26 Apr 2004
Borealis introduces new tougher, flame retardant Casico™ jacketing
Borealis, the leading supplier of polyethylene to the global wire and cable industry, has extended its Casico product range with FR4805. This new stronger, flame retardant jacketing compound is designed to make cable installations more resistant to penetration and cut-through.
23 Apr 2004
HONEYWELL APPOINTS RALF FINZEL PLANT MANAGER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SEELZE, GERMANY MANUFACTURING FACILITY
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., April 20, 2004 -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today the appointment of Ralf Finzel as plant manager and managing director of the company’s manufacturing facility in Seelze, Germany. The facility is one of Honeywell Specialty Materials’ largest chemical plants worldwide.
23 Apr 2004
NEW CYCOLOY® CY8620 RESIN FROM GE ADVANCED MATERIALS BRINGS A HIGHER LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE TO AUTOMOTIVE INSTRUMENT PANELS
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – GE Advanced Materials, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), has launched CYCOLOY® CY8620 resin, adding a new and important grade to its family of CYCOLOY PC/ABS high-impact amorphous resins. Developed specifically for automotive interior applications, CYCOLOY CY8620 resin has a particular fit in instrument panel components, bringing a new level of performance over earlier generation materials.
22 Apr 2004
SONOCO AND AHLSTROM TO COMBINE EUROPEAN TUBE/CORE AND COREBOARD OPERATIONS INTO JOINT VENTURE
Hartsville, S.C. - Sonoco (NYSE: SON), the global packaging company, Hartsville, S.C., and Ahlstrom Corporation, Helsinki, Finland, have signed a definitive agreement to combine their respective European paper-based tube/core and coreboard operations into a joint venture that will operate under the name Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l. The joint venture will be held 64.5 percent by Sonoco and 35.5 percent by Ahlstrom, it was announced today by Harris E. DeLoach, Jr., Sonoco president and chief executive officer, and Juha Rantanen, president and chief executive officer, Ahlstrom Corporation.
22 Apr 2004
Sharp Design Lets Surgical Blades Package Cut Costs
Packaging is normally thought of as a cost. Leading surgical instrument maker, Linvatec reverse engineered a package design that reduced material costs by about 16 percent, and increased manufacturing capacity by approximately 15 percent. This cost-effective packaging was the result of work by the package consolidation experts at Perfecseal using Eastar® 6763 copolyester produced by Eastman Chemical Company.
22 Apr 2004
Fasson Iridescent Film brings Technicolour Shelf Impact – without ink!
Leiden, The Netherlands - With the quality of package presentation so high and the competition from other brands intense on today’s store shelf, manufacturers are constantly looking for new ways to capture the customer’s attention. Labels, which seemingly shimmer and change colour of their own accord as the shopper passes by, answer this need very effectively. With this in mind, Avery Dennison Roll Materials Europe has unveiled Fasson Iridescent, a multi-layered film in their Premium Packaging range, giving designers a creative means of achieving dazzling multi-colour shelf impact, without the use of additional inks or dyes.
Axxicon press Briefing April 200419 Apr 2004
Rhodia Engineering Plastics introduces new plastic-metal hybrid materials for high-load bearing semi-structural components
Lyon, France, April 19, 2004 – Rhodia Engineering Plastics has developed a range of hybrid solutions that combine metals and engineering plastics to be used in high-load bearing (semi-) structural components. These closed structures, either with rib or hollow, are targeted especially at automotive applications, where they bring benefits such as potential parts integration, depth, weight and size reduction, cost savings, enhanced energy absorption, and added-value appearance.
