25 Apr 2005
Upgraded Borflow™ provides an improved liquid barrier solution for hygiene and medical applications
With the introduction of an upgraded range of its Borflow™ low viscosity polypropylene (PP) homopolymers, Borealis has set a new standard in barrier performance for meltblown, nonwoven applications such as diapers and medical gowns.
25 Apr 2005
AZDEL, Inc. explores potential of new Cage System® molding technology for producing Class A thermoplastic composites
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS – AZDEL Inc., a 50/50 joint venture of GE Advanced Materials (NYSE: GE) and PPG Industries, based in Lynchburg, Va., has announced that it is currently evaluating the potential advantages of the Cage System®, an innovative, high-speed composite molding technology developed by the RocTool Company of France, for use with its own AZDEL* composite materials. According to Ken Forden, president AZDEL, Inc: “We are working in conjunction with RocTool to investigate the use of the Cage System for the production of composites with a class A surface finish.”
22 Apr 2005
Caflon® surfactants from Univar now available across Europe, offering substitutes for banned nonylphenol ethoxylates
ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, 15 April 2005 – The European Union ban on nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs) and its intermediate, nonylphenol (NP), at one time threatened compromises in surfactant performance for makers of products from detergent to biocides. That situation has changed: Univar N.V., a world leader in chemical distribution, has begun distributing its Caflon® brand of substitutes for NPE surfactants and NP-free intermediates throughout Europe.
22 Apr 2005
Introducing Quadrum®: Multi-purpose display system enhanced by Spectar® Frosty Sheet
CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, THE NETHERLANDS - An innovative multi-functional modular display system has been introduced by Netherlands-based international design company Visuality’s. The company selected new Frosty Sheet made with Spectar® copolyester from Eastman Chemical Company to create exciting new design opportunities.
21 Apr 2005
GE’s PolarTherm* XLR Boron Nitride Fillers Offer Outstanding Thermal Conductivity to Help Electronic Devices Beat the Heat
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — April 21, 2005 — A major challenge facing electronics manufacturers in moving to smaller and faster devices is effective heat dissipation from semiconductors. High temperatures in semiconductors can reduce the performance of computers and other electronic devices. GE Advanced Materials has developed PolarTherm* XLR boron nitride fillers to help overcome these challenges. GE’s PolarTherm XLR materials are spherical agglomerates of boron nitride crystals which, when loaded into a polymer, can deliver up to two times the thermal conductivity of other boron nitride fillers.
21 Apr 2005
ClimaCool Heating/Cooling System from Wavin RCS Makes Temperature Control of Concrete Ceilings a Matter of Minutes
Targeted at further reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions, European Directive 2002/91/EC calls for a clear improvement in the “entire energy efficiency” of buildings. By January, 2006, the Directive is to be translated by all member states of the European Union into national legislation that treats a building as an overall energetic system. This will require new heating and cooling concepts. The ClimaCool CCW system from Wavin RCS offers architects and their clients, today, an innovative as well as integral solution for comfortable heating and cooling ceilings at minimised energy consumption and reduced system costs.
19 Apr 2005
Owens Corning Unveils New Development Support Lab to Deliver Next-Generation
Rio Claro, (São Paulo) BRAZIL, April 13, 2005 – Owens Corning, a world leader in the building materials and composites industries, is expanding its global technical service infrastructure with the opening of a Development Support Laboratory (DSL) at the company’s Rio Claro site north of São Paulo, Brazil. The US-based Fortune 500 multinational’s new facility will focus on creating solutions and fine-tuning designs and processes for new and existing products for customers in Latin America.
18 Apr 2005
Glass-free AZDEL* VolcaLite* composite from AZDEL helps combine formability, acoustic performance and improved incineration waste management for automotive headliner
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS – A further advance in composite sheet performance from AZDEL, Inc. comes with the introduction of glass-free reinforced AZDEL* VolcaLite* composite which brings the added benefit of improved post-consumer incineration waste management in response to specific automotive industry needs. AZDEL VolcaLite composite is produced and distributed by AZDEL Inc., a 50/50 joint venture of GE Advanced Materials and PPG Industries established in 1986.
