Bayer MaterialScience has been honored by AkzoNobel's Automotive&Aerospace Coatings business(A&AC)with"The Alliance Award for Superior Partnership".Bayer MaterialScience has long supplied the Amsterdam-based company and world's largest ...
Aerospace Industrial Development Corp.(AIDC),a state-run aircraft manufacturer in Taiwan,recently held a ceremony to celebrate its delivery of the 200th cockpit for the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter,witnessed by Sikorsky`s chief procurement ...
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After Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic voyages,another company announced commercial flights to space.A Colorado-based called Golden Spike plans to send tourists?to the moon by 2020.By the end of the decade,Golden Spike intends to send ...
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US-based Ball announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire Envases del Plata, a leading extruded aluminum aerosol packaging producer. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of October 2012, subject to customary ...
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Nordson, a manufacturer of coatings and adhesives products, has purchased Sealant Equipment & Engineering. Sealant Equipment & Engineering is involved in manufacturing meter, mix and dispense equipment, and valves which apply 1-part, ...
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Equity Risk Partners (ERP), an insurance brokerage and consulting firm, has established a new practice group to address the insurance requirements of defense, aerospace and government contractors. The newly launched DefCon Risk will ...
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Universal Plastics, a thermoformer maker based in the US, has been purchased by Sunil and Jay Kumar from its owning family, and the Kumars would reportedly be on-site managers for the new firm. Sunil Kumar previously worked as president ...
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UK-based ESAB has announced its partnership with KUKA Robotics to create products and services for robotic arc welding customers. ESAB Automation VP George Learmonth said its relationship with KUKA will enable it to create products and ...
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PPG has announced a new contract with Eclipse Aerospace to manufacture cockpit windows as well as improve the design of windshield spares and side cockpit window spares for the Eclipse 500. The windshields the company will manufacture are ...
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Chartis, a property-casualty and general insurance firm, has announced addition of CrisisResponse coverage to aviation policies intended for airports and charter management companies. CrisisResponse, developed by the firm's Aerospace ...
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Volkswagen AG has granted technical approval to AkzoNobel's Lesonal brand for global use. The approval follows extensive and intensive testing procedures against Volkswagen's repair specifications to demonstrate Lesonal's compliance with ...
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Specialty Coating Systems (SCS) is offering a free, educational Parylene seminar in Penang, Malaysia on Thursday, December 6, 2012. The free, one-day seminar introduces Parylene coating solutions for the medical device, electronics, ...
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Specialty Coating Systems will be hosting a free, educational webinar entitled “Advances in Conformal Coatings: Enhancing Reliability of Innovative Technologies” on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at 10 AM Hong Kong/Singapore/Kuala ...
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UK-based food company United Biscuits has invited year 10 students from Manchester-based Parrs Wood High School to visit its McVitie's factory in Manchester, as a partner in the government-led initiative to encourage young people to take up ...
Tecvac, a surface engineering specialist based in Cambridge, is advocating the application of diamond-like carbon coating, Diamolith, to improve the endurance and performance of critical components. The Wallwork Group subsidiary has ...
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