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WinBlend 3 is now under development. It will be a full client/server version with more focus on laboratory functions and less focus on production. See more below.

11/04/2004	Version 2.01 has been released with one significant new feature. Users may now export formulations from WinBLEND and save them in a .wbd format which can be read by the new WinBLEND Formulation Viewer / Printer Utility. This is extremely useful for consultants who wish to distribute formulations developed in WinBLEND to their clients. Also included in Version 2.01 is a new WinBLEND icon as well as a few minor bug fixes.
01/05/2004	Version 2.02 has been released with some minor bug fixes. Version 2.02 now includes a critical PVC calculation when viewing formulations.
14/06/2004	The price of WinBLEND has been dropped from US$249 to US$199 effective June 16th, 2004.
14/06/2004	Version 2.03 released which includes numerous bug fixes plus raw material import/export facility. The WinBLEND manual has also been updated to include the new features. Trial period extended from 30 days to 90 days.
18/07/2004	Version 2.04 released. Along with a few minor changes the licensing has also been modified to allow WinBLEND to be installed on only one computer. Previous purchasers may continue to install WinBLEND on multiple computers. The new lower price of US$99 reflects the new single user license.
20/08/2004	Those who's Internet connection may be too slow to download the demonstration version of WinBLEND can now order the demo version of the software on CD-ROM for US$5.00.
04/10/2004	Tables of solubility parameters for common polymers and solvents added to the website. Click HERE to view the tables.
01/02/2005	Special offer for unlimited user license for WinBLEND 2.0 for just $169. Offer ends 28 Feb 2005
25/06/2005	WinBLEND released as FREEWARE. Some of the features previously available in the commercial version have been removed.
24/08/2005	WinBLEND mailing list established to allow sharing of ideas and suggestions and solving of problems.
22/04/2006	WinBLEND mailing list abandoned due to lack of interest.
30/04/2006	In the past twelve months interest in WinBlend has grown with the software downloaded by uses in many countries including: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay, United States, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe
17/08/2009	WinBlend 3 is now under development. It will be a full client/server version with more focus on laboratory functions and less focus on production.