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SCHOTT Partners with Skan to Launch RESISTAN Ceramic Materials in UK

RESISTAN is a COMPLETELY NEW and exciting range of CERAMIC materials from SCHOTT. In fact RESISTAN is a comprehensive suite of 16 unique ceramic materials, each with their own key properties. For this very reason, SKAN has chosen to simplify the range on offer to the current TOP 3 RESISTAN variants that we believe will be of immediate interest to the UK market:

13 Nov 2009

US Army ECBC Enters Patent License Agreement with General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products

The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), the premier national resource for chemical and biological defense, announced the establishment of a Patent License Agreement (PLA) and a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products -- a leading producer of biological and chemical detection systems for military and commercial applications -- during a signing ceremony Monday, Nov. 9.

12 Nov 2009

Atmel Unveils Atmel QTouch Suite for Capacitive Touch Buttons

Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in touch and microcontroller-based solutions, today announced the release of the Atmel QTouch Suite, a complete development suite for capacitive touch buttons, sliders and wheels using AVR microcontrollers. The Atmel QTouch Suite is a bundle that includes the new QT600 development kit and QTouch Studio, AVR Studio and QTouch Library SW package for AVR microcontrollers.

12 Nov 2009

JDSU Announces Stockholders Approved All of its Proposals

JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU; TSX: JDU) today announced the results of its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on November 11, 2009. Stockholders approved all four proposals presented for their consideration.

12 Nov 2009

Metris Changes Corporate Name to Nikon Metrology

The corporate name of Metris is changed into Nikon Metrology NV. Under the Nikon brand, Nikon and Metris will synergize their respective strengths with regards to technology, marketing and services, thereby delivering innovative metrology products with a broad application reach to its worldwide customer base.

12 Nov 2009

Using HARPS Spectrograph, Scientists Discover That Stars Hosting Planets Have Less Lithium

For almost 10 years we have tried to find out what distinguishes stars with planetary systems from their barren cousins, says Garik Israelian, lead author of a paper appearing this week in the journal Nature.

12 Nov 2009

Topcon Precision Agriculture Unveils CropSpec Integrated Plant Nutrient Monitoring System

Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) announces the development of CropSpec™, a real-time integrated plant nutrient monitoring and application system for agricultural equipment

12 Nov 2009

Fusion Optix Expands Optical Film Production Line at its Massachusetts Facility

Fusion Optix announced today the installation and commissioning of a new optical film production line at its facility in Woburn, MA. The new line represents a significant increase in production capacity and advances in optical film processing technology, as well as the ability to bring on added capabilities in the future.

11 Nov 2009

CyberOptics Unleashes Next-Generation AOI System

CyberOptics Corporation (Nasdaq: CYBE) today announced the introduction of its next-generation automated optical inspection (AOI) system at the global Productronica electronics trade show in Germany.

11 Nov 2009

AMETEK Taylor Hobson Introduces Talysurf CCI 6000 Optical 3D Profiler

The newly introduced Talysurf CCI 6000 Optical 3D Profiler from AMETEK Taylor Hobson, an acknowledged leader in metrology design and manufacturing, brings an unparalleled level of performance to non-contact 3-D measurement with a 0.1Çº (10pm) resolution.

10 Nov 2009