18 May 2007
Discover Distrupol’s world of colours at Go Plast
At Go Plast 2007 (Angers, 12 - 15 June, stand no. C15) Distrupol will launch its colour compounding service in the French market. Distrupol Colour is dedicated to supplying consistently high quality and tight colour tolerance engineering thermoplastic materials across Europe. The latest computerised matching equipment and a dedicated Colour Laboratory are utilized for quick and efficient colour development, with production quantities starting from as little as 25 kilograms.
18 May 2007
Cyclics announces distribution agreement with IMCD Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (formerly Interorgana)
Schwarzheide, Germany – Cyclics Europe GmbH announces it has entered into a European distribution agreement with IMCD Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (formerly Interorgana) who will distribute Cyclics CBT® resin products used as an additive or carrier for compounding and masterbatch applications.
16 May 2007
CHEMTURA INCREASES AXION™ TIN CATALYST PRICES
Chemtura Corporation announces the following price increases for its Axion™ line of tin catalysts:
DBTO $2.40/kg (1.80 Euro/kg)
DOTO $2.30/kg (1.73 Euro/kg)
MBTO $2.50/kg (1.88 Euro/kg)
15 May 2007
GE Plastics Acknowledges Key Partnerships with European Logistics Services Providers at Annual Awards Ceremony
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — May 15, 2007 — Highlighting the critical role of its logistics partners in delivering excellent customer service during 2006, GE Plastics honored five companies and two individuals at an awards ceremony and dinner here on April 12. The awards program, now in its fourth year, recognizes the quality, service, and on-time delivery exhibited by logistics services providers that enable GE Plastics to meet its commitment to customers.
14 May 2007
Rhodia Polyamide opens its first Technical Centre in China
Dedicated facility provides close customer support for
Lyon, France - May 14th, 2007 - Rhodia has reinforced its commitment to the Asian markets with the recent opening of a technical centre in Shanghai, consolidating Rhodia’s global technical centre network. The new facility brings the complete spectrum of engineering support to customers across the broad range of industries served by Rhodia Polyamide's engineering plastics materials in China and the wider Asian region.
14 May 2007
BODY ARMOR WITH DYNEEMA® TO SERVE DURING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES IN BEIJING
URMOND (NL), 14 May 2007 - Bullet-resistant vests and helmets made with ultra-strong, light weight Dyneema® unidirectional (UD) from DSM for personnel security will help China create a safer environment for the upcoming 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. A vest design manufactured by Zhong Tian Feng Protection Products Technology Company Ltd. (ZTF), which features Dyneema® SB21, won a highly competitive and prestigious tender from the Beijing Bureau of Public Security.
14 May 2007
The 3rd ICIS Asian Polymer Conference held in Shanghai
Rising 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.
14 May 2007
Songwon’s new antioxidant plant in production
Ulsan, 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.
