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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for July 18, 2022

By Lisa McDonald / July 18, 2022

GE turns to Australia for critical renewable materials, Tata Chemicals Europe opens U.K.’s largest carbon capture plant, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for July 18, 2022.

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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for July 4, 2022

By Lisa McDonald / July 4, 2022

First underground warren for disposing of spent nuclear fuel, Rare earth giant’s new international trade unit eyes deeper industry integration, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for July 4, 2022.

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New recycling method and resin advance sustainability of wind turbine blades

By Lisa McDonald / April 15, 2022

Improving recyclability of wind turbine blades is essential to enhancing sustainability of the wind industry. University and industrial researchers announced two new developments in this regard last month.

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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for January 4, 2021

By Lisa McDonald / January 4, 2021

SiO2 opens production facility for vials, Saint-Gobain strengthens its partnership with El Volcan in Latin America, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for January 4, 2021.

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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for January 27, 2020

By Lisa McDonald / January 27, 2020

New additive manufacturing center in Sweden, funding available for energy technology research, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for January 27, 2020.

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GE Aviation invests additional $105M to manufacture ceramic matrix composites for jet engines

By April Gocha / March 9, 2018

GE Aviation is expanding two of its ceramic matrix composite manufacturing plants in North Carolina, one in Asheville and one in West Jefferson. The company will invest an additional $105 million in the plants, which manufacture jet engine components.

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American Chemical Society and GE pair up to advocate for new science emojis

By April Gocha / July 7, 2017

The American Chemical Society and GE recently proposed nine new scientific emojis to be considered to enter the official emoji lexicon later this year—a lab coat, test tube, microbe, petri dish, DNA, compass, abacus, fire extinguisher, and goggles.

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Video: Go inside GE Aviation’s jet manufacturing and testing facility

By April Gocha / May 31, 2017

Join former “MythBusters” host Adam Savage and “Innovation Nation” correspondent Alie Ward as they go inside GE Aviation’s testing facility in Peebles, Ohio, to see how the company’s jet engines are manufactured and tested.

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Big data offers bigger potential to bolster manufacturing efficiency and productivity

By April Gocha / December 2, 2016

While big data has a familiar role in research, that’s not the only place for potential—because analysis of big data offers the ability to comprehensively assess many nuanced variables at once, it’s particularly well suited for complex processes such as manufacturing.

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Video: Piezoelectric power—GE and ORNL pioneering appliance efficiency with ultrasonic clothes dryer

By April Gocha / August 17, 2016

GE Appliances (Louisville, Ky.) and Oak Ridge National Lab (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) together are developing the next generation of laundry appliance that can dry in half the time and use 70% less energy than your current clothes dryer.

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