SPE PRESENTS GRAND AWARD TO SMART™ ROADSTER FOR INNOVATIVE ROOF MODULE MADE WITH LEXAN® SLX FILM

SPE Presents Grand Award To Smart™ Roadster 
For Innovative Roof Module Made With LEXAN® SLX Film
 BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – Nov. 19, 2003 – Smart GmbH, a business unit of Daimler Chrysler AG, received the Grand Award for the LEXAN® SLX film roof module on their new Smart™ Roadster at the 33rd Annual Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) International Innovation Awards Program held on Monday, Nov. 17, in Livonia, Mich. In addition, the module earned First Place for Body Exterior Innovation. The SPE Innovation Awards Program is the largest, and most prestigious, engineering awards event of its kind, and is considered to be the auto industry’s premier recognition event.

LNP INTRODUCES FOUR NEW VERTON® LONG FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES MATERIALS

LNPBERGEN OP ZOOM – June 23, 2003 – LNP Engineering Plastics, a GE Plastics Company (NYSE: GE) headquartered in Exton, Pa., announced that it has added four new products to its family of VERTON® long fiber reinforced composites. LNP developed the new materials – VERTON XENOY®, VERTON WF Series, VERTON MFX Concentrate, and VERTON UF composites – to offer additional high-performance product options to design engineers in a wide variety of markets and applications.

A European First – Eastman Kelvx Shining Through the Dark New Headquarters Signage Made From Eastman Chemical Company

Visitors to the Capelle aan den IJssel area cannot miss the large red Eastman sign on top of the company’s new regional headquarters facility. The sign is made of Eastman’s Kelvx resin, the first such use for outdoor signage in Europe. 
 KINGSPORT, Tenn., Nov. 20, 2003 – There is no doubt that Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE: EMN) has set up shop near Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Visitors to the Capelle aan den IJssel area cannot miss the large red Eastman sign on top of the company’s new regional headquarters facility. The sign is made of Eastman’s Kelvx resin, the first such use for outdoor signage in Europe.

U.S. Ambassador Dedicates Eastman’s Regional Headquarters Europe, Middle East and Africa Managed and Supported from New Site

Many of Eastman’s products were used in the construction of the headquarters, The red Eastman logo on the façade of the building is the first use of Kelvx resin for outdoor signage in Europe, and also the Italian designed chairs in the company restaurant on the top floor are made out of Eastman materials. KINGSPORT, Tenn., Nov. 20, 2003 –U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands Clifford M. Sobel, dedicated Eastman Chemical Company’s (NYSE: EMN) newly constructed regional headquarters in Capelle aan den IJssel, in ceremonies held today at the new facility near Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Univar to improve the working environment at the European Commission’s Berlaymont building

Univar N.V. is supplying the secondary heat transfer fluid (HTF) for the HVAC system in the Berlaymont building which previously housed the European Commission in Brussels.
(Photo Univar N.V. UNPR012E1103)
 Univar N.V., one of the world’s leading independent distributors of industrial chemicals and providers of related specialty services, is supplying the secondary heat transfer fluid (HTF) for the HVAC system in one of the best known and most frequently featured structures in Europe, the Berlaymont building which previously housed the European Commission in Brussels.

Recently introduced 3M™ BUMPON™ Mini-Packs add greater convenience to high performance

Bumpon for a glass application The 3M™ Bumpon™ range of high quality pressure sensitive protective mouldings has for a long time been industry’s first choice for feet, spacers and stops for equipment and furniture. And, because of their continuing high level of success, 3M has introduced a new range of the product family, the Bumpon Mini-Pack, which gives users the same outstanding performance values but with a selection of sizes and colours in more convenient packaged quantities.

Unique UV curable screen printable adhesive

Application posibilities for UV Screen Printable Adhesive Productivity and performance margins in the printing and die cutting of graphic overlays are very tight and the potential for waste is very high. Eliminating or minimizing the impact of these issues and enhancing cost efficiency were the drivers behind the development of 3M™ SP-7514 UV Screen Printable Adhesive.

New cosmetics appointment for Eastman Chemical Company

Vincent Gugumus:
Marketing Manager Cosmetics
Eastman Chemical Company
 Eastman Chemical Company has announced the appointment of Vincent Gugumus to the newly created post of Marketing Manager Cosmetics for Eastman in Europe. This appointment is effective immediately.