18 Jan 2005
Brenntag goes offshore with yellow rated N-SPEC® 50 pipeline and system cleaning chemical
N-Spec® 50, a dispersant /solvent developed by Brenntag Oil & Gas, has recently been tested in Scandinavia for aquatic toxicity, biodegradation and bioaccumulation in marine environments. These tests are universally accepted in the North Sea countries and are recommended by the Ospar guidelines. Based on this test data N-Spec® 50 is classified in Norway as yellow, which means that it is an acceptable chemical for use offshore (rating: green and yellow are accepted, red is to be replaced after a certain period of time and black is not allowed). Compared to other dispersants/solvents like xylene, diesel and toluene, N-Spec® 50 is a preferred alternative thanks to the better environmental properties.
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GE Advanced Materials Names Greg Adams to Head Automotive Business; John Carrington to Top Marketing Position
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS – Effective Jan. 1, Greg Adams has been named general manager of GE Advanced Materials, Automotive, reporting to John Krenicki, president and chief executive officer of GE Advanced Materials. Previously Adams served as general manager of marketing for GE Advanced Materials, Plastics.
13 Jan 2005
Hyperform® hyper nucleating agent increases productivity during manufacture of garden furniture
Hartman Groep, a leading European manufacturer of garden furniture, increased its output of structural foam table tops with a substantial number over an eight-week period during the summer as a result of incorporating Milliken’s Hyperform® HPN-68L hyper nucleating agent into its polypropylene compound formulation. The capacity increase was a mayor rise in productivity.
11 Jan 2005
Univar warns of tight supply of its Dynapak® PIB materials
Rotterdam, The Netherlands –
10 Jan 2005
Lyondell’s New Polypropylene-Ethylene Resins Deliver Clarity for Injection and Blow Moulding Applications
HOUSTON and Spartanburg, S.C., January 10, 2005 — Lyondell Chemical Company (NYSE:LYO) today announced that its Equistar Chemicals business has introduced two new resins – PP30HF01 and PP33HF04 polypropylene-ethylene copolymer resins – which feature Milliken Chemical’s Millad® 3988 clarifying agent.
10 Jan 2005
GE’s LEXAN* HPS7 Resin helps give new wrist fixation device exceptional strength, light weight, and autoclave performance
Individuals unfortunate enough to have suffered a Colles Fracture – a common fracture at the wrist joint due to a fall on an outstretched hand – or other injury requiring wrist distraction may have been surprised to learn how much conventional wrist fixation devices can resemble something out of the dark ages. Now, however, cutting-edge polycarbonate (PC) technology from GE Advanced Materials has helped one healthcare OEM pioneer a new clear, lightweight, radiolucent wrist fixation system for modern times. In fact, the GE resin pushes the performance envelope in several important directions and represents a major step forward in advanced healthcare application design.
7 Jan 2005
GREAT LAKES INCREASES PRICE FOR KP-140 SPECIALTY ADDITIVE
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA—Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced a worldwide price increase of 18 percent where contracts allow of its KP-140® specialty additive. The increase takes effect with all shipments from January 10, 2005, or as contracts allow. This price increase is necessary to keep pace with escalating global raw material and energy costs.
