08-06-2004
Leading French skin and face care brand gets premium makeover with Eastman Glass Polymer™
French beauty salon brand Matis opted for a vessel made from Eastman Chemical Company super-transparent copolyester resin, Glass Polymer™, to convey the superior qualities of its new luxury range of face creams.
Vyncolit Pre-K press briefing Brussels June 7, 200407-06-2004
Le masse da stampaggio Perstorp hanno dimostrato di poter eliminare il virus della sars e altri batteri, grazie a dispositivi stampati “Safe to Touch™”
La società svedese Perstorp, operante nel settore delle specialità chimiche, ha lanciato Polygiene™ una serie completamente nuova di masse da stampaggio antivirali e antibatteriche destinate alla realizzazione di una vasta gamma di apparecchiature elettriche quali interruttori e relative placche, articoli sanitari come i sedili per WC, maniglie per porte, manopole, tavoli d’appoggio per il cambio dei neonati, pulsanti di ascensori, penne e telefoni pubblici “Safe to Touch”. La formulazione (patent-pending) delle masse da stampaggio è la prima ad essere stata testata e ad aver dimostrato di poter eliminare al contatto, il SARS corona-virus. Questa è anche in grado di eliminare molti altri batteri e lieviti.
03-06-2004
DOW CORNING’S MULTIBASE SITE IN FRANCE RECEIVES NEW INTERNATIONAL ISO/TS 16949 AUTOMOTIVE QUALITY AWARD
Saint Laurent du Pont, France (June 3, 2004) – Dow Corning has announced that its Multibase production centre at Saint Laurent du Pont has been awarded the ISO/TS 16949:2002 automotive quality certification. This achievement confirms the company’s total commitment to meet the highest standards as a leading global supplier of differentiated Thermoplastic Elastomer materials to the automotive industry.
03-06-2004
New recruit for Distrupol sales team in the Nordic region
Distrupol, a member company of Univar and a leading European polymer distributor, technical service provider and application development partner, has announced the appointment of another sales professional to its existing team serving Finland. The new team member is Jussi Köhler (27), who joins the company from the post of sales engineer with Krauss-Maffei, Finland, where he has worked for the past two years.
01-06-2004
Victrex strengthens its corporate and product branding
As part of the next step in the development and implementation of its business strategy, Victrex plc has launched an identity initiative that brings both global consistency and a fresh vitality to its corporate and product branding. In this new move Victrex has sought to consolidate and reflect the value built up in the Victrex name and the Victrex® and PEEK™ polymer brands over the 11 years of the company’s history.
28-05-2004
Opportunities … and risks! EU enlargement and chemicals
EU enlargement presents opportunities and risks for the chemicals sector. Enlargement is one of the most important issues faced by the EU at the beginning of the 21st Century. For chemical makers the challenge lies in addressing the needs of new markets and of their position in those markets in the wider European context.
26-05-2004
SONOCO TO BUILD ADDITIONAL TUBE AND CORE PLANT IN TURKEY
Hartsville, S.C. – Sonoco (NYSE: SON), the global packaging company, will build an additional paper-based tube and core facility in Gaziantep, Turkey, to serve the textile, film, papermill and general core markets, it was announced today by Ronald E. Holley, senior vice president.
