Borealis announces Vienna head office location

BorealisBorealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions will move its head office to Vienna this summer. The office in Copenhagen will close June 30, 2006 and the new office in Vienna will be operational as of July 10, 2006.

NatureWorks LLC Introduces Smart Care

NatureWorksIn the past three years, NatureWorks LLC has seen a dramatic increase in the number of commercial successes of NatureWorks® PLA in packaging, serviceware and consumer goods products. Many companies working with NatureWorks, through best practices of processing, shipping and storage of their NatureWorks PLA-based products, have successfully, and profitably, managed their NatureWorks product lines, through the supply chain, to secure brand owners globally. To continue to promote such successes, NatureWorks has documented and compiled the best practices of partners such as these who have profited from managing their brands and product made from NatureWorks PLA through proper care and handling, from the converting lines to the store shelves.

DSM to double capacity for engineering plastics in China

DSM Engineering MaterialsRoyal DSM N.V. today announces the opening of its new compounding site for engineering plastics at Jiangyin in the Jiangsu province of China on April 26, 2006. This project will double the total capacity for the product lines Stanyl® PA46, Akulon® PA6 and Arnite® PBT. These materials are used in manufacturing key molded components for the automotive, electrical and electronics, consumer and industrial segments.

DSM’s Akulon® partners with Omnexus to Provide Part Designers with Innovative Ideas and Solutions Offered by Polyamide 6

DSM Engineering MaterialsDSM Engineering Plastics and Omnexus are pleased to announce that Akulon® Polyamide 6 is joining the Omnexus platform to accelerate its business development and offer Designers and parts purchasers Innovative and cost effective solutions.

A Synventive vai consolidar as suas actividades de produção a nível europeu

Synventive‘s GRAVENDEEL, HOLANDA –26 de abril de 2006 – A Synventive Molding Solutions, fabricante líder de sistemas de canais quentes e componentes relacionados chegou a acordo com a Comissão de trabalhadores e com o sindicato de trabalho de forma a consolidar o fabrico europeu na sua fábrica situada em Bensheim, Alemanha. A Synventive chegou também a acordo relativamente a um Plano Social destinado aos trabalhadores afectados pela reorganização.

FROM DELICATE TO TOUGH, ULTRA-PRECISE STANYL® PA46 GEARS HELP KEEP JOYSTEER® POINTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

Inside this joystick housing for Joysteer®, an aid that will allow those with muscular disabilities to steer an automobile by joystick, a gear made of Stanyl® polyamide 4,6 (PA46) allows accurate encoding of how much the driver turns the joystick handle (which, while not shown here, will mount inside the silver cylindrical assembly in the center). This is then transmitted to extra-strong gears made of Stanyl® that turn the car’s steering shaft - and thus the car itself. Gears made of Stanyl® in Joysteer® depend on the high strength, low friction, and dimensional stability of the material to help ensure safe driving.Precision gears made of Stanyl®, a high-performance polyamide 46 (PA46) resin from DSM Engineering Plastics, help a new joystick-based drive-by-wire system translate a driver’s steering movements into vehicle control. Called Joysteer®, the new system was designed to enable drivers with arm muscle disabilities get behind the wheel – or in this case, joystick – and drive by themselves. Joysteer will be demonstrated at Hannover Messe 2006, 24-28 April, a leading showplace for mechanical and plant engineering, electrical engineering, electronics and the automotive sector.

Borealis combines unique, high productivity with a longer lifetime for XLPE cables

Supercure LC8205, an XLPE insulation solution for reliable, cost-efficient electricity supplyBorealis is adding another grade to its SupercureTM high productivity energy cable compound product portfolio by offering a crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE) insulation solution for long-term performance cables. The first of its kind, Supercure LC8205 combines water tree retardant properties with faster crosslinking, ensuring longevity of the cable and quick production runs benefiting both cable makers and power distributors.