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SAN FRANCISCO, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- What is an Idea Company you may ask? We invite you to stop by booth # 9351 for a visit to see for yourself, and to check out the E-CURB Penetration Seal for solar installations. The lifeblood of CHEM LINK, a privately owned manufacturer based in southwest Michigan, is constant adaptation to our changing world with the end goal of finding new, better and safer ways to do what we are doing, for our partners in building and building...
KENNESAW, Ga., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MiMedx Group, Inc. (OTC-BB: MDXG), an integrated developer, manufacturer and marketer of patent protected regenerative biomaterials and bioimplants processed from human amniotic membrane, announced today that its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012, will be released before the opening of the market on Thursday, July 26, 2012. MiMedx will host a live broadcast of its second quarter conference call on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at...
Sealing cracks in roadways ensures a road's structural integrity and extends the time between major repaving projects, but conventional manual crack sealing operations expose workers to dangerous traffic and cover a limited amount of roadway each day. To address these challenges, the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) developed a prototype automated pavement crack detection and sealing system with funding from the Georgia Department of Transportation. In road tests, the system was able...
SALT LAKE CITY, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Amedica Corporation announced today the appointment of Bryan J. McEntire to Chief Technology Officer, in charge of directing the company's technology strategies as it expands the use of the company's proprietary medical grade silicon nitride for spine, total joint, dental devices and potentially anti-infective coating applications. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120208/LA50092LOGO) Mr. McEntire, who was previously Vice...
Lucintel’s Estimates High Growth for Global Glass Fiber Textiles Industry During 2012-17 Irving, TX (PRWEB) May 28, 2012 The global glass fiber textile industry experienced significant growth in 2011 and is expected to continue that trend, reaching approximately $4 billion in 2017 with a CAGR of 7% over the next five years. Economic recession and the downturn in the key market segments in 2009 caused the market to decline in 2009 compared to 2008; in 2010, however, the market witnessed...
EWING, N.J., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SOLEC - Solar Energy Corporation's LO/MIT-I technology, trusted by SpaceX on its recently launched Dragon Capsule, and approved by NASA for space applications is available for everyday use in homes and buildings to reduce solar heat gain in roofs and attics and lower energy costs. LO/MIT-I is one of the LO/MIT family of low "e" paints available in both water borne and solvent borne formulations that are extensively used as spray-applied...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ETEX Corporation, an advanced biomaterials company, today announced two presentations at the upcoming 9th World Biomaterial Congress, June 1-5, 2012 in Chengdu, China. ETEX will highlight their vertebral augmentation and cell carrier development programs. Dr. Jerry Chang, Head of R&D of ETEX Corporation, will deliver an oral presentation entitled "Enhanced Calcium Phosphate Cements for Vertebral Augmentation" during Rapid Fire...
OR AKIVA, Israel and PRINCETON, New Jersey, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Regentis Biomaterials Ltd., a privately held company focused on developing proprietary hydrogels for tissue regeneration, announced that it has raised $10 million in its latest round of funding from new investors Royal DSM through its venturing subsidiary and from Crossroad Fund, as well as from existing investors Medica Venture Partners, SCPVitalife and the Technion Investment Opportunities Fund....
CRAiLAR Flax to be blended with the Lenzing Fibers TENCEL® and Lenzing Modal® Performance and Sustainability in Fashion, Sport at Core of the Global Development Goals VICTORIA AND PORTLAND, OR, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc. ("NAT" or the "Company") (TSXV: NAT) (OTCBB: NADVF), which produces and markets CRAiLAR®, a natural fiber made from flax and other bast fibers, announced it has entered a joint development agreement with Austria-based...
Customers using ABC Signup's online registration software typically save time, money and lots of paper. Louisville, KY (PRWEB) May 06, 2012 Customers choose ABC Signup’s complete online registration software to streamline registration management and in the process save time and money… and trees. The latter benefit is one way to describe the dramatic reduction in paper that results from switching to ABC Signup-built online registration from a process that used to entail internal...
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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,...
