Side 1 is equipped with a graphite resistance furnace that is able to cover temperatures up to 2500ºC for drawing of silica fibres from preforms with diameters ranging from <5mm to 30mm. Side 2 comes ...

Over 40 of the company´s existing injection moulding machines will be replaced with new high-performance units to generate cost advantages in preform production. The introduction of the majority of ...

Johnson Controls Plastics PET Packaging (Ringlaan 5, B-2960 Brecht) has started up a new plant in Spain to produce PET preforms. The plant is operated by Johnson Controls Plastics (Camino del Sabinar ...

Hollow-core fibres overcome many of the limitations of conventional silica-core fibres for use in fibre-optic gyroscopes. They also require less shielding thanks to their lower sensitivity to ...

The supreme court of India quashed proceedings against a firm accused of manufacturing sub-standard drugs, ruling that the trial court's summoning order lacked reasoning. Justices B R Gavai and ...

The COP is the supreme decision-making body of the Convention. All States that are Parties to the Convention are represented at the COP, at which they review the implementation of the Convention and ...

US President Donald Trump announced plans to detain 'criminal illegal aliens' at Guantanamo Bay, a facility known for housing terrorism suspects. The announcement accompanied the signing of new ...

Considered a geologic mystery, the Gruithuisen Domes appear to be composed of silica-rich volcanic minerals, which could indicate the presence of lunar water and hydrogen. The NASA payloads onboard ...