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Bayer MaterialScience buys Artificial Muscle Inc.

PITTSBURGH (March 9, 12:55 p.m. ET) -- Bayer MaterialScience LLC has acquired Artificial Muscle Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif., company that makes electroactive polymers for consumer electronics. March 9, 2010

Joseph Joseph serves success

LONDON (March 4, 4:55 p.m. ET) — Good design sells. And if you want proof of that you need look no further than United Kingdom-based kitchenware company Joseph Joseph, which in less than 10 years has gone from new starter to desirable brand. March 4, 2010

NorTech capitalizes on Ohio's polymer, liquid crystal expertise

KENT, OHIO (Feb. 23, 11:15 a.m. ET) -- If technology advocacy group NorTech has its way, the Boogie Board won’t be the coolest product to come out of northeast Ohio’s flexible electronics industry. February 23, 2010

Marland's sales growing broader as closures becoming thinner

PITTSFIELD, MASS. (Feb. 19, 1:35 p.m. ET) -- Lighter, thinner caps and closures are opening new opportunities for mold maker Marland Mold Inc. Work is up significantly since May 2008 for the firm, a worldwide mold supplier for most large water and carbonated drink companies. February 19, 2010

Chrysler should be like Apple, design officer says

CHICAGO (Feb. 17, 2:20 p.m. ET) -- Chrysler Group, known as the inventor of the minivan and SUV, aspires to regain its own spirit of innovation by emulating Apple Computer. February 17, 2010

3D Systems buys prototyper Moeller Designs

ROCK HILL, S.C. (Feb. 16, 5:40 p.m. ET) — 3D Systems Corp. has acquired the assets of Moeller Design, a provider of casting services and prototyping for aerospace, medical device and mechanical computer-aided design prototypes. Terms were not disclosed. Moeller, based in Seattle, operates one of the largest proprietary polyurethane cast production facilities in North America, according to 3D Systems. February 16, 2010

Frisbee inventor Morrison dead at 90

MONROE, UTAH (Feb. 12, 10:15 a.m. ET) -- Walter Frederick Morrison, who came up with the concept of the Frisbee in 1937, died on Feb. 9. Morrison, 90, had lung cancer. February 12, 2010

MedTech opens second plant in Costa Rica

ANAHEIM, CALIF. (Feb. 10, 4:55 p.m. ET) -- MedTech Group Inc. has opened a second plant in Heredia, Costa Rica, that will more than double the company’s capacity to manufacture medical devices in that country. The company is winning business in part thanks to its tooling and design capabilities. February 10, 2010

Chrysler investment cheers Mexico parts suppliers

TOLUCA, MEXICO (Feb. 10, 1:25 p.m. ET) -- Mexico’s automotive industry suppliers have greeted Chrysler Group LLC’s announcement of a $550 million investment in Mexico to assemble the compact Fiat 500 for U.S. and Latin American markets with glee. “It will bring in more market for us over the next two or three years,” said Agustín Ríos, president of national suppliers association INA (Industria Nacional de Autopartes AC). February 10, 2010

Solido unveils desktop printer

FRANKFURT, GERMANY (Feb. 5, 12:55 p.m. ET) -- Solido 3D Ltd. has launched the new SD300 Pro desktop, three-dimensional printer, as well as three accompanying modeling packages that range from 2,950 euros ($4,088) to 5,840 euros ($8,093). February 5, 2010

Britain could call time on the glass pint

LONDON (Feb. 4, 4:15 p.m. ET) -- Two prototype beer glasses designed to reduce the injuries caused by nearly 87,000 glass attacks each year have been unveiled at the Design Council by British Home Secretary Alan Johnson. The pint glasses both use plastics in their construction so as to ensure they do not shatter into loose and dangerous shards. February 4, 2010

America's Cup competitors rely on composites for sailboats

LA JOLLA, CALIF. (Feb. 2, 2:20 p.m. ET) -- Polymer matrix composites pervade the colossal multihull sailboats Alinghi 5 and USA 17, which are vying in the 33rd America’s Cup races, slated Feb. 8, 10 and 12 off the shore of Valencia, Spain. February 2, 2010

Utah's Lifetime launches housing for low-income areas, disasters

XIAMEN, CHINA (Jan. 26, 10:30 a.m. ET) -- Lifetime Products Inc., which claims to be the world’s largest maker of blow molded high density polyethylene folding tables, picnic tables and chairs, is hoping that a visit to its China factory by U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. will help launch a line of mass produced housing for low-income and disaster-stricken regions. January 26, 2010

Converging divergent ideas

MIAMI (Jan. 20, 1:50 p.m. ET) -- Marco Perry is well placed to assess what makes engineers and designers tick — since he’s both. With a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s in industrial design, the principal of New York design firm Pensa LLC addressed the ever-popular issue of facilitating teamwork. Perry spoke at last fall’s annual international conference of the Industrial Designers Society of America in Miami. View a video from his talk. January 20, 2010

Concept car dashboards feature organic LED technology

DETROIT (Jan. 19, 3:10 p.m. ET) -- Organic LED televisions are just hitting end home electronics market now, but carmakers already are looking at the technology for future vehicles. Both Detroit-based General Motors Corp. and Hyundai Motor Co. have debuted concept cars which use OLED technology to replace the standard instrument cluster on the dashboard. January 19, 2010

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