6 Jun 2007
VORWERK GROUP PARTNERS WITH QUADRANT CMS FOR FUNCTIONALLY AESTHETIC VACUUM HOSE MODULE
TIELT, BELGIUM – June, 2007 – True to its vision of delivering a combination of product development, production and assembly from a single source, Quadrant Creative Moulding & Systems (Quadrant CMS) in Tielt, Belgium, has partnered German vacuum cleaner manufacturer Vorwerk in the design and manufacture of a new polymer-based vacuum hose module. The part, included on Vorwerk’s new “Tiger” vacuum cleaner which was launched globally in early 2007, delivers improvements in terms of functionality, handling and aesthetics.
6 Jun 2007
CHEMTURA APPOINTS RICK BEITEL VICE PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL SALES, PERFORMANCE SPECIALTIES
Chemtura Corporation (NYSE:CEM) has named Rick Beitel Vice President of Global Sales, Performance Specialties. In this position, Beitel is responsible for sales growth for those businesses comprising the Performance Specialties division, including: Transportation & Industrial Lubricants & Greases, Urethane Products, Optical Monomers, Organicometallic Catalysts & Compounds, and Fluorines. Prior to this, as Vice President of Sales Excellence, he worked to achieve key growth objectives for Chemtura’s global sales organization.
Pre-K Event 5 Jun 2007
Arkema at K 2007 Exhibition – Hall 6 / Stand C57
Arkema will be exhibiting at the K2007 trade fair with all its plastics activities: PVC, PMMA, Technical Polymers, and Functional Additives. K2007 will give Arkema the opportunity to showcase new applications in PMMA, in particular for flat television screens, and new developments in Technical Polymers, in particular in Rilsan® and Pebax® product ranges.
5 Jun 2007
GE Plastics Unveils Automotive Glazing Center of Excellence
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands — June 5, 2007 — GE Plastics today opened its first Automotive Glazing Center of Excellence here. The new facility is aimed at helping customers around the world design, create, and process innovative auto glazing applications using GE’s environmentally progressive Lexan* GLX polycarbonate (PC) resins and other engineered materials. As one of the company’s Global Application Technology (GApT) centers, the Automotive Glazing Center of Excellence features equipment and technologies from Krauss Maffei and Summerer Technologies.
5 Jun 2007
Borealis sells its petrochemical business in Norway to Ineos
• Sale of Norwegian polyolefins business and share in Noretyl gas cracker to Ineos
• Creation of independent innovation company
• Group support functions remain in Norway as a separate unit
Continuing with the restructuring of its Norwegian operations, Borealis AS announces that it has reached an agreement to sell its petrochemical business in Bamble, Norway, to Ineos for EUR 290 million. It has also been decided to create a new independent innovation company to take over its innovation centre in Bamble and to retain the existing group support functions at the location as a separate unit.
5 Jun 2007
Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Celebrates Research and Development Center Expansion in Chonan, Korea
Shanghai, China, June 5, 2007 – Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials (NYSE: ROH), a leading supplier of advanced lithography materials for the semiconductor industry, celebrated the official opening of its new five-story Chonan R&D Center on Tuesday, May 29, with local customers and government officials among the guests.
5 Jun 2007
Distrupol élargit sa gamme avec les polymères techniques Aquafil
Distrupol a élargi sa gamme de polymères techniques en y ajoutant l’Aquamid AR100 et la gamme Aquamid HC de la société Aquafil Technopolymers. Ces deux polymères sont aujourd’hui disponibles dans toutes les régions desservies par le réseau de distribution de Distrupol.
