Ether de Iunx perfume uses The Glass Polymer™ resin from Eastman for innovative perfume packaging

Ether de Iunx from 331 International is an exclusive new perfume with an innovative and highly inventive packaging using electronics: the computer mouse shaped bottle lights up when lifted. It was produced with The Glass Polymer™ resin, the only material to meet both the aesthetics and mechanical functions. CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, THE NETHERLANDS - Ether de Iunx from 331 International is an exclusive new perfume with an innovative and highly inventive packaging using electronics: the computer mouse shaped bottle lights up when lifted. It was produced with The Glass Polymer™ resin, the only material to meet both the aesthetics and mechanical functions.

Owens Corning Acquires Key Composite Solutions Operation in Japan

Owens Corning Composite SolutionsTOLEDO, Ohio – December 8, 2005 – Owens Corning announced today that it has reached an agreement with Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. to acquire its composites business, including a glass manufacturing facility located near Tokyo. Terms were not disclosed.

Azdel Rail-Lite* Composite Brings Superb Fire and Smoke Safety Aboard Metro-North’s Passenger Locomotives

GEPPR214SFSa: GE GENESIS* Passenger Locomotive with Original Panels Showing Delamination of Vinyl Film

GEPPR214SFSb: GE GENESIS* Passenger Locomotive Featuring New HushLiner FR Panels Upon Installation

Metro-North Railroad, the third-largest commuter railroad in North America, sought a replacement for acoustic ceiling panels in the cabs of its GE GENESIS* passenger locomotives and decided to use the opportunity to find a new material solution that was compliant with new flame and smoke requirements of the U.S. Federal Railroad Association (FRA). A collaborative effort by GE - Plastics, AZDEL, Inc., Schneller Inc., and American Acoustical Products led to the innovative HushLiner FR acoustic ceiling panel, which features a new grade of Rail-Lite* thermoplastic composite from Azdel, Inc. made with GE’s Ultem* polyetherimide (PEI) resin. Other potential applications for the Rail-Lite composite are window masks, ceiling and side-ceiling panels, Wainscot panels, seat backs, armrests, tray tables, luggage racks, partitions, and other interior trim components.BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — December 7, 2005 — GE today announced a new grade of Rail-Lite* thermoplastic composite from AZDEL, Inc. made with the company’s Ultem* polyetherimide (PEI) resin to meet the needs of the rail industry for lightweight materials offering superior flame retardance and low smoke and toxicity. The immediate beneficiary: Metro-North Railroad, the third-largest commuter railroad in North America.

GE - Plastics Backgrounder

GE PlasticsGE - Plastics (www.geplastics.com) is a world leader in providing high-tech materials solutions through engineering thermoplastics and technology platforms, widely used in automotive, healthcare, consumer electronics, transportation, performance packaging, building & construction, telecommunications, and optical media applications. The company manufactures and compounds polycarbonate, ABS, SAN, ASA, PPE, PC/ABS, PBT and PEI resins, as well as the LNP* line of high-performance specialty compounds. GE - Plastics, Specialty Film & Sheet manufactures high-performance Lexan* sheet and film products used in thousands of demanding applications worldwide. In addition, GE - Plastics’ dedicated Automotive organization is an experienced, world-wide competitor, offering leading plastics solutions for five key automotive segments: body panels and glazing; under the hood applications; component; structures and interiors; and lighting.

ECMSA organises innovative conference on commercialising innovation in the chemical industry

Final programme of Profiting from Innovation This innovation conference, organised by ECMSA in co-operation with AIQS, focuses on the actual experiences of companies in the chemicals, plastics and related industries that have succeeded in commercialising new ideas in the market profitably.

Borealis head office moves to Vienna

BorealisBorealis recently announced a change in ownership to 65% by the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) of Abu Dhabi and 35% by OMV Aktiengesellschaft, Austria’s oil and gas company. This change has resulted in a decision to move Borealis’ head office from Copenhagen (Denmark) to Vienna (Austria) by summer 2006.

Bormed™聚烯烴滿足醫衛用途特種等級的增長需求

Borouge為滿足醫藥工業對品質恒定性和醫衛用途對適當性的要求,Borealis(北歐化工)推出專用醫衛聚烯烴——Bormed™系列。Bormed系列包括聚丙烯(PP)、低密度聚乙烯(LDPE)和高密度聚乙烯(HDPE)等為醫療設備以及醫藥、診療包裝的注塑和吹塑準確量身定做的等級,其銷售量正在成功增長。該系列產品在Borouge(博祿)——Borealis(北歐化工)在中東和亞太地區的特種聚烯烴分銷商和經銷商處出售。

Bormed™ polyolefins answer growing need for speciality grades in healthcare applications

Bormed for bottles with parentheral solutions & ampoulesBorealis has developed the Bormed™ family of dedicated healthcare polyolefins to satisfy the demand from the pharmaceutical industry for consistency of quality and appropriateness for healthcare applications. The Bormed range, which is successfully growing in sales, comprises polypropylene (PP), low density polyethylene (LDPE) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) grades precisely tailored for the injection and blow moulding of medical devices as well as pharmaceutical and diagnostics packaging.