04-04-2007
INNOVATION WITH DYNEEMA® IN UNDERWATER PIPE-LAYING OPERATIONS
Urmond, April 4, 2007 – Allseas Group S.A., a Swiss offshore pipelaying company, has collaborated with DSM Dyneema to improve the safety and speed of underwater pipe-laying using next-generation rope technology. The two companies have worked to replace traditional steel wire rope used to adjust pipelay stingers with a new product from BEXCOropes that is made with ultra-strong, lightweight polyethylene Dyneema® fiber. The new rope, which has been installed on Allseas’ pipe-laying vessel Audacia, enables faster, easier and safer operations.
04-04-2007
Brenntag Oil & Gas ofrece una alternativa segura para la presulfuración de catalizadores
Brenntag Oil & Gas Europe, uno de los mayores distribuidores químicos del mundo ofrece, a través de su socio Lubrizol Corporation, la nueva generación de agentes de sulfidización de catalizadores: SulfrZol® 54. Con un punto de inflamación de 100 ºC, este producto es mucho más seguro que los tradicionales agentes sulfurantes, tales como el DMDS (Dimetil Disulfuro). Observando los últimos avances dentro de la industria, los cuales están obligando a las refinerías a aumentar sus niveles de seguridad, Brenntag considera que su producto es el mejor de los disponibles en el mercado. Th. M. Verleun, director comercial de Brenntag Oil & Gas Europe, ha comprobado las diferentes opciones en la activación catalítica.
04-04-2007
Belden lanza el Catálogo Maestro completo, versión EMEA
Belden, diseñador y fabricante líder internacional de soluciones de cables electrónicos y conectividad de alta velocidad ha lanzado su primer Catálogo Maestro en un único volumen para los mercados de Europa, Oriente Medio y África.
04-04-2007
Borealis’ Daplen achieves technological breakthrough in fully integrated fender
Borealis has delivered the foundation for a technological breakthrough to the automotive industry with the development of Daplen™ EF341AE used in the world’s first fully integrated fender module. The material, a thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) compound, has been specifically tailored to meet BMW’s exacting specifications for the new BMW X5 regarding improved production cost, safety, high quality aesthetics and environmental performance. The resulting TPO fender is the most complex and highly integrated, class A body application to be seen in production to date.
04-04-2007
Introducing XIRAN® SMA co-polymers
Polyscope Polymers produces superior new product with proven weight saving and reduced cycle times for producers of automotive and industrial parts.
Polyscope Polymers, Europe’s newest and foremost manufacturer and supplier of Styrene Maleic Anhydride (SMA) co-polymers has introduced its XIRAN® SMA product range. The product is manufactured in Europe, and provides a significantly better alternative for users of existing SMA products. In addition, the product's properties and performance may well provide new opportunities for parts manufacturers who currently use other materials such as Polyamide, PPLGF, PPEPDM or ABS blends. In recent tests for a specific automotive application, XIRAN® delivered a significant weight saving compared to glass reinforced Polyamide as well as a considerable decrease in cycle-time.
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DSM Dyneema to co-exhibit with Unitex Group at Bauma 2007, area A7 stand 213
Urmond (NL), April 2 – During the 28th international trade fair Bauma 2007 DSM will showcase its innovative product Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™. This ultra-strong polyethylene fiber provides a vast amount of benefits to the building and construction industry. Examples of applications made with Dyneema® are presented at the Unitex Group stand, area A7 stand 213.
02-04-2007
Borealis to showcase plastic packaging solutions at Plastpol
Borealis, a leading supplier of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, will exhibit its latest innovations to visitors of Plastpol, from May 29 – June 1 in Kielce, Poland (Trade Fairs Conference Centre, Hall D). Visitors will be able to experience the benefits Borealis’ polyolefins bring to a wide range of applications especially in automotive and advanced packaging.
