13 May 2005
Upgraded Web-based support underlines Distrupol’s customer service orientation
Distrupol, a member company of Univar and a leading European polymer distributor, technical service and solutions provider, has redesigned, revitalised and re-launched its Web site (www.distrupol.com) with more content, more functionality and more user-value.
13 May 2005
Milliken & Company to Exhibit at ChinaPlas 2005
The United States based market leader in additives for plastics Milliken & Company recently announced their participation at Chinaplas 2005, the largest plastics & rubber industry trade show in China, which will be held in Guangzhou from June 21st- 24th. Milliken will use this important trade platform to showcase their product range and highlight key new products for the Chinese market such as their Millad® 3988 clarifying agent for polypropylene (PP) and Hyperform® HPN-68L nucleating agent.
13 May 2005
Univar UK awarded Supplier of the Year by U-POL
13 May, 2005 – U-POL, an international manufacturer and marketer of automotive refinish products, has given its 2004 Premier Supplier award to Univar UK’s Performance Chemicals business unit, based in Cheadle, Manchester.
12 May 2005
GE’s New Anti-Static, Impact-Resistant LNP* Stat-Loy* Compounds Help Enhance Security for Plasmon UDO™ Optical Media
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — May 12, 2005 — Plasmon, a market leader for professional data archival solutions, designed its cutting-edge UDO™ (Ultra Density Optical) media to be a highly secure archival storage medium for its customers’ valuable electronic data. Part of that security solution stems from Plasmon’s use of new D Series LNP* Stat-Loy* resins from GE Advanced Materials. Used to form the shell of Plasmon’s SLMD2005 UDO media, the Lexan* resin-based LNP compounds contribute an excellent balance of impact performance and resistance to static build-up.
12 May 2005
Borealis reports steadily improving results in first quarter 2005
Borealis continues to build on the successful implementation of its value creation strategy posting an operating profit of EUR 110 million for the first quarter of 2005. This compares favourably to the EUR 56 million achieved in the same quarter last year.
12 May 2005
Milliken Expands R&D Center Resources For Clarified PP Through Addition of Sidel Technology
Continuing its research and development efforts in support of the expansion of Injection Stretch Blow Molded Clarified Polypropylene (ISBM cPP), Milliken Chemical has recently added a Sidel, Series 2, SBO4 machine to its research and development center in Spartanburg, S.C.
11 May 2005
Nanogel® Transparent Aerogel Daylighting Panels Successful in First European Installation
EMPA tests and other research measuring the first European installation of Nanogel® translucent aerogel daylighting panels in a school sports hall in Buchwiesen, Zurich confirmed the data initially estimated by architect Arnold Amsler. The sports hall installation demonstrates even light distribution with consistent brightness and ability to maintain comfortable climatic conditions in summer and winter.
10 May 2005
New German-language Magazine for Medical Device Manufacturers Announced
WIESBADEN, GERMANY, May 10, 2005 — Access Communications Deutschland has announced that in June 2005 it will officially launch DeviceMed, a new German-language trade magazine to serve the manufacturers of medical devices. The magazine will be published ten times a year and distributed to qualified professionals of the medical device manufacturing industry within Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and other German bordering countries with German-speaking populations.
