21 Jan 2004
PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN CHOOSES AKULON® PA6 FROM DSM
For the production of two manifolds, PSA Peugeot Citroën has selected AKULON® PA6 for offering superior heat ageing resistance, better weldability and easier processability compared to PA66.
16 Jan 2004
Borealis prepares for new Borstar® polyethylene plant and new products
Today Borealis broke ground for its new 350,000 tonnes per year polyethylene plant at its petrochemical site at Schwechat, Austria. Scheduled to come onstream towards the end of 2005, the new plant, to be built by Tecnimont, will utilise Borealis’ proprietary Borstar technology. It will replace two old LDPE lines and a HDPE line, and will focus on LLDPE.
16 Jan 2004
ARNITEL® PB582-H TEE-E COMBINES FLEXIBILITY, STRENGTH TO HANDLE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AUTO ENGINE AIR FLOWS
A new offering in Arnitel® thermoplastic elastomer ether ester block copolymer (TEEE) compounds from DSM Engineering Plastics, Arnitel PB582-H, combines excellent temperature resistance, strength and flexibility for automotive engine airduct needs. The new material enables designers either to specify thinner walls for material and/or space savings, or to retain the as-designed wall thickness and increase performance.
15 Jan 2004
Significant enhancements for CD and CD-ROM storage wallets
To meet the demands of the more sophisticated consumers and professional users, Case Logic has introduced new features to its core line of wallets, designed for the safe keeping and retrieval of optical discs such as CDs and CD-ROMs. The new Fast-File™ and Quick-Lock™ features will be available as standard on a range of models. Case Logic will launch these at the Paperworld trade fair, 31/01/04 to 04/02/04 in Frankfurt a.M., Germany, stand B31 in Hall 1.2.
14 Jan 2004
KEY APPOINTMENT FOR DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS
DSM Engineering Plastics has announced the appointment of Peter van Paridon to the post of Business Manager Akulon®.
14 Jan 2004
Victrex® PEEK™ polymer replaces polyimide in plasma cutting torch insulation
ESAB Welding and Cutting Products, based in South Carolina, USA, has turned to Victrex® PEEK™ polymer for the electrical insulators in its plasma cutting torches. Replacing a leading brand of polyimide, the polymer offers the same insulation and high temperature performance but provides more cost-effective processing and superior heat ageing and creep resistance.
12 Jan 2004
DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS EXPANDS ARNITEL® CO-POLYESTER CAPACITY BY 25 PERCENT IN RESPONSE TO GROWING GLOBAL DEMAND
Growing global demand for Arnitel® TPE-E (thermoplastic elastomer ether ester block copolymer) has brought about a planned expansion of the Emmen, Netherlands, DSM Engineering Plastics plant. The expansion will add an additional 25% capacity by mid 2004 and is the second such increase in Arnitel® production in the last five years. Arnitel® innovation and production is centred in emmen, and from here product is shipped worldwide.
9 Jan 2004
WEBSITE IN CHINESE LAUNCHES MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS DATABASE POWERED BY MBASE
DSM Engineering Plastics (DEP) has launched a material and applications database in Chinese, powered by MBase (http://www.m-base.de). With this tool, Chinese visitors to the DEP site can have a whole host of choices to view information presented for product data and applications data.
