Toray Plastics (America) is now offering its analytic testing of films, laminations, and finished printed structures to all consumer packaged goods companies and converters. Toray’s wide array of sophisticated lab equipment and ...
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Southern California based SM Ingredients has developed a new proprietary soluble fiber named as Logifiber, aiming to diversify its ingredient portfolio. The company claimed that Logifiber can potentially change the landscape of the ...
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Hygiena International wraps up its series of weekly articles that discuss monitoring microbiological contamination on surfaces. This week's fourth and final piece provides insight into the topic of 'Measuring swab performance'. There are ...
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Suzuki has admitted identifying discrepancies in its vehicles' fuel economy and emissions tests in Japan. The company said there has been no outright manipulation of information, and the difference in results was within an acceptable ...
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Fira is going to introduce the new European standard for outdoor seating. BS EN 581-2: 2015 Outdoor furniture – Seating and tables for camping, domestic and contract use. Part 2: Mechanical safety requirements and test methods for ...
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The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has updated and released two documents specific to aluminum finishes: AAMA 612-15, Voluntary Specification, Performance Requirements, and Test Procedures for Combined Coatings of ...
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Since 1985, Nelson Laboratories has partnered with the best companies in the world to improve the quality of life by bringing life-enhancing products to market. The advancements in medical technology over the last 30 years are ...
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The likelihood of tighter European Union regulations on air emissions being imposed on the European coatings and other industries has been receding as the EU gives top priority to economic growth at a time when many of the region’s ...
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INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry has initiated an independent research study to understand direct content, format, and branding details for the newly combined INSIGHT+VISION conference. 13,000 professionals in the ...
API Technologies’ Great Yarmouth, UK Testtest is test House is a leading European testtest is test facility for components, materials and equipment carrying out inspections, calibration and specialist climatic and dynamic testing. ...
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AVX has announced the addition of new high-temperature X8RThe main differences between ceramic dielectricThe insulating material between the plates of the capacitor. The material is chosen for its ability to permit electrostatic attraction ...
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The Asian naphtha industry agreed Thursday that carbon disulfide, or CS2, levels in the light distillate have to be reported for cargoes originating from Sikka, India, and those from Western arbitrage flows into the region. Currently, ...
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GyroWash, from James Heal, is used to determine colour fastness to washing, dry cleaning and chlorinated water of textile and leather samples and as the test vessels are interchangeable, testing can be carried out to both European (ISO) and ...
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H. Kenneth Greeson of Cotton Incorporated and Adam R. Varley of Vartest Laboratories Inc. were honored by the AATCC Technical Committee on Research (TCR) with the TCR Service Award in recognition of their achievements and service to AATCC. ...
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ASTM International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), is a globally recognized leader in the development and delivery of international voluntary consensus standards. Today, some 12,000 ASTM standards ...
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