"Nanotechnology is a key to new product properties, and therefore to
new and profitable markets." With these words, Dr. Manfred Spindler,
member of the management board of Degussa AG, opened the recent
NanoTech Day at the specialty chemicals company in Hanau-Wolfgang,
Germany.
The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy announced that the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry (DAC) will host four invited symposia, four contributed sessions and an undergraduate poster session at Pittcon 2007.
William "Bill" Wright, 72, former research director for Dudick, Inc., and a polymer chemist, passed away August 21, 2006, in Painesville, Ohio, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Perceptions regarding who is primarily responsible for innovation have expanded from the confines of the laboratory to include all employees of a company, according to a study of a cross-section of managers and professionals in manufacturing companies in the Americas, Asia and Europe.
The Product Stewardship Institute (PSI), Boston, and Green Seal, Inc., Washington, announced the completion of a national Green Seal environmental standard for recycled-content latex paint.
The new ASTM Standards on Materials and Environmental Microbiology, Fourth Edition, includes all ASTM standards on this topic on one convenient CD-ROM.