An innovative low-cost smart paint that can detect microscopic faults in wind turbines, mines and bridges before structural damage occurs is being developed by researchers at the University of Strathclyde Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland.
International Paint LLC, an AkzoNobel company and a leading provider of high-performance protective coatings, linings and fire protection products, has promoted Brad Berkmeyer to Protective Coatings Technical Manager, North America.
Some of the most remarkable new coatings, like color-changing and smog-eating coatings, are applied to metal using the advanced continuous coil coating process. The coil coating process makes these complex coatings feasible and cost-effective.
In an effort to attract college students to the manufacturing industry, full-time science and graphic-arts college students are being offered travel and cash awards in conjunction with the upcoming RadTech 2012 UV and EB Technology Conference and Expo.
The U.S. hanse chemie business of hanse chemie AG and nanoresins AG have been merged into Evonik Goldschmidt Corp. At the same time, hanse chemie Inc. USA has been dissolved as a legal entity.
Hoover Materials Handling Group Inc. (Hoover), a global marketer of intermediate bulk containers (IBCs), ISO and large-format tanks, has appointed Al Kibbe to the position of Manager – Large Format Tanks.
CenterLine Limited’s Supersonic Spray Technologies Div. has announced that Victor Champagne, U.S. Army Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, is the 2011 recipient of its Cold Spray Innovation Leadership Award in recognition of outstanding contributions made to the industrial development and application of cold spray technology.
Joe Martorana, Vice President of Corporate Operations for Charles Ross & Son Co., announced the relocation of Ross Process Equipment (RPE) into a new state-of-the-art plant in Pune, India.
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