6 Dec 2002
Borealis partners Bosch Siemens in landmark dishwasher metal replacement application
Borealis, a leading supplier of polyolefin materials, has worked with leading household appliance OEM Bosch Siemens to develop the first all polypropylene dishwasher tub in Europe. Key to this landmark development is Borealis’ MB350WG PP material, a new grade designed specifically for replacement of the stainless steel traditionally used in the highly corrosive environment typical for this type of application.
6 Dec 2002
Borealis delivers key technical support in new polypropylene-centred dishwasher development
Borealis, a leading supplier of polyolefins, working closely with major white goods manufacturer Bosch Siemens, has developed a polypropylene compound suitable for the replacement of stainless steel in the interior of a dishwasher.
6 Dec 2002
Attachmate myEXTRA! Smart Connectors integrate existing business processes into new enterprise applications
December 2002 -- Attachmate Corporation, 20-year veterans of enterprise presentation and application integration, today announced the release of myEXTRA!™ Smart Connectors, a comprehensive line of data and logic access tools that securely expose legacy information and applications to serve new business initiatives. myEXTRA! Smart Connectors let organizations convert legacy host-based information to XML, Web services, or component technologies, such as EJB™ and COM+, which can be used by multiple applications across the enterprise. "Integration can account for 40% of the costs in large application roll-outs," said Markus Nitschke, Vice President of Marketing for Attachmate. "Smart Connectors reduce the time it takes to generate new applications based on core business data from months/weeks to days/hours."
5 Dec 2002
GREAT LAKES ACQUIRES NON-STAINING ANTIOXIDANTS BUSINESS FROM FLEXSYS AMERICA
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA—Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced it has acquired Flexsys America’s non-staining phenolic antioxidants business that includes process technology associated with Santonox® TBMC, Santovar® TAHQ, and Santowhite® BBMC. Great Lakes will market these products under its established line of Lowinox® non-staining antioxidants, which protect against oxygen degradation and discoloration during processing. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
3 Dec 2002
Weidmann Plastics Technology and Micronics Form Microfluidic Products Alliance
Micronics, Inc., USA, and Weidmann Plastics Technology AG, Switzerland, have announced that they have entered into a joint product development and co-promotion agreement, and a letter of intent for a supply agreement in which the combination of their respective microfluidic and microfabrication expertise will offer new product solutions to their clients in the life sciences sector.
2 Dec 2002
Rapids slow revolving shredders reduce large lumps to high-quality regrind
Recycling large lumps of melted plastic does not have to be a problem. Rapid Granulator AB provides the solution with the RS1000 and RS1400 shredders in combination with Rapid’s
29 Nov 2002
DOW CORNING SILICONE MOLDING COMPOUNDS FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS
Midland, Mich. (November 28, 2002) ― A new generation of silicone rubber compounds has been developed for molding high-voltage insulators, surge arresters, weather sheds and other HV components. All are high-consistency rubber (HCR) products in the Dow Corning® 1600 series, designed to deliver outstanding tracking resistance over a wide voltage range, superior wet electrical performance, hydrophobic transfer and recovery, as well as good mold release and other processing characteristics.(See Table 1.)
29 Nov 2002
Distrupol going from strength to strength in Nordic region
The Nordic arm of Distrupol, a member company of Univar and a leading European polymer distributor, technical service and solutions provider, has been strengthening its team and raising its profile to good effect in the Nordic business arena. Its recent presence at the Muovi Plastics 2002 exhibition in Lahti, Finland, was its biggest yet and involved the whole Finnish organisation of Distrupol.
