Rock West Composites Acquires Assets of Performance Plastics

The new staff and facilities will add metallic manufacturing, machining, forming, and bonding to RWC’s technical expertise, the company said. The executive team believes that the complementary capabilities of Performance Plastics offer significant expansion potential...

PPG Invests $44 Million to Boost Global Powder Production

The company is expanding capacity and capabilities at five plants in the U.S. and Latin America PITTSBURGH—PPG reported that it is investing $44 million to upgrade five powder coating manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Latin America. The projects are part of...

What Do You Do With a Shrunken Laser?

Sandia Labs invents method to integrate microscale optical devices on silicon microchips ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—The laser is so small you need a microscope to see it properly. But it’s not just the size that scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are excited about. The...