26-04-2004
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.
23-04-2004
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.
23-04-2004
NUOVO CYCOLOY® CY8620 DI GE ADVANCED MATERIALS: PRESTAZIONI PIU’ ELEVATE PER I QUADRI STRUMENTI
BERGEN OP ZOOM, Paesi Bassi – GE Advanced Materials, divisione della General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), ha introdotto sul mercato CYCOLOY® CY8620, nuovo ed importante grado che va ad aggiungersi alla famiglia di leghe amorfe PC/ABS CYCOLOY ad alta resistenza all’urto. Sviluppato espressamente per applicazioni all’interno delle auto, CYCOLOY CY8620 si dimostra particolarmente adatto per componenti dei quadri strumenti e assicura prestazioni più elevate rispetto ai materiali precedenti.
22-04-2004
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.
22-04-2004
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.
22-04-2004
IL Prodotto Fasson Iridescent Film produce sulle Confezioni Effetti in Tecnicolor – senza inchiostro!
Con la qualità estetica delle confezioni così elevata e la concorrenza particolarmente intensa degli altri marchi nei punti vendita odierni, I fabbricanti sonno perennemente alla ricerca di nuovi sistemi per catturare l’attenzione del cliente. Delle etichette apparentemente in grado di luccicare e cambiare colore per conto proprio mentre ci passano davanti dentro la borsa della spesa rispondono a questa esigenza in modo molto efficacie. Partendo da questo chiaro e preciso obbiettivo, Avery Dennison ha tolto il velo a Fasson Iridescent, un film multi-strato che appartiene alla gamma Premium Packaging, in grado di fornire ai designers un mezzo creativo per ottenere effetti multicolori smaglianti nelle confezioni dei prodotti, senza ricorrere all’impiego di inchiostri o coloranti.
Axxicon press Briefing April 200419-04-2004
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.
