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3-D printing institute awards $4.5 million to six projects


March 21, 2013 12:20 pm ET

YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO — The new 3-D printing institute in Youngstown has awarded $4.5 million to six research projects designed to help turn the process into a more mainstream manufacturing technique.

Autodesk acquires Firehole Composites


March 20, 2013 3:00 pm ET

SAN RAFAEL, CALIF.—Autodesk Inc., the maker of three-dimensional design and engineering software, has completed its acquisition of Firehole Technologies, doing business as Firehole Composites, which specializes in design and analysis software for composite materials.

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Lego-inspired shapes click for housewares firm Room Copenhagen


March 7, 2013 2:48 pm ET

CHICAGO – Room Copenhagen Inc. is out to make it a little more fun for kids to pick up their toys.

Gettig Technologies set for liquidation


March 7, 2013 12:16 pm ET

SPRING MILL, PA. -- The assets of Gettig Technologies Inc. and its associated companies including Stelrema Corp. are being auctioned this month as part of a U.S. Bankruptcy Court Chapter 7 liquidation.

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Unit Industries diversifies by buying EMS Sandburg


March 1, 2013 3:04 pm ET

FULLERTON, CALIF. -- In diversifying toward turnkey capability, Unit Industries Group Inc. of Fullerton acquired three entities operating as EMS Sandberg Industries.

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WM rebranded as Novation


February 15, 2013 1:19 pm ET

WM Plastics Inc. is taking on a new name — Novation Industries. The new name better illustrates the firm's comprehensive product-development services.

Pyramid Plastics to open injection plant in San Antonio, Texas


February 1, 2013 1:19 pm ET

ROCKFORD, ILL. -- Industrial Molds Group is expanding to the Southwest to reach customers both in the United States and Mexico. The Rockford, Ill.-based company will officially open an injection molding plant under the name Pyramid Plastics San Antonio in the Texas town in late February.

Medical Plastics: Turning to the humble gecko


January 23, 2013 12:27 pm ET

NEW ORLEANS -- Scientists in the United States have created microscopic polyurethane structures that mimic the way that a gecko's foot sticks to a surface.

DSM opens Singapore tech center


January 15, 2013 6:00 am ET

HEERLEN, NETHERLANDS (Jan. 15, 11:30 a.m. ET) — DSM NV’s Dyneema high-performance fiber unit has opened an Asia Pacific technical center in Singapore, the company’s first outside Europe and the United States.

Auto industry hunting for designers


January 14, 2013 6:00 am ET

DETROIT (Jan. 14, 11 a.m. ET) — Although enrollment at the nation’s top automotive design colleges remains steady, automakers say they are having a difficult time finding students who love cars and have a passion for design. That’s forcing design schools to find new ways to train students to become the hands-on car designers ...

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