05-05-2004
Borealis continues to improve its financial performance in first quarter 2004
Following a positive fourth quarter 2003 result, Borealis continued to improve in the first quarter of 2004, reporting an operating profit of EUR 56 million. This compared favourably to last year’s first quarter operating loss of EUR 12 million, which had been adversely impacted by a EUR 17 million restructuring charge. Net profit after tax grew to EUR 38 million.
04-05-2004
GREAT LAKES INCREASES PRICES OF ALL BROMINE AND PHOSPHORUS SPECIALTY CHEMICALS
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA—Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced it will increase prices worldwide by up to 20 percent for all bromine and phosphorus based specialty chemicals within its Polymer Additives division, with the exception of phosphite antioxidants, effective for shipments May 24, 2004, or as contracts allow. These price increases are in addition to all other increases previously announced.
04-05-2004
Paul Symmons Assumes Key Strategic Operations Role for Univar Europe
Paul Symmons has been appointed European Operations Director for Univar Europe as Univar strengthens its approach to pan European business opportunities and efficiency gains. Paul brings cross sector experience to Univar's European business processes and supply chain management techniques. He has spent 4 years managing the UK Chemicals business for Univar including a supply chain redesign and the successful migration of the former UK Ellis and Everard business into Univar Ltd, creating an enlarged business with the strongest specialty and industrial chemicals offering in the market.
04-05-2004
AGRIPLAST SODDISFA LE SFIDE DELLA PRODUZIONE SU LARGA SCALA CON ECO-BROM® UN FILM MULTISTRATO COESTRUSO CON AKULON® XP DELLA DSM
La Agriplast (Vittoria- RG) si è rivolta alla DSM Engineering Plastics al fine di individuare una soluzione ad un problema piuttosto complesso. La Agriplast, infatti, aveva bisogno di un film da destinare all’uso in agricoltura abbastanza resistente per resistere alle forature causate dalle cadute di pietre e dalle stoppie e, allo stesso tempo, abbastanza largo per le tecniche di lavoro agricolo meccanizzato, nonché impermeabile al bromuro di metile o ai gas derivanti dalla sterilizzazione del terreno e dalla fumigazione.
03-05-2004
NUOVI MATERIALI GE ADVANCED MATERIALS PER VASSOI PER LA STERILIZZAZIONE A CALDO DI ALIMENTI CONFEZIONATI IN BUSTE FLESSIBILI AUMENTANO LA CADENZA PRODUTTIVA E RIDUCONO I COSTI E LA ROTTURA DEI VASSOI
BERGEN OP ZOOM, Paesi Bassi — Una nuova lega termoplastica destinata allo stampaggio di grandi vassoi per la sterilizzazione a caldo di alimenti confezionati in buste flessibili permette di accrescere le cadenze produttive, raddoppiare la durata in servizio dei vassoi e ridurre i costi complessivi, contribuendo a migliorare la produttività delle aziende che operano nel settore della trasformazione alimentare. Introdotto oggi da GE Advanced Materials, NORYL PPX® 615 – costituito da una lega di polifenilenetere (PPE) e polipropilene (PP) – è destinato allo stampaggio dei grandi vassoi utilizzati per movimentare gli alimenti confezionati in buste flessibili durante la sterilizzazione a caldo: presenta infatti un insieme di caratteristiche pensato in modo specifico per questa applicazione, ad esempio ampia resistenza chimica, eccellente resistenza termica e all’idrolisi, rigidità e duttilità. Il nuovo materiale ha inoltre un buon aspetto superficiale, un’ampia finestra di parametri di trasformazione e tempi di ciclo brevi, e quindi può contribuire a migliorare i profitti degli stampatori.
29-04-2004
DSO SELECTS MILLIKEN’S ELASTOGUARD® ANTIMICROBIAL RUBBER FOR USE IN REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR CRITICAL FOOD AND DAIRY MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT
IRVINGTON, N.J. – (Apr. 29, 2004) – DSO Fluid Handling Co., Inc. announced today that the company will now offer Elastoguard® rubber compounds from the Speciality Elastomers Business of Milliken Chemical, a division of Milliken & Company (Spartanburg, S.C.), to maximize antimicrobial protection in rubber parts for food processing equipment such as rubber rotors for pumps, rubber air valve stems, balls for ball check valves, sanitary pipeline gaskets, and O-rings. DSO is a manufacturer of high-volume replacement and maintenance parts for processing plants in the ready-to-eat food and dairy industries, as well as the cosmetic and pharmaceutical markets.
29-04-2004
Univar signs contract to provide chemical distribution and sourcing of all DSM European operations
Rotterdam, The Netherlands – May 1, 2004 – Univar Europe, a business unit of Univar N.V., the leading chemical distributor in the world, has been named a preferred distributor/supplier in Europe for DSM, the leading worldwide supplier of life science and nutritional products, performance materials and industrial chemicals. The contract builds on strongly optimising the Total Cost of Ownership and covers all European sites of DSM. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.
28-04-2004
DSM announces significant Akulon® expansion for new flexible packaging application
The capacity expansion - by over one third - follows a complete upgrade and capacity increase that took place less than 5 years ago. The new production capacity will be dedicated to the production of high viscous polyamide 6, which is used in flexible packaging, stockshapes and mono-filament production.
