University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) and epiwafer foundry IQE Inc have developed 1.3μm-wavelength indium arsenide (InAs) quantum dot (QD) lasers grown on silicon (Si) with “record performance” [Alan Y. Liu et al, ...
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Canada-based steel fabricator ADF International, which recently built a plant in Great Falls, Montana, announced Thursday plans to build an adjacent 42,000-square-foot paint shop. Construction is expected to start in late March and finish ...
Introduction A glass material becomes smart glass when it is coated or laminated with some smart material or when sensors or other electronics are embedded into it. Smart glass has found used in buildings as well as in vehicles. This ...
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Penford Food Ingredients has launched PenDure CW, a non-GMO white corn protein, designed to cater to the increasing demand for protein-enriched foods. Claimed to contain a minimum of 50% protein, the non-allergenic and Kosher-certified ...
Based on the US Commerce Department's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis(SIMA)data,the American Iron and Steel Institute(AISI)reported Wednesday that steel import permit applications for the month of January total 3,080,000 ...
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Costa Inc. and Essilor International have completed its merger agreement. This action brings together two technology-minded partners committed to building and defining the next generation of sun lens technology. As a manufacturer of ...
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Hybrid Coating Technologies Inc. (HCTI) has expanded its technology with a new UV curing formulation. This new formulation allows the company's floor coating products to fully cure within an hour instead of seven days, which is currently ...
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The Coatings Research Group, Inc., (CGRI) the international association of 32 paint manufacturers located across 12 countries, has announced that Richard Scott will succeed Dr. Jackie Savoca as the organization’s sixth executive ...
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In addition to other European countries, Azelis can now also offer products in Evonik's Crosslinkers business line to customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) for coatings, inks and other applications. This new co-operation ...
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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 ...
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Axalta Coating Systems will begin the next phase of construction to significantly expand its waterborne production capacity at the company's operations in Guarulhos, Brazil. The 2014 construction represents the third year of a $32 million ...
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Acrylic resins, manufactured by the polymerization of acrylates or methacrylates, find use in several applications ranging from paints and coatings to automotive and construction. Demand for acrylic resins is dependent on the health of the ...
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BASF was honored with the Technological Progress Award from Shanghai General Motors Company Ltd (SGM) for the first time. The award recognized BASF's outstanding contributions to the technological progress and local innovation of SGM in ...
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BASF and BMW have once again teamed up, this time for the i3, the BMW Group’s first model driven entirely by electric power. BASF is supplying basecoats in four colors for the new i3 production line at the BMW plant in Leipzig. The ...
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Momentive Performance Materials Quartz Inc (MPM) has increased and expanded its manufacturing capacity of tantalum carbide coatings (TaC) in response to the growing demand for silicon carbide (SiC) power devices and the increased need for ...