24 Aug 2004
GE Advanced Materials offers lower cost option for unique metallic looks
Modern appliance manufacturers increasingly find themselves navigating between appealing design that will attract customers and low production cost that will maximize profit margin.
24 Aug 2004
BOEING, SIEMENS AMONG TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY LEADERS SELECTING GE’S NEW ULTEM® SHEET FOR OUTSTANDING, DEPENDABLE PERFORMANCE
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands — Boeing and Siemens are among a growing number of airline and rail OEMs selecting GE Advanced Materials’ ULTEM® sheet for demanding interior applications due to its flame, smoke, and toxicity compliance and the tremendous strength, excellent aesthetics, and other benefits for which this family of GE materials is known. Two grades in particular are making major inroads into this industry segment. They include ULTEM 1668A sheet, a material developed for use in interior aircraft components, and ULTEM R16SG29 sheet, a new product just introduced in 2003 as the first ULTEM sheet material designed for rail interior applications.
23 Aug 2004
Interplas welcomes GTMA members to the show
Announcing that GTMA members DMS, DME, Delcam and Welwyn Tool will all be exhibiting at Interplas 2005 Ian Crawford, Interplas Director, said “It’s a real boost and we are very proud to have the continued support of the GTMA and its members for Interplas 2005.”
23 Aug 2004
GE Advanced Materials and Nolan team for safety
The production of protective motorcycling helmets by the Nolan Group of companies began in the early 1970s, when it was decided that LEXAN polycarbonate resin, the same innovative material used by NASA for astronaut helmets, would be used to further improve motorcycle helmet safety. Throughout its 35-year history, in partnership with GE Advanced Materials, the Nolan Group has continuously raised the standard of its products, has broadened its range and has encouraged the honing of increasingly sophisticated materials.
18 Aug 2004
Husky and Cold Jet form exclusive partnership to offer mold cleaning systems
BOLTON, Ontario – Husky Injection Molding Systems, the world’s leading solutions provider for PET preform molds and equipment, has signed an exclusive agreement to offer its customers Cold Jet’s line of dry ice blast cleaning systems, the companies announced today. The agreement expands the range of products and services Husky offers to help customers maximize the performance of their preform systems.
17 Aug 2004
Keeping cool at the summer Olympics
Tecumseh Europe chooses GE’s eco-friendly, expandable NORYL® resin for new vending machine design
16 Aug 2004
Interplas teams up for K and Euromold exhibitions
Ian 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.”
16 Aug 2004
AVERY DENNISON NOMME UN NOUVEAU DIRECTEUR POUR 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.
