25-04-2013

For three days, high-quality laboratory equipment and the latest analysis devices were the focus of the third analytica Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City. 114 exhibitors from ten countries presented their exhibits to more than 3,400 trade visitors. The content in the program of related events, ...

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KIT researchers develop new method to produce metal-organic frameworks

06-12-2012

Researchers of the KIT Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Jacobs University Bremen, and other institutions have developed a new method to produce metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). By means of the so-called liquid-phase epitaxy, the scientists succeeded in producing a new class of MOFs ...

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05-12-2012

As a specialist in the analysis of fluids SensoTech produces since 22 years high-end analyzers for inline concentration measurement, sold in Germany as well as abroad. To ensure premium customer consulting and excellent service worldwide, regular training sessions are organized for the ...

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04-12-2012

Analytik Jena AG, a manufacturer of analytical instrumentation technology, life science instruments and optoelectronics, has acquired a 21.05% stake in the Japanese company Techno X Co., Ltd. The contract was signed on November 30, 2012. Based in Osaka, Japan, Techno X was established in ...

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Bio-compatible equivalents of petrochemicals, they help reduce carbon footprint and are safer

30-11-2012

Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) regulations are playing a major role in driving the European oleochemicals market which has otherwise attained maturity. These regulations are encouraging customers to consider using sustainable and eco-friendly oleochemicals. ...

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Recent technological breakthroughs in lignin extraction and conversion could change the course of the oil-based chemical industry

28-11-2012

Addressing markets worth more than 130 billion dollars, lignin could become the main renewable aromatic resource for the chemical industry in the future. The first opportunity could emerge as early as 2015 from the direct substitution of phenol in most of its industrial applications: phenolic ...

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Perfect or poor? The award-winning Adhesion Analyser LUMiFrac will find out

27-11-2012

The Innovation Prize Berlin Brandenburg 2012 was awarded to LUM GmbH for the new Adhesion Analyser LUMiFrac®. Adhesive and tensile strength of composite materials, multi-layer films and bonded parts are determined online by the award-winning LUMiFrac®. Starting as an idea for a more simple ...

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27-11-2012

Spectris plc, the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ANALYTICAL SPECTRAL DEVICES Inc., a manufacturer of Near-Infrared (NIR) instrumentation solutions and applications expertise for materials measurement and ...

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Findings could guide design of new embrittlement-resistant materials

20-11-2012

Hydrogen, the lightest element, can easily dissolve and migrate within metals to make these otherwise ductile materials brittle and substantially more prone to failures. Since the phenomenon was discovered in 1875, hydrogen embrittlement has been a persistent problem for the design of ...

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Adhesion Analyser LUMiFrac is a hot favourite for a prize

29-10-2012

LUM GmbH is nominated for the Innovation Award with the new Adhesion Analyser LUMiFrac. From more than 100 applications LUM was nominated into the final five candidates. With the LUMiFrac® LUM, currently known as market leader in innovative analysers for direct and accelerated stability ...

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