High-Temperature Ceramic Coating Protection, by Furnace Mineral Products Incorporated, a Feature of “Industry Today” on Industrialinfo.com

Industrial Info Resources will host special guest Furnace Mineral Products (Stouffville, Ontario) as part of this week’s “Industry Today” webcast. Furnace Mineral Products is a recognized global leader in advanced high-temperature ceramic coatings for the power generation industry. The high-temperature ceramic coatings offered by Furnace... 

Philadelphia University and MAG Establish New Composites Institute to Develop Textile-Based Composites for Industrial Applications

Philadelphia University and MAG are establishing the Philadelphia University MAG Composites Institute for research and development of new textile-based composites that could have wide application in industry, including the aerospace, automotive and energy sectors. The new research institute will be funded in part by $1.1 million from MAG, whose chairman... 

Teams Prepare for Round Two in the 2010-2011 Clean Energy Prize Competition

Ideas for new green-energy businesses ranging from a credit card bonus points program to fund renewable energy projects to a speed bump that generates electricity for roadside electronics will go head to head Jan. 21 in Round-2 competition for the 2010-2011 Clean Energy Prize. The competition, presented by DTE Energy and the University of Michigan... 

Varel International Announces the Acquisition of the Patented “Rotary Percussion System” from Renegade Tools LLC

Varel International, a leading manufacturer of drill bits and global supplier to the drilling industry, announces it has completed the acquisition of the Rotary Percussion System (RPS) product line and assets of Renegade Tools LLC. The line of high frequency, low impact percussion hammer tools complements the already robust suite of tools Varel supplies... 

TuV SuD Certifies Esterel Technologies’ SCADE Display 6.2 KCG Code Generator to SIL 3/4 under EN 50128 and SIL 3 under IEC 61508 Standards

Esterel Technologies, the leading worldwide provider of critical system and software development solutions, today announced that TÜV SÜD Rail GmbH has certified the latest version of its SCADE Display® KCG® Code Generator to safety integrity level (SIL) 3/4 under EN 50128 and SIL 3 under IEC 61508. TÜV SÜD is a leading global testing and inspection... 

Eaton Completes Acquisition of Tuthill Coupling Group

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation today announced it has completed its purchase of the Tuthill Coupling Group, a division of Tuthill Corporation. The transaction was announced December 16, 2010. The Tuthill Coupling Group manufactures pneumatic and hydraulic quick coupling solutions and leak free connectors used in industrial, construction,... 

ENER1 Shareholders Appoint Four New Directors to Board

ENER1, Inc. a leading manufacturer of lithium-ion energy storage systems for transportation, utility grid and consumer electronics applications, today announced that its shareholders have approved the appointment of four new members to its board of directors. The new directors are Nora Brownwell, Wilber James, Greg Kasagawa and Stanislav Shekshnia.... 

SymPowerco Receives Government Grant Application Review

SymPowerco Corporation CEO John Davenport announces that the company is in receipt of a secondary review of its application for a series of development grants from a major North American Government Agency. SymPowerco is in the final stages of the grant application process after having submitted its application to a rigorous academic and industrial peer... 

Weststar Acquires Nunavut Coal Property

Weststar Resources Corp. announce the acquisition, subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval, of a 100% interest in six Coal Exploration Licence applications, located on the Bache Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Territory. The Exploration Licences cover an area of approximately 450 square kilometers (45,000 hectares) with the final land package... 

Goodrich Donates Icing Wind Tunnel to Iowa State University

Goodrich Corporation’s Sensors and Integrated Systems team in Burnsville, Minn. has donated an icing wind tunnel to Iowa State University. The tunnel will be the university’s first wind tunnel to be able to perform icing physics research and will be housed in Iowa State’s wind simulation and testing (WiST) laboratory. The WiST lab...