showing up at work wearing mismatched earrings was trendy rather than a sign that you'd overslept and gotten dressed in ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration