Rhodia Engineering Plastics signs a distribution agreement

Rhodia Engineering PlasticsLyon, France, June 23, 2003 - Rhodia Engineering Plastics today announced that it has signed a European distribution agreement for its Technyl® 6 and 6.6 engineering plastics polyamides.

GREAT LAKES LANZA EL ADITIVO DE REDUCCION DE HUMO PARA APLICACIONES DE PVC DE BAJO HUMO

Smokebloc® AOM-100 se añada a los compuestos de PVC cuando los productos tienen que cumplir muy altas especificaciones de inflamabilidad y emanación de humos. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) anunció hoy el lanzamiento del aditivo retardante a llamas y reductor de humo Smokebloc® AOM-100 para las aplicaciones de PVC flexible y rígido con requisitos de bajo humo.

GREAT LAKES LANZA UN RETARDANTE A LLAMAS DE ESTIRENO POLIBROMINADO QUE OFRECE COMPATIBILIDAD UNICA PARA LOS POLIESTERES Y POLIAMIDAS DE ALTO RENDIMIENTO

Great LakesCHICAGO, ILLINOIS—Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) anunció hoy el lanzamiento del retardante a llamas Firemaster® CP-44HF, un copolímero de estireno polibrominado de alta fluidez que ofrece compatibilidad única a los poliésteres termoplásticos y poliamidas de alta temperatura.

GREAT LAKES INTRODUCE LAS MEZCLAS ANOX FIBERPLUS: UN NUEVO CONCEPTO DE SOLUCIONES DE ESTABILIZADORAS PARA LA PRODUCCIÓN DE FIBRAS DE POLIPROPILENO

. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK), anunció hoy el lanzamiento de las mezclas estabilizadoras de polímeros Anox™ FiberPlus, un concepto enfocado a la solución para la estabilización del proceso de fibras de polipropileno.

Eurocom is Number One tech PR Network

EurocomLondon 13 June, 2003: Eurocom PR Network, the specialist tech PR Network was confirmed today as the largest specialist tech PR Network in Europe. According to PR Week in the UK, the Eurocom PR Network is the fifth largest PR Network in Europe. It is ranked after PROI, Worldcom, Pinnacle and ECCO, all of whom have a broad client base. Eurocom is the only European PR Network that specialises primarily in technology.

E&E Ltd receives Performance Overdrive Award by Air Products for their Epoxy Additives business

Five members of E&E’s Coatings, Construction & Composites team were invited to an afternoon of clay pigeon shooting following Univar's success in Air Products' OPEX assessment.  E&E Ltd receives Performance Overdrive Award by Air Products for their Epoxy Additives business

£3 MILLION INVESTMENT IN TRAFFORD PARK COMPANY

£3 MILLION INVESTMENT IN TRAFFORD PARK COMPANY Great Lakes Manufacturing (UK) Ltd. is located at Tenax Road, Trafford Park. The site was established in 1939 as ‘The Geigy Colour Company’. In the last 30 years ownership has passed from Ciba Geigy to the US owned FMC Corporation, before acquisition by Great Lakes in 1999.

Distrupol’s technical skills and service open new doors

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(Photo Distrupol DISTPR031E0503) Allgood, the UK’s leading architectural ironmonger, is introducing the building industry’s first door latch featuring an all-plastic operating mechanism. The latch relies exclusively on four grades of engineering polymers, manufactured by DuPont and distributed in the UK by Distrupol. It uses three Zytel® nylon resins and one Delrin® acetal resin, with only the outer casing being made of metal. Lutterworth based Dudley Associates produced the mouldings for the latch.