27-07-2006
Owens Corning & Saint-Gobain Announce Intent to Merge Reinforcements Businesses
Toledo, Ohio, USA and Paris, France, July 27, 2006 – Owens Corning and Saint-Gobain jointly announced today that they are in discussions to merge Owens Corning’s Reinforcements Business and Saint-Gobain’s Reinforcement and Composites Businesses (a part of the entity known as Vetrotex) into a new company, to be called Owens Corning-Vetrotex Reinforcements. The partnership of these two businesses would establish a global company in reinforcements and composite fabrics products, with worldwide revenues of approximately $1.8 billion (€1.5 billion) and 10,000 employees. The new company would have operations across Europe, North and South America, and Asia, including the following key emerging markets: China, India, Russia, Mexico and Brazil.
27-07-2006
Rhodia Polyamide announces a price increase for its Nylon Salt intermediates including Adipic Acid, Stabamid® Polymer Range and Technyl® Compound in Europe
Lyon, France - July 27, 2006 – In response to the continuing and lasting trend of rising crude oil and energy costs, Rhodia Polyamide announces price increases as follows:
27-07-2006
GE Plastics Iniciativa ecomagination* Histórico
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* Em maio de 2005 a GE (www.ge.com) anunciou sua iniciativa ecomagination*, um esforço mundial de grande porte para impulsionar novas oportunidades de negócios, ajudando os clientes a solucionar seus desafios ambientais mais difíceis.
* O foco da iniciativa ecomagination da GE está em dinamizar os recursos de materiais, energia, tecnologia, fabricação e infra-estrutura da empresa para desenvolver soluções globais de meio ambiente. Isso inclui materiais mais robustos e mais leves, células de combustível, energia solar, locomotivas híbridas, motores de aeronaves com emissão reduzida e tecnologias de purificação da água.
27-07-2006
A GE Plastics Lança Nova Família de Produtos ecomagination* que reduz drasticamente a emissão de dióxido de carbono, os resíduos pós-uso e derivados petroquímicos
BERGEN OP ZOOM, HOLANDIA – 10 agosto 2006 r. – A GE Plastics comemora a adição de dois significativos produtos ao seu portfólio ecomagination*: as resinas Valox iQ* e Xenoy iQ*. Os novos produtos foram desenvolvidos como resultado de uma iniciativa de dois anos, que examinou os processos de fabricação da empresa para redefinir a forma como seus produtos poderiam se tornar mais limpos e mais responsáveis ambientalmente em relação aos materiais tradicionais. A Valox iQ e Xenoy iQ são elementos essenciais de um portfólio crescente de resinas ambientalmente modernas, desenvolvidas como parte da iniciativa ecomagination da GE.
26-07-2006
Belden IBC Preview
At IBC (8-12 September, Amsterdam) Belden will present its new corporate image at stand number 1.219. The company will demonstrate the advantages that its product range offer in HDTV applications.
25-07-2006
Owens Corning To Acquire Modulo/ParMur Group, a Leading European Manufactured Stone Operation
TOLEDO, Ohio – July 25, 2006 – Owens Corning (OWENQ.OB) today announced it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire The Modulo™/ParMur Group, a market-leading manufacturer and distributor of interior and exterior decorative wall claddings in Europe. The acquisition will further the global expansion of the Owens Corning Cultured Stone® business in the European building products market.
25-07-2006
RIGGING MADE WITH DYNEEMA® SK78 GIVES VOLVO OCEAN RACE WINNERS A HIGH-TECH EDGE
Making its debut in the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race, new Dyneema® SK78 fiber from DSM Dyneema proved its superior performance under extreme conditions. The new grade of super-strong polyethylene was used in the running rigging of the two world-class yachts – ABN AMRO ONE and Pirates of the Caribbean – that finished first and second, respectively. Dyneema® SK78 fiber delivers improved stability under static loads for better performance and longer life in exceptionally demanding conditions such as the nine-month Volvo Ocean Race.
24-07-2006
GE Presents Breakthrough Research on Plastic Substrate and Ultra-High-Barrier Coating System for Flexible Organic Displays
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — July 24, 2006 — GE Global Research announces its successful development of a substrate system for flexible, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). The system features a developmental high-temperature Lexan* polycarbonate (PC) film from GE Plastics combined with a transparent, ultra-high-barrier coating to help protect the OLED device against oxygen and moisture. This research, jointly funded by the U.S. Display Consortium (USDC) and GE, is designed to address the critical need for plastic substrates that can enable cost-effective, lightweight, flexible organic displays. The new substrate system is currently being produced in batch mode and will ultimately be moved to a roll-to-roll process for cost efficiency.
