13 Sept 2002
Continued growth in Victrex® PEEK™ polymer application development reflected at Fakuma 2002
Victrex Europa GmbH, will be exhibiting at Fakuma 2002 , Friedrichshafen, on stand no. 2060, hall A2, 15 to 19 October 2002.
12 Sept 2002
Owens Corning Re-dedicates its Science and Technology Center
Toledo, Ohio, September. 2002 – In order to create a more integrated work environment at its Granville, Ohio, based Science and Technology Center, Owens Corning recently completed a site Integration Project. The site was formally re-dedicated Thursday, Aug. 1, by CEO Dave Brown and Science and Technology Vice President Frank O’Brien-Bernini.
12 Sept 2002
MachinePoint and Polymerupdate.com announce new partnership for machinery trade in Asia.
MachinePoint continues its expansion in Asia by signing a partnership with Polymerupdate.com, a plastics industry leader company in India. This agreement allows Polymerupdate.com’s customers to access the world’s leading online database for plastics and rubber machinery, plus special access to all services offered in the machinery area such as engineering support, transport and certification.
11 Sept 2002
Borealis customer event stimulates dialogue about creating value in the plastic pipe business
Borealis, Europe’s leading supplier of specialist polyolefin products for the pipe industry, organised a major event for its customers near its Marketing & Development Centre in Stenungsund, Sweden, on September 4 and 5. The event featured expert speakers from major gas and water companies, contractors, consultants and communities across Europe, as well as from Borealis. This created a fertile environment for useful discussions about how to create more value for everyone in the European Utility business. Polyolefin pipe systems offer leading-edge and often unique solutions to engineering challenges and enjoy faster growth than those made from competing materials.
11 Sept 2002
Distrupol focuses on technical expertise and value of broad product selection at Interplas
At the Interplas show, which takes place at the NEC in Birmingham (UK) from 30 September to 4 October 2002, Distrupol, the leading UK polymer distributor and service provider, will focus on its strong technical expertise and the value that its broad product portfolio can bring to designers and moulders alike.
9 Sept 2002
MachinePoint will introduce new services and promote its new Website at Interplas
Launched in June 2002, with a better layout and more user-friendly, MachinePoint’s new website highlights an Advanced Search with enhanced search capabilities for a broader and more accurate search. It also allows access to ‘Special Offers’, ‘Latest Entries’, and other new sections such as ‘Ask the Expert’ and a machinery ‘Wanted’ section.
6 Sept 2002
Distrupol wins distributorship for DuPont Packaging and Industrial Polymers
Distrupol, a member company of Univar and the leading UK polymer distributor, technical service and solutions provider, has been appointed distributor for DuPont packaging and industrial polymers. The agreement covers distribution throughout the UK and Ireland for Elvax® Ethylene Vinyl acetate resins, Surlyn® ionomer resins, Fusabond® polymer modifiers and Elvaloy® AC acrylate copolymer resins.
5 Sept 2002
VAPLA S.A. to enter UK high performance PE sheet market
Jorge Terol of leading Spanish sheet manufacturer VAPLA S.A. announced the company’s decision to market their VAPLATEC, VAPLADUR and VAPLASOL high molecular weight polyolefin sheet in the UK, in partnership with specialist distributor Harvest Polymers Ltd.
