US ARS: New process boosts uses for fats, oils >T.

M2 Presswire;  December 16, 1999 ;     360 words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-16 December 1999-US ARS: New process boosts uses for fats, oils (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:151299 By Tara Weaver-Missick A new enzyme-recycling method that could...

Routing revamp highlights FPGA refresh. (Digital ICs).

EDN;  December 12, 2002 ;     117 words ......has nine layers of copper--two for power and ground, one for the flip-chip interface, and six for routing and control. The process boosts the interconnect and routing speeds and capacities. The 2003 production price for the EP1S25 is $125 (50,000). * Altera...

Swan scales up supercritical. (Pharmaceuticals & Fine Chemicals).(Brief...

Chemical Week;  July 17, 2002 ;     103 words ......Crafts, and hydrogenation in a continuous process, says Ian MacKinnon, innovations manager at Thomas Swan. The continuous process boosts selectivity to nearly 100% and allows the processor to dial in on selected molecules by adjusting temperature and pressure...

BASF wins IChemE Award 2007; Prize for cyclododecanone production process;...

M2 Presswire;  October 26, 2007 ;     724 words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-26 October 2007-BASF AG: BASF wins IChemE Award 2007; Prize for cyclododecanone production process; Process boosts efficiency and is easy on the environment; First industrial use of laughing gas in the world(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...

Callebaut tweaks process, boosts polyphenols.(NEWS)

Candy Business;  May 1, 2005 ;     94 words ...ZURICH -- Barry Callebaut AG has developed a patent-pending process aimed at retaining the polyphenols in cocoa beans that are typically lost during chocolate production. The process, trademarked Acticoa, affects several stages of production from harvest through final processing. Because the

Chemists say free radical process boosts control over polymers.(News)

Rubber & Plastics News;  December 4, 2006 ;     188 words ...Chemists at the University of Pennsylvania have created a process based on free radicals they claim allows for polymerization to take place at room temperature using less metal catalysts and in a shortened time period. The process is called SET-LRP-Single Electron Transfer-Living Radical

Secret Belgian process boosts Swaledale wool prices.(News)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  May 8, 2007 ;     186 words ...A secret process developed by a family-owned Belgian company could be the first step towards improving wool prices for hill farmers with Swaledale flocks. And it's another reason why the market for Swaledale wool is expanding among merchants in the UK and in Europe as uptake increases to meet the

Injection-compression process boosts RTM

Advanced Composites Bulletin;  December 1, 1994 ;     367 words ...Reduced scrap levels and fewer finishing operations are being claimed for a modified resin transfer moulding (RTM) process. The injection-compression (ICS) process is currently being developed by Sora Composites of France in collaboration with APX International of Madison Heights, Michigan, USA. In

MIDDLE EAST: PEACE PROCESS BOOSTS HOPES FOR UPCOMING SUMMIT

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  October 5, 1995 ;   Leila Deeb;   787 words ...Leila Deeb Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-05-1995 AMMAN, Oct. 4 (IPS) -- The second stage of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations could herald new economic growth in the Middle East, observers say, if officials at a regional summit in Amman this month stand by pledges made at last

Harder ceramic armor: a proprietary process boosts the hardness of boron...

Design News;  April 24, 2006 ;   Ogando, Joseph;   474 words ...Boron carbide has already seen plenty of action as a material for body armor. But limitations in this ceramic's density and ability to tolerate complex shapes, have restricted it to small, flat, armor inserts. Verco Materials LLC has now developed a way to render this useful material 100 percent

C(2)H(4) process boosts profits by 30%

Chemical Engineering Progress;  July 1, 2002 ;   Anonymous;   365 words ...A new approach to ethylene production that cuts energy consumption and capital investment costs by more than 15% each, and improves operating margins by 30%, has been developed by ABB Lummus Global (Bloomfield, NJ; www.abb.com). The novel method integrates CDHydro, a catalytic distillation

BUILDERS: PERMIT PROCESS BOOSTS PRICES TRADE GROUP SAYS MASS. LAGS US IN...

The Boston Globe;  July 29, 2003 ;   Chris Reidy, Globe Staff;   619 words ...The Bay State continues to lag behind the nation in issuing new housing permits, a key factor in causing the price of residential real estate to soar, the Home Builders Association of Massachusetts said yesterday. Citing US Census Bureau data, the trade group said that the number of permits issued

Massachusetts Permit Process Boosts Costs, Home Builders Say.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 29, 2003 ;     650 words ...By Chris Reidy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--The Bay State continues to lag behind the nation in issuing new housing permits, a key factor in causing the price of residential real estate to soar, the Home Builders Association of Massachusetts said yesterday. Citing

Two-Step CMP Process Boosts Throughput.(Promos Technologies)(Brief...

Nanoparticle News;  June 1, 2001 ;     586 words ...To improve the throughput and economics of chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP), researchers from ProMOS Technologies in Taiwan have replaced traditional one-step polishing using either a colloidal or fumed abrasive slurry with a two-step approach that utilizes both types of slurries and a

Redesigned process boosts output

Manufacturing Engineering;  November 1, 1999 ;   Hogan, Brian J;   787 words ...FMS delivers lot sizes as small as one A flexible manufacturing system (FMS) for producing piston-driven aircraft engine crankcases, developed by Kurt Manufacturing Co, (minneapolis), offers the ability to produce lot sizes as small as one engine crakcase. In all, 24 different versions of these