The 3rd ICIS Asian Polymer Conference held in Shanghai

ICISRising crude values and expanded domestic capacity could restrain China’s volume of polymer imports this year. This was the message from a senior China customs official speaking at the 3rd ICIS Asian Polymer Conference in Shanghai this month. Zhang Bingzheng, Deputy Director of the Statistical Department of General Administration of China Customs, told over 100 high-level delegates that the rising price of imported crude in 2006 had made polymer imports more expensive. In 2006, the average import price of crude in China was $457.4/tonne, which was a rise of 21.6% on an annual basis. This was exacerbated by the fact that last year the domestic capacity of polymers expanded and replaced some imports, he added.

Songwon’s new antioxidant plant in production

SONGWONUlsan, Korea, May 14, 2007 – The new Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. grass roots antioxidant manufacturing site in Maeam, Korea which was completed ahead of schedule at the beginning of April 2007 is now in commercial operation.

Rhodia Polyamide’s Engineering Plastics joins Omnexus (www.omnexus.com) to provide the global engineering plastics community with Innovations and Services

Rhodia Engineering PlasticsLyon, France - May 10th, 2007 – Rhodia Polyamide’s Engineering Plastics activities and SpecialChem announce today their new partnership on the Omnexus Platform offering services to the plastics and elastomers engineering community.

PR Pros Donate Manpower to Campaign for ‘Walk the World’: Global Fight Against Child Hunger

EurocomEurocom Worldwide, the global PR network, is driving this year’s pro-bono cooperation with United Nations World Food Programme to its climax on Sunday May 13, when the fundraising event ‘Walk the World’ takes place around the globe. During the last months, employees from Eurocom Worldwide member agencies around the world have been donating time and effort free of charge to help raise awareness of local ‘Walk the World’ events.

Nobilas start samenwerking met Institute of Insurance Economics van de Universiteit van St. Gallen om toekomstige trends in schademanagement in kaart te brengen

NobilasHoofddorp, Nederland, 10 mei 2007 – Om de belangrijkste trends en ontwikkelingen binnen de autoverzekeringsbranche te analyseren en om verzekeraars te kunnen informeren over de mogelijke voordelen van outsourcing van schademanagement en/of reparatie, heeft Nobilas Claims & Fleet Solutions, een business unit van Akzo Nobel, vandaag een nieuw samenwerkingsverband met de Universiteit van St. Gallen in Zwitserland bekendgemaakt. Een belangrijk onderdeel van deze samenwerking is het Future Value project van het Institute of Insurance Economics , waarmee toekomstige trends in verzekeringen en hun implicaties voor de branche in kaart worden gebracht.

KELTAN® HEADS FOR THE BEACH

Keltan® is helping beach-goers to enjoy the hot sands and warm waters of Brazil’s 7,000km coastline in comfort, thanks to innovative thinking and close customer co-operation by DSM Elastomer’s R&D and Sales teams.Keltan® is helping beach-goers to enjoy the hot sands and warm waters of Brazil’s 7,000km coastline in comfort, thanks to innovative thinking and close customer co-operation by DSM Elastomer’s R&D and Sales teams.

穆格参展2007汉诺威工业博览会,全面展现高性能传动控制应用实力

Moog Control System (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.(上海)2007年5月--控制运动专家穆格公司在今年4月的汉诺威工业博览会上推出了最新的用于工业领域的电动、液压和混合驱动技术。穆格公司围绕“挑战传动控制应用的创新解决方案”这一主题展示了其在发电、汽车测试、金属成型、水波发生器和冶金等市场的产品运用实例。

HOLLIDAY PIGMENTS ANNOUNCES PRICE INCREASE IN NORTH AMERICA

Holliday PigmentsHolliday Pigments, the world’s largest manufacturer of ultramarine pigments, has announced a price increase of up to 20% across all their product ranges, in North America from May 2007.