2 Jul 2003
OMNEXUS MARKS THREE YEARS OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS AT NPE
June 2003 —Omnexus returned to its point of origin at NPE 2003, marking the third anniversary since the industry’s global eMarketplace debuted at the triennial international plastics exposition in June 2000. Founded by Bayer, BASF, Dow, DuPont and Ticona to build a standardized platform for e-commerce in the plastics industry, Omnexus has grown to represent products and services from more than 20 plastics companies worldwide through an increasing range of innovative online services benefiting both buyers and sellers.
2 Jul 2003
OMNEXUS LAUNCHES ROBUST RESEARCH TOOL FOR MATERIALS DATA AND INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS
June 2003 - Omnexus, the global eMarketplace created for the plastics industry by the plastics industry, has launched a global plastics materials database that gives engineers and researchers full property data access to more than 8,000 globally active grades, representing approximately 80 percent of global plastic products, from over 35 leading suppliers, distributors and compounders. Developed in collaboration with M-Base Engineering + Software, the Omnexus Material Data and Applications Center (http://www.omnexus.com/materialdatacenter) also features an integrated applications database that allows users to search by industry segment and polymer type to view photos and data sheets from hundreds of material applications.
1 Jul 2003
WR™ 300 de Greene, Tweed & Co, la solution idéale pour les étanchéités de pompes dans un complexe de raffinerie
Afin d’endiguer le risque élevé d’usure des étanchéités de pompes et les fuites qui en découlent, pour le complexe de raffinerie d’une grande entreprise pétrolière implantée dans la zone de l’Europoort, J. de Jong Rotatech a opté pour des bagues d’usure WR™ 300 de Greene Tweed. Ces bagues d’usure sont fabriquées dans un composite à base de PEEK (polyétheréthercétone) renforcé aux fibres de carbone. Elles présentent une excellente résistance aux produits chimiques, des propriétés anti-rayure et anti-grippage, un faible coefficient de frottement et une bonne résistance aux chocs. En outre, ce matériau résiste parfaitement aux chocs thermiques importants.
1 Jul 2003
Borealis invests EUR 200 million in new Borstar® polyolefin capacity
Borealis 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.
30 Jun 2003
Univar closes distribution agreement for Amerchol Corporation performance chemicals throughout Italy
Univar 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.
27 Jun 2003
Press Kit: New additives from Great Lakes Chemicals Corporation
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation announced the launch of several new additives. Also highlighted is the new production process for Anox 20 phenolic antioxidant.
26 Jun 2003
Rhodia Engineering Plastics signs a distribution agreement
Lyon, 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.
26 Jun 2003
GREAT LAKES LANZA EL ADITIVO DE REDUCCION DE HUMO PARA APLICACIONES DE PVC DE BAJO HUMO
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.
