Delivered directly to your e-mail box by Ceramic Industry -- the exclusive global voice of ceramic & glass business and manufacturing. Visit www.ceramicindustry.com.
CI CyberNews, Vol. 8 No. 40
SNYDER TO DELIVER MCMAHON LECTURE AT ALFRED
Robert L. Snyder, Ph.D., who taught at Alfred University from 1970 to 1996, will deliver the annual John F. McMahon Lecture at 11:20 a.m. October 25 in Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall, on the Alfred University campus. Snyder, who is now professor and chair of the School of Materials and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has chosen “The New World of MSE: Nano and Bio Technology” as the topic for the McMahon Lecture. FULL STORY
CERIC BECOMES KEYRIA, WILL FOCUS ON SYNERGIES IN EXPERTISE
Ceric joined the Legris Industries Group in December 2006 and is now reorganizing as a Legris Industries Group Division under its new name, Keyria. In addition to Ceric, Keyria brings together four engineering firms that offer turnkey solutions: Adler, Keller-HCW, Morando and Equipceramic. Each builds on specialized expertise to offer effective responses for project implementation, the development of engineering solutions, the production of equipment and the delivery of services. FULL STORY
CORNING INTRODUCES CERAMIC SUBSTRATE FOR LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLES Corning Inc. recently announced the introduction of the Celcor® 600/2 substrate, a next-generation ceramic substrate for light-duty gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles. With its ultra-thin walls, the new substrate enables reduced fuel consumption and increased engine power through low exhaust system back pressure. FULL STORY
EVONIK AND TSM PLAN SOLAR SILICON PRODUCTION FACILITY
Evonik Industries and The Silicon Mine (TSM) are planning to build the first integrated production facility for solar silicon in the Netherlands. In this integrated production network, Evonik’s Chemicals division will manufacture Siridion® chlorosilanes, from which TSM will produce high-purity solar silicon for the photovoltaics industry. Evonik will invest a high double-digit million euro amount. FULL STORY
FERRO COMMISSIONS NEW PLANT IN SPAIN Ferro Corp. has commissioned its new tile color plant in Castellon, Spain, a year after breaking ground on its sprawling campus. The plant includes approximately 12,000 square meters (approximately 129,000 square feet) for production, quality control and supporting laboratory facilities. It includes state-of-the-art material handling and production technologies that increase manufacturing efficiency and optimize the quality and consistency of Ferro’s glaze and body stain product lines sold to the growing European tile market. FULL STORY
PARLEC AND MAHR ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP
Parlec, Inc., Fairport, N.Y., and Mahr GmbH, Göttingen, Germany, recently announced a bilateral partnership agreement to market and sell each other’s tool measurement and inspection products. Products covered under the agreement are Parlec’s P1500 and P2500 presetters and Mahr’s MarVision tool inspector lines. FULL STORY
SCHOTT SOLAR PLANS EXPANSION OF U.S. SOLAR BUSINESS SCHOTT Solar recently made a major commitment to the U.S. solar power market as it announced plans to build a new photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing facility that will increase its domestic PV production by more than 60 MW. SCHOTT Solar is currently evaluating locations for the new facility, which is scheduled to go online in 2009. In addition to producing solar PV modules, the new facility will be designed to produce receivers for concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. FULL STORY
USFCC TEAMS WITH DOE TO SHOWCASE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS The U.S. Fuel Cell Council (USFCC), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), recently held a two-day event designed to showcase fuel cell products to America’s national labs. The event, part of the ongoing USFCC/DOE Fuel Cell Early Markets Activity, matched approximately 15 fuel cell manufacturers from across the country with national lab facility managers. FULL STORY
HUDAK NAMED CONTROLLER OF WARREN/AMPLEX AND ABC
Warren/Amplex Superabrasives and ABC Superabrasives recently announced the hiring of Kristen Hudak as controller. She will be responsible for the accounting management aspects and activities of each company, including monthly financial reporting, projects and analysis in support of division management. FULL STORY
SPONSORED BY:
Furnace Power
The most powerful QC and R&D tool in any ceramic lab is not a complex or sophisticated thermoanalytical instrument. Instead, it is the gradient furnace, a simple device that, in a single step, thermally processes a series of samples that can be examined or analyzed to demonstrate the effect of temperature on shrinkage, density, porosity, color, surface area, strength and other ceramic properties. Powerful Furnace for the Lab has all the details.
CyberTip Looking for a previously run news item? Simply visit CI's website and use the search box at the top of the page!
Online Calendar CI's full Calendar of Events is available online to help you keep track of all the latest trade shows and seminars.
CHARTER SPONSOR
Mohr Corp. provides ceramic and machinery services to both buyer and seller, from the sale of one machine to entire factories, with its professionally established brokering, liquidation and appraisal organization. For more information, visit www.mohrcorp.com.
ABOUT OUR SPONSOR
Insaco is a precision machining company that provides finished pieces to customers' specifications from ultra hard materials, including oxide ceramics, nitrides, carbides and quartz, and especially industrial sapphire. NEW capability allows the company to machine within a 102” x 31” x 70” envelope and still hold tight tolerances. Visit www.insaco.com.
All statements about the companies/products included in this newsletter are manufacturers' claims, and neither CI CyberNews nor Ceramic Industry endorses any of the products mentioned.
