Spinal device company K2M has introduced new MESA spinal systems and SERENGETI minimally invasive retractor systems. Featuring Zero-Torque technology, the MESA systems apply zero torsional loads, or twisting forces to the spine when ...
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Nordson, a manufacturer of medical coatings, has completed the acquisition of Extrusion Dies Industries. Extrusion Dies provides slot coating including adjustable lip slot coating dies and liberty fixed lip slot coating dies, and flat ...
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Kusumoto Chemicals, Ltd. has obtained a patent for a method for imparting defoaming property to a baking finish type topcoat paint containing an acid anhydride curing agent, a melamine resin curing agent or a glycidyl-containing acrylic ...
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Bostik, S.A. has been granted a patent for an adhesive composition obtainable by mixing 100 parts by weight of at least one organic polymer having moisture crosslinkable reactive silane terminal functions, and 1-70 parts by weight of at ...
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Bioplastics manufacturer Cereplast has secured patent protection for high heat resistant polymer compositions having polylactic acid (PLA), from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent 8,222,320 issued by USPTO ...
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Canadian manufacturer of carton sealing tapes, Intertape Polymer Group has unveiled a new 1100 hot melt carton sealing tape, which has been designed specifically for optimal closure of recycled corrugate, including 100% recycled box. ...
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Intertape Polymer Group, a packaging products firm, said it would shift its shrink film production business to Tremonton in Utah from Truro in Nova Scotia. Intertape is also planning to close its tape manufacturing facility in Richmond, ...
A new oxodegradable polymer, a kind of plastic that can decompose in a couple of months when exposed to sunlight, has been developed by the scientists from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga in Mumbai, India. The polymer was ...
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Canadian manufacturer of carton sealing tapes Intertape Polymer Group has launched a new 1100 premium hot melt carton sealing tape for optimal closure of highly recycled corrugate, including 100% recycled box. The proprietary Corru-Grip ...
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ProTec Polymer Processing is set to introduce its new D600 series frame sizes for stationary SOMOS material drying systems. The company's SOMOS BB 150 batch dosing machine, which can be operated in overfeeding mode for multi-component ...
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The lighting, based on field-induced polymer electroluminescent (FIPEL) technology, also gives off soft, white light – not the yellowish glint from fluorescents or bluish tinge from LEDs. "People often complain that fluorescent ...
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Were we not promised super-thin bendable, flexible and rollable organic LED (OLED) displays? Phones like Samsung's Galaxy and HTC's Desire have shown us that the rigid versions can deliver stunning images. So where are those flexies? It ...
Myers Industries has completed the announced acquisition of Plasticos Novel,Brazil's leading designer and manufacturer of reusable plastic crates and totes,for$27.5m. Plasticos Novel offers reusable plastic crates and totes used for ...
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The BMW M3 DTM Champion Edition has been released to mark the German brand's triumphant return to DTM racing after almost 20 years away from the German touring car series. Limited to 54 cars worldwide, the BMW M3 DTM Champion Edition ...
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Integrated Bagging Systems(IBS),a division of Inteplast,has launched Inte-Fit Hybrid Gloves,the company's new disposable plastic glove.The gloves conform to FDA compliance for food contact and handling,the company said. The gloves are ...
Tags: IBS, disposable plastic glove, FDA