Refrescándose en los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano

GE ha anunciado hoy que un innovador grado de resina NORYL® expandible de GE Advanced Materials ayudará a espectadores y atletas por igual a refrescarse durante los Juegos Olímpicos de Atenas. TECUMSEH Europe, un proveedor especializado de sistemas de refrigeración, y FRIGOGLASS, un proveedor especializado de máquinas de refrescos, han elegido la resina NORYL EEF 2110 como material clave para una nueva máquina expendedora refrigerada cuyo mantenimiento facilitará y flexibilizará. Las máquinas estarán plenamente comercializadas en el verano de 2004 y se estrenarán en las Olimpiadas de Atenas. TECUMSEH Europe elige la resina expandible ecológica NORYL® para sus nuevas máquinas expendedoras

Interplas teams up for K and Euromold exhibitions

Reed ExhibitionsIan Crawford, Exhibition Director of Interplas announced today “We’re proud to be part of the GTMA group at Euromold, exhibiting alongside the GTMA and its members at the show in Frankfurt in December. Crawford went on to say, “The mutual support that exists between Interplas and the industry’s associations is key to our strategy of creating an exhibition for the entire plastics and rubber industry.”

AVERY DENNISON NOMME UN NOUVEAU DIRECTEUR POUR SA DIVISION SPECIALTIES POUR L’EUROPE DU SUD

M. Alexander van’t Riet au poste de directeur de sa division Specialties pour l’Europe du Sud. Avery Dennison, leader mondial de la technologie des auto-adhésifs, a nommé M. Alexander van’t Riet au poste de directeur de sa division Specialties pour l’Europe du Sud. M. van’t Riet, qui a pris ses fonctions le 17 mai 2004, est basé en France à Champ-sur-Drac (Isère) où se trouve l’unité de production spécialisée dans les applications hot-melts.

Ambicat™ MB60 and BorPEX™ ME2510 innovations offer unique benefits for silane PEX heating pipes

(Left to right) Mr. Massimo Giacomini, Member of the Board and Head Buyer of Giacomini SpA, Mr. Carlo Quaretta, Technical Manager of Giacomini and Mr. Cino Serrao, Market Development and Sales Manager of Borealis BU Pipe, “testing” the new Giacomini PEX pipe made from BorPEX™ ME2510 and Ambicat™ MB-60 Ambicat™ MB60 catalyst system by Borealis has added a new dimension to the manufacture of silane PEX pipe for domestic hot and cold water pressure pipes. Using the new catalyst, in combination with Borealis’ new base material, BorPEX™ ME2510, silane crosslinking can be achieved at ambient temperature within a few days for typical plumbing and heating pipes. This represents significant cost and time savings compared with the regular high density (HD)-PEX using a traditional catalyst, where crosslinking cannot be achieved at room temperature in a practical time.

Husky se centra en segmentos clave del mercado en la K 2004

HuskyHusky Injection Molding Systems adoptará una estrategia centrada en el mercado cuando presente sus últimas soluciones de moldeo por inyección en la K 2004, que se celebrará del 20 al 27 de octubre en Düsseldorf, Alemania.

Borealis announces 2nd quarter operating profit of EUR 49 million

BorealisBorealis today announced its second quarter results, reporting an operating profit of EUR 49 million. This is a significant improvement compared to the same period last year but EUR 7 million lower than the first quarter of 2004, as a result of higher feedstock prices. The second quarter operating results benefited from strong demand for polyolefins with higher sales volume compared to both the preceding quarter and the same period last year.

Allzeit „gut Streu“ mit Eastar® Copolyester von Eastman, Swiss Spice, Salz- und Pfefferstreuer aus hoch festem, ultra klaren Eastar Copolyester von Eastman, schützt Würzmittel unter allen Outdoor-Bedingungen

Der Schutz von Gewürzen vor Feuchtigkeit und Verschmutzung bei Ausflügen – ob auf einem Familienpicknick oder bei einer Bergtour – ist ab sofort kein Problem mehr. Die Lösung: ein kompakter, nahezu unzerbrechlicher Salz- und Pfefferstreuer, entwickelt von Think Industry Ltd. (www.think-industry.com), einer innovativen Schweizer Beratungsfirma. Der Behälter mit der Bezeichnung „Swiss Spice“ (www.swiss-spice.com) profitiert von der Gewicht sparenden niedrigen Dichte, überlegenen Festigkeit und extrem hohen Lichtdurchlässigkeit von Eastar®, einem Copolyester aus dem Materialangebot von Eastman Chemical Company. Entwickelt nach dem Vorbild des berühmten Schweizer Armee-Taschenmessers und exklusiv in der Schweiz hergestellt empfiehlt sich der Einsatz des Salz- und Pfefferstreuers überall dort, „wo andere nicht mehr mitkommen.“

CAMERON NAMED AREA MANAGER, UK AND IRELAND

John Cameron
Area Manager, UK and Ireland
 BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands — July 30, 2004. John Cameron has been named area manager for the UK and Ireland, reporting to Bas Blom, regional general manager for Northern Europe. In this role, Cameron will lead the sales team for GE Advanced Materials, Plastics in serving the area's customer population and optimizing sales support to drive growth.