Borealis invests EUR 200 million in new Borstar® polyolefin capacity

BorealisBorealis today announced an EUR 200 million investment in the construction of a new 350,000 tonnes per year polyethylene plant, based on its proprietary Borstar technology, and a 90,000 tonnes per year expansion of the existing Borstar polypropylene plant at its petrochemical site at Schwechat, Austria. The new capacity will come onstream in 2005.

Univar closes distribution agreement for Amerchol Corporation performance chemicals throughout Italy

UnivarUnivar S.p.A., a member company of Univar N.V., one of the world’s leading independent distributors of industrial chemicals and providers of related specialty services, has been appointed distributor of Amerchol Corporation’s performance chemicals to the Italian market.

Press Kit: New additives from Great Lakes Chemicals Corporation

Great LakesGreat Lakes Chemical Corporation announced the launch of several new additives. Also highlighted is the new production process for Anox 20 phenolic antioxidant.

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.