Aiming to empower users with the information they need to make informed choices regarding sealing, retaining and protection, the company has set up a range of online technical resources to help users quickly identify the correct component for their particular design application.

Users can search and compare items by key product specifications or application criteria. Related support material such as installation instructions and technical drawings are included in the online product catalogue.

Technical resources include comparison charts of materials, trouble-shooting advice and How-Tos, as well as six easy-to-use, downloadable catalogues. Typical of these is the O-Rings Catalogue. Much more than a list of products and prices, it includes a wealth of charts and notes on such concerns as fluid compatibility, properties and design. 

Wilden®, the worldwide leader in air-operated double-diaphragm pump technology, announced that its H800 High Pressure Pump has been engineered with the latest technological advancements in Air Distribution Systems (ADS) to deliver powerful, reliable and flexible solutions in filtration, chemical sludge transfer and general industrial applications.

MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, has introduced a series of Corrosion and Ozone Resistant Valves, designed for longer life in extremely harsh semiconductor or solar processes. The valves feature patented technology that completely seals off the valve bellows, keeping reactive and corrosive gases such as O3, NF3 and CL2 from contacting and collecting on the bellows surface when the valve is open. Extremely durable and dependable, the Corrosion and Ozone Resistant Valve has a small profile and is low in cost. The bellows-sealed poppet valve ensures high cycle life and easy maintenance.

Almatec®, a premier manufacturer of air-operated diaphragm pumps, has designed and constructed its CHEMICOR Series Metal Pneumatic Diaphragm Pumps with product chambers that have soft contours, resulting in smooth flow channels and no dead spaces. This makes CHEMICOR Series pumps ideal for operations that feature the handling and transfer of chemicals.

In submissions to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB), the Environment and Tourism departments both express concern that the planned exploration by Canadian United Minerals on existing claims will have significant impacts on the park, and that the company's proposal is too vague to allow a proper assessment.

"Overall, Environment Yukon has significant concerns with the nature of the project proposal," the submission from Yukon Environment says. "The proponent has not provided a thorough nor consistent description of the proposed activities, effects and proposed mitigation. Repeated changes in project scope on key aspects of the project such as ground and air access routing, on-claim activities and proposed equipment use has made meaningful input into this review onerous for the public, stakeholders and governments."

Montana and Saskatchewan's elected leaders had sought $100 million from each of their federal governments for the proposal but have failed to deliver the money.

It was billed as an industrial-scale test of technologies that could reduce carbon emissions from some of the 650 coal-fired power plants in the two countries. Coal power is the leading industrial source of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.

Beginning July 2010, the agreements include the maintenance, repair, overhaul and related services for CFM56 engines, as well as Airbus A320, A330 and A340 aircraft.

With over 700 CFM engines serviced at the Aveos Engines Solutions center and over 20 years of experience and expertise, we have developed an excellent reputation in the global marketplace, explains Jim Andrews, Vice President and General Manager of Aveos' Engine Solutions business. Our Engine Solutions business continues to be committed to expanding in the global marketplace. We have a strong and established track record for the CFM56 family of engines and are looking forward to building a strong relationship with Air France over the coming years, providing them the level of quality and excellence for which we are renowned, confirms Jim Andrews.

The No. 2 U.S. automaker predicted its performance would be weaker in the second half of the year as the economy slowly recovers.

Ford predicts its performance will weaken in the second half of the year as the economy slowly recovers. (Jim Young/Reuters)Ford did better than many on Wall Street had expected, making $2.6 billion US as it continued to grab sales from rivals.

It earned $2.6 billion, or 61 cents per share. That compared with net income of $2.3 billion, or 69 cents per share, in the same quarter a year ago.

At more than $35,000 US, the 2011 Lincoln MKZ sedan won't be cheap, but the decision by Ford to match the prices of the two styles could lead competitors to follow suit with future models.

The hybrid MKZ, debuting this fall and running on both gas and electric power, will be a bargain, relative to its all-gas cousin, after factoring in savings at the pump. It gets more than double the mileage of the traditional version in city driving.

While automakers won't reveal what they spend to install a hybrid system in a car, the final product usually costs several thousand dollars more than a gas-powered version of the same car.

The new rocket is intended to carry a manned capsule to the Moon

Russian space agency, Roskosmos, is putting the finishing touches to the design of a spacecraft, which could carry the nation's cosmonauts into space in the coming decades.

Russian officials revealed details about the craft at the Farnborough Air Show.

The work is a culmination of a multi-year effort to define the architecture of a replacement to Russia's 40-year-old Soyuz spacecraft.

With the upcoming retirement of the US space shuttle, Russian ships could, for several years at least, be the only means of taking humans into space.