Archive for August 2012
Ceramics and glass business news of the week
Here’s what we are hearing: Trek Inc. strategic partnership with M4 Sciences enables ultraprecision machining Trek Inc., a designer and…
Read MoreFacing diminishing capital, losses and 53% revenue drop, A123 takes lifeline from Chinese auto parts maker
Most all of us in the ceramics field, to greater and lesser extents, have been rooting for A123 Systems to…
Read MoreOptical fibers and optimal sails
As mentioned in the previous post about Corning’s production of optical fibers, the fibers are most often associated with telecommunications…
Read MoreOther materials science stories that may be of interest
Check ’em out: Five years after I-35 collapse, big leap in bridge sensors (Futurity) Five years after the deadly I-35W…
Read MoreVideo: Corning on manufacturing optical fiber
Credit: Corning Incorporated; YouTube Corning’s media department continues to crank out some very good, brief videos on the company’s glass…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory worlds
Sorry for this wave of sad news!: • Corning Inc.’s Q2 2012 profit fell by 39 percent as a result…
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Read More$43M heading to 19 new ARPA-E energy storage projects, with nod to small businesses
DOE/ARPA-E has given the green light to 19 new projects related to energy storage with an emphasis on electric vehicle…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here’s what we are hearing: Morgan Technical Ceramics’ bioceramic hip joints improve quality of life for patients Vitox AMC, an…
Read MoreUMinn–NSF math institute to host Materials Genome workshop
The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, located at the University of Minnesota and one of the eight NSF-sponsored Mathematical…
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