植物，中心和设施
World’s largest floating wind turbine just came online
One of the three platforms that will make up the WindFloat Atlantic wind farm off the coast of Portugal was connected to the grid via a 20-kilometre (12.4-mile) long cable on New Year’s Eve. Once the other two platforms come online, WindFloat will be able to provide enough clean energy for around 60,000 homes.
康明斯的备用电源系统正在巴基斯坦拉合尔的两个玻璃制造设施提供额外的保护，允许生产线始终处于启动状态，即使在停电的情况下，运营也可以继续保持无缝。
Fuyao expanding local operations, adding 100 workers
Fuyao Glass America将在其俄亥俄州的Moraine，Auto Glass Manufacturing工厂投资4,600万美元，以创造100个新工作岗位。这将使当地工厂的就业水平达到2400名员工。
Medallion Resources Ltd.聘请国际工程集团Stantec使用来自美国东南部的原料来评估美国稀土元素提取厂的稀土元素提取厂。
ACQUISITIONS AND COLLABORATIONS
AAMA and IGMA officially combine as Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance
美国建筑制造商协会和绝缘玻璃制造商联盟正式合并为一个组织，Fenertration和Glazing行业联盟。统一组织的愿景重点是通过更好的玻璃，窗户，门和天窗技术和标准来改善家庭和建筑绩效。
Allied Glass acquired by investment firm
一个太阳欧洲合作伙伴会员完成了对盟军玻璃的收购，以获得未公开的款项。Allied Glass是英国最大的玻璃包装容器制造商之一，用于高级烈酒，食品和饮料市场。
Morley Glass & Glazing and Saint-Gobain Glass to recycle post-consumer glass
Morley Glass＆Glazing已与Saint-Gobain Glass合作回收和重复使用后消费者玻璃。Saint-Gobain Glass已经运行了英国最大的库列或废玻璃回报计划。Morley Glass＆Glazing提供了50,000英尺2西约克郡利兹的制造空间，作为消费后玻璃的收集中心。
OCMI完成了对西班牙Amboule机器制造商KYP Accesorios的收购。通过联合起来，OCMI OTG和KYP希望向其客户提供更广泛的产品，更好的服务以及对研发的持续投资。
京都公司和2400万宣布，京都已正式推出了其住宅储能系统Enerezza，Enerezza是世界上第一个使用24m新颖的Semisolid Electrode Manufacturing Process构建的全球系统。
其他故事
年度卓越混凝土奖项将授予负责2019年俄勒冈州和西南华盛顿的最佳混凝土项目的团队。入口截止日期是Jan. 25, 2020。
CelSian to provide three training courses throughout February
荷兰流程优化咨询集团Celsian Glass＆Solar将在“玻璃融化介绍”（2月4日），“专家培训：玻璃融化炉中的热传输”（2月18日）和“能源效率简介和CO简介”上提供培训支持2排放”（2月19日）。
NGA announces publication of flat glass EPD
美国国家玻璃协会（National Glass Association）发表了一份针对美国出售的平面玻璃产品的环境产品声明，该声明有效期为五年，用于清晰，低铁和有色玻璃产品，这些产品已在未经处理的退火状态下生产。
Container glassmaker Owens-Illinois sold its 25% share in Tata Chemicals (Soda Ash) Partners Holdings, a soda ash producer, to Valley Holdings, a subsidiary of Tata Chemicals Limited, for $195 million. O-I said the sale is one component of its divestiture programme, which aims to raise between $400 and $500 million.
MARKET TRENDS
A report by BCC Research says the global market for etching processes should grow from $6.9 billion in 2019 to $8.8 billion by 2024 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.9%. The processes are expected to grow because of the increase in demand of a large array of semiconductors and power devices.
Freedonia小组的一项研究研究了印度，美国和中国在2023年及以后的全球纤维水泥市场的潮起潮落。
According to a report by IHS Markit, new annual global solar installations in 2020 will reach 142 gigawatts, a 14% rise over the previous year. The expected 142 gigawatts are seven times that of the entire capacity that was installed by the start of the prior decade (20 GW in 2010).
新产品
Goodfellow’s new range of perovskites, a group of materials demonstrating great potential for optoelectronic applications, includes powder and solid forms of barium titanate, bismuth aluminate, bismuth titanium oxide, calcium titanate, copper tungsten oxide, lithium titanate, lead titanium oxide, lanthanum titanate, and samarium ferrite.
The ROSS Double Planetary Mixer is available in a “super sanitary” turnkey configuration, featuring a common stainless steel workbench for both the mixer and a matching discharge system. This system is scalable through 1,000-gallon production models.
Graphi-Coat™ 623 is a patented titanium diboride based coating developed by Aremco Products, Inc., that significantly inhibits the oxidation of most commercial grades of graphite to 2,000°F (1,093°C). This two-part system is a water-based, nonvolatile material that is applied easily using a brush, roller, dip- or spray-processing.
Faster, automated Fisher number measurement with Micromeritics Sub-Sieve Autosizer II
Micromeritics Instrument Corp. launched the new highly automated Sub-Sieve Autosizer II (SAS II), an instrument that boosts the productivity and accuracy of particle sizing via the air permeability technique, a benchmark in many industries.
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