INDUSTRY NEWS
Online Community for Materials Professionals Established
ASM International (Materials Park, OH, USA) has established a Web-based community that offers materials engineers information on educational and networking opportunities to support their profession. The firm is promoting the online community to those who work with advanced materials by offering a variety of incentives. For instance, materials professionals who register at http://asmcommunity.asminternational.org will be eligible for a US$35,000 giveaway of ASM products. Registrants also will receive free access to the group’s most popular handbooks on corrosion and metalworking, and one month of free ASM membership.
Gore Extends Online Cable Design Offerings
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Building on the success of the launch of its online cable configurator last year, Gore (Newark, DE, USA) has developed an online interactive design guide that provides step-by-step instructions for configuring the company’s standard medical cables. Available at www.gore.com/ondemand, the utility is designed to simplify the cable configuration process, enabling the user to build a cable and submit a request for quotation using the configuration tool. No registration is required for the service.
Updated Thermoplastic Products FAQ Launched
An FAQ devoted to thermoplastic products has been introduced by Kleerdex Company, LLC (Bloomsburg, PA, USA) at www.kydex.com. The new FAQ answers a range of questions about the company’s entire Kydex thermoplastic sheet product line. Sample topics include RoHS compliance, cleaning of the thermoplastic, chemical resistance, and mould shrinkage. The FAQ also features a search function that enables customers to search by topic, including additives and contents, capabilities, fabrication, product selection, specifications, UV protection, chemical resistance, and physical properties.
Putnam Plastics Debuts Site
Memry Corp. (Bethel, CT, USA) has announced the launch of Putnam Plastics Plus, a new product line devoted to secondary operations for medical polymer tubing. Offered by the company’s Putnam polymer division, the new entity is represented online at www.putnamplus.com. With a variety of secondary-operations support and capabilities, the Putnam Plastics Plus Web site offers dedicated support in areas such as tipping/welding, hole drilling, custom grinding, precision cutting, pad printing, product assembly, and flaring. Visitors at the site can also request quotations for custom projects.
