Keeping up appearances with a perfect façade

3MOver the past two decades architects have increasingly created structural designs, particularly for commercial offices and public buildings, which incorporate cladded exterior surfaces. The aim is to achieve a high level of aesthetic appeal and, generally, those that succeed in this objective share one thing in common. They have perfect surfaces. These façades are free from the spoiling affects of rivets, brackets, screws, weld marks and other unsightly mechanical fixings often used to secure two surfaces together.

Neuartige Hochdruck-Schnellverschluss-Kupplung aus Victrex® PEEK™ für die High Performance Liquide Chromatography (HPLC)

Die Firma Optimize Technologies mit Sitz in Oregon City, USA ist Hersteller von HPLC-Systemen. Für Ihre neueste Gerätegeneration ließ sich Optimize Technologies eine Schnellverschluss-Kupplung aus Victrex® PEEK™ unter dem Namen „OPTI- LYNX“ patentieren. Die Schnellverschluss-Kupplung muss bei extrem hohem Druck dicht schließen und zudem noch chemikalien- und lösungsmittelbeständig sein.

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 Die Firma Optimize Technologies mit Sitz in Oregon City, USA ist Hersteller von HPLC-Systemen. Für Ihre neueste Gerätegeneration ließ sich Optimize Technologies eine Schnellverschluss-Kupplung aus Victrex® PEEK™ unter dem Namen „OPTI- LYNX“ patentieren. Die Schnellverschluss-Kupplung muss bei extrem hohem Druck dicht schließen und zudem noch chemikalien- und lösungsmittelbeständig sein.

Case Unplugged?

New portable CD player case from Case Logic London 26 September 2003. A unique portable CD player case has been announced today by Path Group PLC, the UK distributor of Case Logic products. The innovative new ‘SDM4’ features a patented exterior headphone socket allowing headphones to be attached or removed without opening the case.

Distrupol’s Seniors Open Golf Tournament at Weybridge’s Silvermere Club

Distrupol’s Seniors Open Golf Tournament at Weybridge’s Silvermere Club Distrupol’s inaugural Seniors Open at Weybridge’s Silvermere Club gave a number of industry figures a chance to demonstrate the skills they have been honing since retirement. Both former (and present) Distrupol staff took part, along with representatives of a number of leading suppliers with Ivor French taking the top prize.

--50 Jaar na de Ontdekking Blijft GE’s Verbazingwekkende LEXAN® Polycarbonaat Onze Producten Verbeteren--

GE prototype car with co-extruded LEXAN® SLX film on the body panels and fenders generates excitement in the automotive industry for its ability to impart a Class A finish with high-gloss, weatherability, scratch and chemical resistance for molded plastic parts without the need to paint. This commercial polymeric film, which is being evaluated by the automotive industry, is applied using an in-mold decoration process over an injection molded XENOY® resin. Bergen op Zoom, 17 juni 2003 – Misschien weet u de naam niet, maar een paar van de grootste innovaties van de afgelopen 50 jaar zijn er op gebaseerd. Van de eerste stap op de maan tot laptop computers; GE’s LEXAN kunststof – een van de meest veelzijdige materialen ter wereld – is een belangrijk deel van ons leven geworden. Dit jaar viert GE Plastics, onderdeel van General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), de 50e verjaardag van het innovatieve materiaal.

GE ORGANISEERT SPONSORLOOP VOOR ZIEKENHUIS LIEVENSBERG

Ter ere van de 50e verjaardag van LEXAN® polycarbonaat, organiseerde GE Plastics zondag 5 oktober jl., een sponsorloop, met optredens van Ome Willem, Flat Out en Jim, in het centrum van Bergen op Zoom. Meer dan 600 lopers namen deel aan deze loop waarvan de opbrengst van € 42.000 aan de binnentuin van Ziekenhuis Lievensberg wordt gedoneerd. BERGEN OP ZOOM—18 september 2003— Ter ere van de 50e verjaardag van LEXAN® polycarbonaat organiseert General Electric Plastics B.V. op zondagmiddag

Rapid Granulator AB stellt auf Fakuma 2003 spezielle 15er-Serie für
Reinraumanwendungen vor

Rapid Granulator AB stellt auf Fakuma 2003 spezielle 15er-Serie für Reinraumanwendungen vor.
(Bild: Rapid Granulator AB).
 Rapid Granulator AB stellt vom 14. bis 18. Oktober auf der Fakuma 2003 (Halle B1,

Univar and ExxonMobil Chemical sign agreement for distribution of PolyAlphaOlephins and other synthetic basestocks in Europe

UnivarEuropean lubricant manufacturers now have expanded options for local supply of polyalphaolefins and other synthetic basestocks following the signing of a distribution agreement between ExxonMobil Chemical and Univar. Univar will support ExxonMobil Chemical's Synthetics business in Europe with local supply points in Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Benelux and Switzerland.