2 May 2007
Borealis announces R$18 million investment in Brazil
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, will invest R$ 18 million in the acquisition of a new extrusion line to enlarge its Itatiba (SP) plant. Borealis has two production units in Brazil located in Itatiba (SP) and Triunfo (RS). The investment, which will serve the automotive and appliances markets, will increase the polypropylene (PP) compounding capacity of the plant by 11,000 tonnes per annum and is due for completion in mid-2008.
2 May 2007
Lloyd’s erneuert Qualitäts- und Umweltzertifikat für Spring Global Mail Deutschland
Amsterdam/Köln, 2. Mai 2007 – Höchste Qualität für Kunden und nachhaltiges Umweltbewusstsein: der auf internationalen Postversand spezialisierte Dienstleister Spring Global Mail hat von Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance erneut die unabhängigen und international anerkannten Zertifizierungen für ihre Qualitäts- und Umweltmanagementsysteme gemäß DIN EN ISO 9001:2000 und DIN EN ISO 14001:2005 erhalten.
1 May 2007
German Drivers Praise Friendliness of Nobilas Accident Management Services
Hoofddorp, the Netherlands, May 1, 2007 – Nobilas Claims and Fleet solutions, the Akzo Nobel company specialising in accident management, today announced that a driver satisfaction survey conducted in Germany revealed the overwhelming majority -- 94 percent -- of respondents would recommend the Nobilas service to others. In particular, survey participants were pleased with the friendliness of Nobilas’ service, which made the experience more pleasant. They also indicated that the pick-up and delivery services and complimentary replacement vehicle were especially appreciated.
“Our goal is to make the accident repair process as fast, simple and customer-friendly as possible, and one important factor is the ability of the body shop staff to ‘speak the customer’s language,’” said Thomas Geiger, General Manager for Nobilas Germany, Austria and Switzerland. “We set high standards for our network of body shops, including training staff to explain technical terms clearly. The results of this survey show we are making great strides in ensuring customer satisfaction.”
30 Apr 2007
PPG chairman outlines progress toward achieving vision, implementing strategy
PITTSBURGH, April 19, 2007 – PPG Industries’ chairman and chief executive officer Charles E. Bunch continues to be optimistic about the company’s future. He outlined PPG’s progress toward achieving its vision and implementing its strategy at the company’s annual meeting of shareholders today.
27 Apr 2007
穆格将举办“闭环伺服注塑控制解决方案”研讨会
2007国际橡塑展（Chinaplas 2007）召开之际，穆格公司将于5月23日下午2：30在广州琶洲国际会议展览中心C8会议室举办“穆格闭环伺服注塑控制解决方案”研讨会，和国内外塑料业的同行们共同探讨如何利用先进的运动控制解决方案提升注塑机械性能和降低运营成本，帮助生产商从竞争激烈的注塑机工业中脱颖而出。
26 Apr 2007
CHEMTURA NAMES ANNE P. NOONAN GROUP PRESIDENT, POLYMER ADDITIVES
Chemtura Corporation (NYSE:CEM) has appointed Anne P. Noonan as Group President, Polymer Additives (Plastics Additives and Flame Retardants, Brominated Performance Products and Fumigants).
26 Apr 2007
PPG Builds up a New Plant in Wuhu, Chery Collaborates with Another Fortune 500 Company
As a Chinese leading automobile manufacturer, with the strong trend of 100,000 vehicles increase in two consecutive years, Chery attracts a large number of international automobile suppliers. Following Johnson Controls, another fortune 500 company PPG Industries is “eying” at Chery. Recently, PPG Industries held a grand project launching ceremony of its new plant in Wuhu, Anhui Province. The new plant will be the 8th manufacturing base of PPG in China built to provide Chery with automotive coatings. Before this PPG has successively established seven plants in China mainland including Tianjin, Suzhou, and Zibo and in automotive industry it mainly services Volkswagen, GM, Mercedes Benz, Dongfeng Citroen, Peugeot and Hainan Mazda. This is the first time for PPG to set up a plant for the market of a Chinese brand since it entered China.
26 Apr 2007
GE Plastics - Aircraft Interiors Press Material
April 26, 2007 - GE Plastics today launched new high performance material solutions for a wide range of aircraft interiors applications. These new material solutions are Ultem 9085, Noryl LS6010 and Lexan FST9705.
