12 Jun 2006
GE’s Flame Retardant (FR) Flexible Noryl* Resins Now Recognized Under UL1581 as an Acceptable Wire Coating Material Candidate for 80 °C, 90 °C & 105 °C Applications
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — November 14, 2006 — GE Plastics recently announced that various grades of its flame-retardant Flexible Noryl* resin for wire coating and insulation have been listed by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) under the UL1581 reference standard for electrical wires, cables, and flexible cords, for up to 105 °C end-use temperature rating. As a result, proposed wire and cable products incorporating high-performance Flexible Noryl resins only need to undergo short-term aging testing vs. a 150-day long-term aging test, speeding time to market. The new GE materials have already proven themselves in the automotive and consumer electronics industries, and, with this new UL listing, are poised for rapid growth in appliance wiring applications.
12 Jun 2006
Borealis offers the medical industry a new high transparency, high purity sealing film solution
Borealis, a leading innovative plastics provider, is enlarging its product offer for high quality films with a new addition to its Bormed™ family of dedicated healthcare polyolefins. The new grade, Bormed TD109CF, is a polypropylene (PP) sealing material that combines processing advantages with high transparency, purity, excellent sealing behaviour and sterilisability. End uses which can benefit from the performance advantages include pouches, form- fill-seal (FFS) film, the sealable layer for lids for the packaging of medical devices, and lid films for blister packaging. With this new grade, Borealis’ range of solutions for the medical film industry becomes uniquely broad.
9 Jun 2006
DNV Certification BV geaccrediteerd voor OHSAS 18001-certificering
Rotterdam, 9 juni 2006 - Op vrijdag 12 mei heeft DNV Certification BV het OHSAS 18001 certificaat overhandigd aan Scania Nederland BV. Voorafgaand aan deze overhandiging heeft DNV samen met vijf andere certificatie-instellingen, als eerste in Nederland, de OHSAS 18001 accreditatie van de Raad voor Accreditatie (RvA) ontvangen. Organisaties hebben met de invoering van recente wetgeving op het gebied van arbeidsomstandigheden een grote verantwoordelijkheid gekregen ten aanzien van de systematische zorg voor de kwaliteit van de werkomgeving. Helaas zijn veel bestaande veiligheidscertificaten niet veel meer dan een checklist. ‘Daarom heeft DNV samen met andere certificatie-instellingen en vertegenwoordigers van de overheid en het bedrijfsleven, het certificatiesysteem voor de OHSAS (Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series) 18001 norm ontwikkeld’, zegt Henk de Gooijer, sector verantwoordelijke Arbozorg & Veiligheid bij DNV. ‘Het certificatiesysteem bevat de interpretatie van de norm en eisen aangaande de organisatie en werkwijze voor certificering. Uitgangspunt van het systeem is een risico-inventarisatie en -evaluatie waarmee knelpunten en verbeterpunten naar voren komen. Bedrijven kunnen nu met dit systeem, aan de hand van de erkende internationale OHSAS 18001 norm, getoetst en gecertificeerd worden. Het systeem is eenvoudig te integreren in bestaande managementsystemen en zorgt ervoor dat arbo- en veiligheidsaspecten van een bedrijf integraal deel uitmaken van de bedrijfsvoering.’
8 Jun 2006
Upgraded website offers easy access to Univar’s breadth and depth of chemical knowledge
Univar Ltd, the largest independent distributors of chemicals and associated services in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and a daughter company of Univar NV, has fully upgraded and enhanced the www.univar.co.uk website to reflect the breadth and depth of the company’s activities. Based on Univar’s principles of customer focus and industry knowledge, specific additions to the website include direct access to a wide range of product and industry literature, enhanced visitor enquiry mechanisms and improved electronic interaction with the industry experts at Univar.
8 Jun 2006
Heiner Markhoff named General Manager, GE - Plastics, Europe
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS – June 8, 2006 - Heiner Markhoff has been named general manager of GE - Plastics, Europe, reporting directly to Charlene Begley, President and Chief Executive Officer of GE - Plastics. In this role he will be responsible for business and commercial operations across the region.
8 Jun 2006
NatureWorks® PLA Popular with Customers: Delhaize Expands Environmentally – Friendly Packaging Program
Following successful trials, Belgian supermarket chain Delhaize is expanding its environmentally friendly packaging program, using NatureWorks® PLA, 100 percent nature-based packaging.
6 Jun 2006
關注新的監測領域--汞的排放
中國上海（2006年6月6日）–汞的跨國污染最近被提出並得到了廣泛的關注，英國《金融時報》4月12日在其中文網站報導，美國環保署稱中國空氣和水域的汞含量高得令人擔憂，並向遠在美國等地排放大量的空氣污染物。對汞污染控制的中美間合作早已開始，並得到了包括美國熱電公司在內的環境監測領域專家的大力支持。
6 Jun 2006
GE - Plastics and PetroChina Company Limited Agree to Cooperate on Polycarbonate Production in China
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — June 6, 2006 — GE and PetroChina Company Limited announced today that they would cooperate by creating a world-scale polycarbonate (PC) resin manufacturing joint venture in China.
