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ST. PAUL, Minn., March 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Executive search firm Sanford Rose Associates® - Minneapolis announced today the successful completion of a key search engagement for Nordson Corporation: Lise W. Duran as General Manager of the company's Micromedics operation, a leading provider of biomaterial applicators used in a wide variety of medical procedures. Dr. Duran joins Micromedics with over 20 years of experience in the medical device industry, having held several positions of...
Allied Environmental Services, Inc. (Allied) recently announced that it is expanding its environmental consulting and contracting services to include management and recycling of hazardous materials and universal waste products. Lima, Ohio (Vocus/PRWEB) February 21, 2011 Allied Environmental Services, Inc. (Allied) recently announced that it is expanding its environmental consulting and contracting services to include management and recycling of hazardous materials and universal waste...
SUNRISE, Fla., Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NaturaNectar LLC announced today that its first and flagship product EaseFemin(TM) Menopausal Support is now available to tens of thousands of health food stores in the United States through Select Nutrition Distributors' east and west coast warehouses. "It's another clear demonstration of our company's commitment to our Partners, the retail stores that now can easily order our products through Select Nutrition, an industry leader in natural...
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MiMedx Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MDXG), an integrated developer, manufacturer and marketer of patent protected biomaterial-based products, announced the launch of AmnioFix(TM), the Company's newest technology platform. MiMedx formally unveiled AmnioFix(TM) earlier today during the first day of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Annual Meeting being held in San Diego, California. MiMedx recently acquired its AmnioFix(TM)...
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., Feb. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sika Corporation, Industry Products Division announces the establishment of the FFI Business Unit, serving the needs of customers in the North American Facades, Fenestration and Insulating Glass marketplace. This action follows the announced acquisition of May National in October, 2010. The new BU has a dedicated sales force specific to the market segments and will operate from Lakewood, New Jersey. (Logo:...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- "Make Sure it's True Fibermesh" is the message that leads the Propex launch of its new brand initiative for Fibermesh concrete reinforcement fibers. The new branding was unveiled at the World of Concrete that took place January 18-23, in Las Vegas, Nev. As the experts in fibers for concrete reinforcement, Propex revolutionized the concrete industry a quarter century ago with the introduction of Fibermesh. Proven far superior to traditional...
GONGYI, China, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- China GengSheng Minerals, Inc. ("GengSheng") (AMEX: CHGS), a leading China-based high-tech industrial materials manufacturer producing heat resistant, energy efficient materials for a variety of industrial applications, today announced that GengSheng has signed a full-service refractories supply contract with Fushun New Steel Corporation. Shipments under the contract began in January 2011, and are expected to continue through December 2012....
VeriScan streamlines chemical inventories and enhances MSDS compliance initiatives Nashville, TN (Vocus/PRWEB) January 31, 2011 SiteHawk is pleased to announce the next-generation release of VeriScan(TM), the advanced chemical inventory solution that streamlines chemical inventory processes via hand-held tablets and barcode scanning software. VeriScan complements SiteHawk's existing MSDS management solutions by enabling companies to automate the chemical physical inventory process and...
Newly formed beverage group Assure Food & Beverage Company introduced their healthy beverage line up at the 2010 BevNet live show in Santa Monica CA late last year. Los Angeles, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) January 26, 2011 Newly formed beverage group Assure Food & Beverage Company introduced their healthy beverage line up at the 2010 BevNet live show in Santa Monica CA late last year. The review board was comprised of industry leaders in the alternative & mainstream beverage world....
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the surgical adhesives market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Cohera Medical, Inc. with the 2010 Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation of the Year Award for TissuGlu. With surgeons looking for better surgical adhesive options than the currently available superglue-type products and fibrin sealants, Cohera Medical's revolutionary line of internal surgical adhesives, with TissuGlu as the lead...
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Kevlar, a trademark of para-aramid synthetic fiber, is related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora. DuPont developed Kevlar in 1965 and was first commercially used in the 1970s as a replacement for steel in racing tires. Its normal form is as a rope or a sheet of fabric that can be used as an ingredient in composite material components. Kevlar is used in bicycle tires, racing sails, and body armor due to its high tensile strength-to-weight ratio. Twaron, produced in 1978, is a...
Kevlar, a trademark of para-aramid synthetic fiber, is related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora. DuPont developed Kevlar in 1965 and was first commercially used in the 1970s as a replacement for steel in racing tires. Its normal form is as a rope or a sheet of fabric that can be used as an ingredient in composite material components. Kevlar is used in bicycle tires, racing sails, and body armor due to its high tensile strength-to-weight ratio. Twaron, produced in 1978, is a...
Slate is a fine-grained, homogeneous, sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed (foliated) in layers (bedded deposits). Slate can be made into roofing shingles ('roofing slates' in the United Kingdom), because it has two lines of breakability: cleavage and grain. This makes it possible to split slate into thin sheets. Slate is mainly composed of quartz and muscovite (a mica), often along with biotite, chlorite, and hematite, or, less frequently,...
