17 Jan 2006
Quinn Plastics Selects Spectar Copolyester for New Quinn PETG Sheet Product Line
CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, THE NETHERLANDS - Quinn Plastics, Europe's leading producer of extruded panels, has selected Eastman Chemical Company's Spectar copolyester as the raw material of choice for its new Quinn PETG Sheet product line. Formerly licensed as Spectar Sheet, Quinn PETG Sheet represents a full range of sheet product solutions.
16 Jan 2006
DSM Dyneema Files Patent Lawsuit against Chinese Company
Urmond (NL), January 16 – DSM Dyneema, the inventor and manufacturer of Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber, has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Hangzhou Pivot International Co. Ltd., of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, before the Court of Paris, France. Prior to the filing, DSM Dyneema obtained authorization to seize merchandise, including fiber, rope and finished articles, exhibited by Hangzhou Pivot at the Milipol 2005 exhibition on state security in Paris.
16 Jan 2006
“安全專家”皮爾磁推介國際機械安全標準
中國上海 – 2006年1月16 日 近期，國際自動化安全控制領域的技術領先者德國皮爾磁公司參加了在上海新國際博覽中心舉辦的國際工廠自動化技術與設備展覽會，在會上展示了該公司的多款最新產品 。其產品處處體現出對機械和人身安全的高度重視，符合國際上為工業控制產品制定的最高安全標準，因而受到業內人士的一致好評。
12 Jan 2006
NEW WANADOO ADSL MODEM BRINGS HIGH STYLE TO CONNECTIVITY
Because French telephony and Internet giant Wanadoo wanted to communicate the fun of connectivity to its Livebox combined home consumer Internet, telephone and TV services, its new asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) Livebox modem combines the height of style with high technology. Much of the visual effect of the new modem depends on Xantar® polycarbonate (PC) from DSM Engineering Plastics. The translucent Xantar FC 19 UR grade of PC resin imparts a brilliant finish to the impact- resistant Livebox enclosure, allowing a large Wanadoo logo in its side emit a pulsing glow during operation while still meeting UL V0 at 3mm flame ratings for safety.
11 Jan 2006
ECMSA organises India conference focusing on investing, sourcing and outsourcing for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry
This conference evaluates India as an upcoming target for investment for European chemical companies. Besides highlighting issues of India as a market, the conference focuses on the potentials of India as a partner for outsourcing of R&D, production (e.g. custom manufacturing) or other services. In addition, the conference gives insights in the innovative power of India in the pharmaceutical and biotechnological field.
10 Jan 2006
GE Joins Forces with ASC Incorporated to Help Offer New Lifestyle Choices to Automotive Consumers with ‘Sunvertibles’
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — January 10, 2006 — At the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) here, GE - Plastics announced a new collaboration with specialty-vehicle company ASC Incorporated, showcasing the first results of a joint effort to give car buyers unique and exciting factory-installed options to suit their lifestyles. ASC’s patent-pending, bi-directional InfiniVu™ “open-air” sliding-roof system, which is incorporated into a prototype minivan dubbed the ASC TriLite, features GE’s Lexan* GLX polycarbonate (PC) resin for style, safety, and weight savings. This application marks the first time, worldwide, this GE technology has been showcased in a panoramic automotive roof system – a technology whose advantages include design flexibility to promote creativity and part consolidation; light weight to boost fuel economy; and impact resistance for occupant safety. The new collaboration between GE and ASC, announced today, offers ASC additional cutting-edge innovations for its high-image specialty vehicles as well as its more mainstream vehicle systems, such as open-air roof systems.
10 Jan 2006
Borealis reduces waste with new transparent, thin wall packaging solution
Borealis has launched a new solution for transparent, thin wall packaging which meets the demands for improved product visibility, lighter weight but stronger packaging, better stackability and integrated features for convenience and tamper-proof solutions. The RJ470MO solution offers the well-established properties of polypropylene (PP) random copolymers, such as stiffness, impact performance and low density and a new route to greater productivity. The solution delivers clear benefits to retailers and consumers in packaging for dairy, confectionary and convenience food as well as for electronics and cosmetics.
5 Jan 2006
英邁艾默生聯合巡展，英邁凸顯行業分銷能力
中國上海 – 2006年1月6日 – 近日，英邁剛剛完成其與艾默生聯合舉行的第三場巡展。同上兩場在北京和廣州舉行的一樣，此次在成都的巡展同樣大獲成功。通過這一大型市場活動，英邁向業界展示出其行業分銷能力。
