When a piece of gift-wrapping tape sticks to itself, it's frustrating, but when small parts in a microgear or micromotor stick together, an electronic device may not work well, if at all. Researchers now report in the journal ACS Applied ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
The optimization of tooling performance helps to eradicate waste.This requires giving suitable consideration to the choice and treatment of the tool steel. Consumer of tool steels are confronted with a variety of options related to flame ...
Asia-Pacific is the world's largest and fastest-growing market of UV curable resins, which consumed more than half of the total global demand, and also a major consumer of radiation/energy curable products. China and Japan are the key ...
Tags: UV Curable Resins, Coatings, Inks
PPG Industries has completed its previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Hi-Temp Coatings Technology Co., Inc., a privately-owned supplier of high-temperature-resistant and insulative coatings, based in ...
Tags: High-Heat-Resistant Coatings, PPG
BASF will build a new world scale production plant to manufacture specialty amines at its existing wholly-owned site in the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park in China. The plant, which is scheduled to come on stream in late 2015, will have ...
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Succinity GmbH, the joint venture between Corbion Purac and BASF for the production and commercialization of biobased succinic acid, has announced the successful start-up of its first commercial production facility. The plant, located at ...
The OEKO-TEX Standard 100 is a global, third party certification for textiles and apparel that ensures these products are tested for more than 300 substances used in textile production that are considered to be dangerous to human health. ...
Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that the US imported a total of 3,172,000 net tons (nt) of steel in January 2014, including 2,409,000 nt of finished steel (up 26.6 ...
Tags: Steel Imports, finished steel, Mineral
The European Commission is funding a new research project to develop large-scale solid state lighting modules. The modules are being specifically developed for the professional and architectural lighting sectors, as these have been early ...
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Vermont Natural Coatings has created an exterior product that stains and seals wood surfaces from the outside in, and the inside out with lasting moisture and UV protection. The company’s Exterior Penetrating Stain combines color ...
Tags: Exterior Penetrating Stain, low VOCs, Natural Coatings
At the Strategies in Light 2014 conference & exhibition in Santa Clara, CA, USA, EV Group (EVG) of St Florian, Austria, a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), nanotechnology and ...
BASF increased sales and earnings in 2013 compared with the previous year. “2013 was again a demanding year, with a lot of headwind for our industry. Nevertheless, we achieved our goal: We sold more, worked more closely together with ...
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(Phys.org) —Porous films, which use similar properties to those seen in moth eyes in combination with nanoparticles, are being developed into robust, self-cleaning antireflective coatings for use on both plastic and glass. Details ...
Tags: Moth Eye, Mimick, self-cleaning glass, tiny bump
Uni-Select Inc., a distributor of replacement parts and paint products for motor vehicles in North America, announced that its subsidiary FinishMaster, Inc. completed the acquisition of the assets of Metro Paint Supplies Group, which ...
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BASF is expanding its business in industrial coatings in the growth market of Africa. Since October 2013, the company has supplied coil coatings to Roofings Rolling Mills (RRM), located in Uganda. BASF and its technical service were also on ...
Tags: Coil Coatings, BASF