CHEMTURA NAMES AMDURSKY TO DIRECTOR, MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS, FOR SPECIALTY CHEMICALS

Chemtura names Amdursky to Director, Marketing Communications, for Specialty Chemicals.Middlebury, CT - Chemtura Corporation (NYSE:CEM) has named Jon Amdursky to Director of Marketing Communications for the company’s $3 billion global specialty chemicals businesses.

GE Plastics’ innovative material and application developments for the Electronics industry on Display at Electronica Munich

GE PlasticsBERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — October 16, 2006 — GE Plastics will be showcasing some of their innovative materials and technologies for electrical and electronic device components at the Electronica exhibition in Munich, Germany from November 14-17, in Hall B1, stand number B1.279. Combining thermoplastics expertise with in-depth knowledge of industry standards, regulations and trends, the GE Plastics business is committed to keeping its customers in the electronic industry at the leading edge of innovative, environmentally responsible materials and processing technology. GE Plastics’ engineering thermoplastics, films, and composites can help fulfill the demanding requirements of these industries, and offer designers higher-quality, increased functionality, exceptional high performance, better aesthetics, and faster “art-to-part” cycles, helping manufacturers to achieve an optimum balance of performance, productivity and quality.

Cleaner, efficient production for Grupo Losán particleboard with new Milliken colorant

Grupo Losán has switched to a new polymeric colorant from Milliken Chemical to ensure a more efficient, environmentally- and user-friendly production process for its moisture-resistant particleboard.Grupo Losán has switched to a new polymeric colorant from Milliken Chemical to ensure a more efficient, environmentally- and user-friendly production process for its moisture-resistant particleboard. Thanks to the new colorant, Grupo Losán, one of the largest producers of particleboard in Spain, has successfully eliminated previous handling issues to achieve a smoother, more reliable and cleaner process for both its workforce and for the environment.

Sealed Air’s SpeedyPacker® Insight™ System Provides Foam-in-Bag Packaging Options at the Touch of a Button

SpeedyPacker® Insight™ System
Continuous Foam Tube (CFT) technology lets you use the SpeedyPacker® Insight™ system to produce a series of foam-filled tubular bags.
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.

British Vita’s TPE Group invest in clean compound technology and expand capacity

Mr. Per G Hellberg, Managing Director VTC TPE Group (on the left) and Mr. Howard Harris, CEO British Vita, at the inauguration of the new line in September, 2006. 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.

Borealis’ bottling innovation gives on-and off-the-shelf benefits to KKT

The excellent transparancy and gloss allow customers to see the real colour of the paint insideKaller 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.