Ceramic Industry back issues from February 2008:
Puppy love.(INSIDE CI)(Editorial)
Feb 01, 2008; ... I always said I would never get a puppy. I shook my head self-righteously when others would tell me of their puppies' misadventures. "Not me," I thought. "No way." They might be cute, but the little guys require way too much time and energy for proper training, socialization and so on ....
International calendar.(Calendar)
Feb 01, 2008 ... * Feb 5-9 Cevisama 08: Artechnology ** Valencia, Spain, www.cevisa ma.feriavalencia.com Feb 10-13 QUALICER '08 ** Castellon, Spain, www.qualicer.org Feb 10-13 Middle East Electricity ** Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ...
Saint-Gobain to build a float glass line in Egypt.(IN THE NEWS)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Saint-Gobain's Flat Glass Sector will expand its presence in Middle Eastern markets with the construction of a float glass production line in Egypt. The facility will be operated in a joint venture with MMID (El Mansour and El Maghraby Investment and Development Co.), an Egyptian Group ...
I-3, Oshkosh and Ceradyne awarded armored vehicle contract.(IN THE NEWS)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Ideal Innovations, Inc. (I-3), Oshkosh Truck Corp. and Ceradyne, Inc. recently announced that they have been awarded a delivery order of $18.1 million by the U.S. government to produce and deliver Category 1 (six-man) variants and targets of The Bull[TM] Mine Resistant Ambush Protected ...
Wienerberger acquires Salzburger Ziegelwerk.(IN THE NEWS)(Salzburger Ziegelwerk GmbH & Co.)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Wienerberger Ziegelindustrie GmbH, the Austrian operating subsidiary of Wienerberger AG, acquired Salzburger Ziegelwerk GmbH & Co. as of December 1, 2007. Salzburger Ziegelwerk operates a hollow brick plant in Oberndorf, roughly 15 km north of Salzburg, with an annual production capacity ...
American Standard to close Tiffin plant.(IN THE NEWS)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Officials of American Standard Americas issued a formal notice on December 5, 2007, to the GMP Local 7-A, its employees and local government officials that it anticipates that its plant in Tiffin, Ohio, will close, eliminating 165 hourly production jobs and 35 salaried jobs. The company ...
Hauck and Kromschroder merge.(IN THE NEWS)(Hauck Manufacturing Co.)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2008 ... The Elster Group recently announced the merger of two of its companies in North America. As of January 1, 2008, Kromschroder, Inc. merged its operations with Hauck Manufacturing Co. Hauck serves as the supplier for Hauck brand products and Kromschroder burners and combustion controls for ...
Green Building Certification Institute launched.(IN THE NEWS)
Feb 01, 2008 ... The Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) has been established with the support of the U.S. Green Building Council to administer credentialing programs related to green building practice and standards. The GBCI was created to develop and administer credentialing programs aimed at ...
Ingredient Masters.(PEOPLE IN THE NEWS)
Feb 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ingredient Masters recently announced the addition of Jane Sparling to its engineering staff. In her new position, Sparling will manage major programs for Ingredient Masters' North American ...
Rio Tinto Alcan.(PEOPLE IN THE NEWS)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Sandeep Biswas recently joined the executive management team of Rio Tinto Alcan. He will lead the Business Development function at the group's headquarters in Montreal, Canada, with responsibility for ...
Ferro Corp.(PEOPLE IN THE NEWS)
Feb 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Stephen Rozwood has joined the R&D Group of Ferro Corp. Glass Systems as a technical service representative for laser marking in the company's CerMark[R] Laser Marking business. He ...
Eclipse Inc.(PEOPLE IN THE NEWS)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jim Corbett recently joined Eclipse Inc. as vice president of Human Resources. This new role is intended to support the company's Strategic Plan Initiatives by increasing the investment ...
Thermal Technology.(PEOPLE IN THE NEWS)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Thermal Technology, LLC recently announced that it changed ownership in February 2007. Matt Mede is the new co-owner, president and chief executive officer of the privately held company. Mede partnered with ...
Oneida Ltd.(PEOPLE IN THE NEWS)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Timothy J. Shine was recently appointed to the new position of president of Oneida Ltd.'s Consumer division. Shine was previously senior vice president of Sales ...
Automating Sieve size analysis: the use of automated image analysis can provide actual sieve size results on a large aliquot of powder without any prior correlation with actual sieve data.
Feb 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sieve size analysis is a well-known and important tool for the characterization of powders over a wide range of materials and applications. Everything from ground coffee to abrasive material is priced and sold based on measured sieve fractions, and many ...
Analyzing piezoceramic materials: a variety of analytical techniques can be used to verify piezoceramic material composition and properties, depending on the property to be measured and the detection accuracy needed.
Feb 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ceramic piezoelectric sensors are used in a wide range of critical applications, including fuel tanks, aircraft, medical imaging, therapeutic devices, accelerometers, monitors, positioning sensors and CPU hard drives. Because of the critical nature of ...
Quality control: it is necessary to prepare ceramic materials quickly and reproducibly in order to carry out representative and reliable quality checks.
Feb 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The term ceramics was originally used for pottery and earthenware collectively. Today, it comprises a much wider range of materials, including metallic oxides, nitrides and carbides. These materials are used in application areas ranging from household ...
2008 R&D: lab equipment and instrumentation directory.(Directory)
Feb 01, 2008 ... <Pre> 2008 R&D LAB EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION DIRECTORY Batching and Materials Handling Grinders/ CompanyBalances Blenders Media The ...
Gorgeous glass: D. Swarovski & Co.'s Helmut Swarovski recently received the prestigious Phoenix Award for contributions to the glass industry.(special report: glass manufacturing)
Feb 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In October 2007, Helmut Swarovski, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of D. Swarovski & Co., was named the 37th recipient of the Phoenix Award, which is given to recognize the Glass Person of the Year. Swarovski was unanimously selected for ...
The evolution of the low-set brick plant: the low-set brick plant has evolved incrementally over the last 30+ years as improving technology allowed the development of three key elements.(special section: brick & clay record)
Feb 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It has long been recognized that drying and firing brick a few courses high can provide many benefits compared to conventional practices. The low-set concept allows for faster firing cycles, which provides manufacturers with the ability to dry and fire in ...
Molded brick-making machines: Kercher Industries, Inc. recently undertook a major redesign of its Lancaster AutoBrik Machine line.(PRODUCT PROFILE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... This year, the Lancaster AutoBrik Machine (ABM) will celebrate 150 years of automated molded brick production. The current machines produce approximately 500 million sand-molded and water-struck brick annually. Kercher Industries, Inc., manufacturer of the Lancaster Products line of ...
Particle size distribution analysis system.(WHAT'S NEW)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Sacmi [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The GMS 100 is a measurement tool designed to improve quality control procedures for spray-dried ceramic powder. Using only a minimum quantity of material, this unit can measure the particle size distribution of the powder quickly and ...