This video from Aircraft Airplane demonstrates SMART Vortex Generators that shapeshift during flight to reduce drag—saving fuel and reducing emissions.
Science 101: What is Microelectronics?
Argonne National Laboratory discusses the ultrasmall components in computers, smartphones, and much more. Microelectronic components are essential to running businesses, halting the spread of disease, delivering power to homes through the electric grid, and conducting scientific research to combat big challenges like the climate crisis. The first video in the series Science 101: What is […]
Confluent Medical Technologies announces grand opening of Costa Rica expansion
Confluent Medical Technologies, Scottsdale, Ariz., has announced the grand opening of the latest addition to their large scale manufacturing center of excellence in Alajuela, Costa Rica, expanding their capacity for Nitinol processing and catheter manufacturing. This new facility will be co-located with the existing Confluent Costa Rica facility and will add an additional 66,000 square […]
QMD precision components business now part of Cirtec Medical
Cirtec Medical Corp., Lowell, Mass., has acquired QMD Precision Components, a business that specializes in the development and manufacturing of silicone, polyisoprene, and other custom elastomeric components, tubing, and subassemblies. Cirtec is a strategic outsourcing partner of complex medical devices, including minimally invasive and active implantable devices. The acquisition will enable Cirtec to provide customers […]
Furukawa Electric received the highest rating for CDP’s Supplier Engagement Rating for fourth consecutive year
Furukawa Electric, Tokyo, has received the top rating for its climate change initiatives across the entire supply chain and related information disclosure from CDP, an international environmental NGO. This is the fourth year in a row that Furukawa Electric has been recognized with this high rating, having been selected by CDP for its Leader of […]