11-10-2006
Sealed Air’s SpeedyPacker® Insight™ System Provides Foam-in-Bag Packaging Options at the Touch of a Button
Kettering, UK. (October, 2006) – Sealed Air’s new SpeedyPacker® Insight™ packaging system takes the guess-work out of selecting the proper size foam-in-bag packaging. The system features a full-color, user-friendly graphical display with interactive technology. The graphical display console has six buttons with 26 selections, A through Z, allocated to each button, enabling customers to pre-program up to 156 foam-in-bag configurations.
11-10-2006
British Vita’s TPE Group invest in clean compound technology and expand capacity
Manchester, U.K. – 11 October, 2006 – The VTC TPE Group, British Vita’s Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) Compounding Group, have invested £2.6 million (3.7 million euro) in clean technology at VTC Elastoteknik, the Group’s Swedish production facility. The investment includes a fourth production line, which will come on stream in September 2006 and will increase production by 4,000 tonnes per annum bringing the capacity of the Group to more than 35,000 tonnes.
11-10-2006
Borealis’ bottling innovation gives on-and off-the-shelf benefits to KKT
Kaller Kunststoff Technik GmbH (KKT), a specialist in the production of plastic bottles for the food, beverage, cosmetic and paint industry, has selected a biaxially oriented polypropylene (PP) grade from Borealis to manufacture injection stretch blow moulded (ISBM) bottles for water-based paint. The choice of this material gives KKT a competitive edge in this specialised market traditionally dominated by extrusion blow moulded high density polyethylene (HDPE)-based bottles. Lower production costs, improved aesthetics and better impact resistance are among the advantages provided by Borealis’ PP ISBM grade RF926MO.
Press Release09-10-2006
Banana Peel® saves time and money
Market needs are continually changing the limits of technology. Wire and cable products for Security, Detection and Building Management Systems as well as for ITC line and Industrial products need to deliver uncompromising quality and leading-edge technology. However, cost reduction remains a constant requirement as is improved performance quality.
05-10-2006
New European Production Location and Expanded Capacity to Benefit Customers of GE Plastics’ “xtreme” Lexan* Resins
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — October 5, 2006 — To provide a European source of supply for its line of “xtreme” Lexan* polycarbonate (PC) resins while boosting overall capacity by approximately 300%, GE Plastics today announced it will expand production of these specialty products beyond the United States. The company will invest 62 million Euro to retrofit its Lexan Resin facility in Bergen op Zoom for the manufacture of Lexan EXL, SLX, DMX, and XHT copolymer resins, giving European customers the advantage of shorter delivery times. Broader availability of these unique materials will help more customers differentiate their applications and achieve new levels of performance, processability, and aesthetics.
04-10-2006
GE Plastics Makes Major Investment in Additional Production Capacity for “xtreme” Lexan* Resins at Bergen op Zoom Facility
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — October 4, 2006 — GE Plastics today announced plans for an investment of 62 million Euro to introduce production capacity for its line of “xtreme” Lexan* polycarbonate (PC) resins at its Lexan Resin facility in Bergen op Zoom. The company will convert existing manufacturing capabilities and use current resources to enable the production of high performance products like Lexan EXL, SLX, DMX, and XHT resins, which offer customers unique properties for product differentiation. This investment will also enable the production of other innovative and proprietary copolymer products that are currently under development.
04-10-2006
Borouge to launch feasibility study on expansion into base chemicals
Borouge today announced the launch of a study to examine the feasibilityof a major new expansion of its petrochemical complex in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi to produce and market base chemicals for the first time.
