GLS INTRODUCES NEW FAMILY OF TPES BASED ON THE DOW CHEMICAL CO.’S OLEFIN BLOCK COPOLYMER TECHNOLOGY

DYNALLOY® OBC injection-molding and blow-molding TPE grades from GLS Corp. - which are based on INFUSE™ olefin block copolymers and technology licensed from The Dow Chemical Company - offer exceptional softness, a silky feel and a wide range of flow characteristics. Potential applications for standard and custom grades encompass medical, consumer goods, tools, appliances, sporting goods and infant care. DUSSELDORF, GERMANY – Oct. 24, 2007 – Here at Kunstoffe 2007, Germany, GLS Corp., a global leader in the development, manufacture and supply of high-performance, custom-formulated thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), today introduced a new family of TPEs based on INFUSE™ olefin block copolymers (OBC) from The Dow Chemical Company. The new DYNALLOY® OBC injection-molding and blow-molding grades allow GLS to offer customers a broad array of standard and customized TPE alloys for a wide range of applications. With the new DYNALLOY line, GLS has expanded the existing property and application range of OBC technology with exceptional softness, unique feels, a wider range of flow characteristics in injection molding, and introduced a new blow-moldable grade range. DYNALLOY OBCs offer a silky soft touch feel, excellent colorability, isotropic shrinkage, and flow characteristics enabling use in complex molds with long flow paths.

THE CHEMTURA TEAM LAUNCHES NEW ADIPRENE® K ONE-COMPONENT URETHANE SYSTEMS

The Chemtura Team Launches New Adiprene® K One-Component Urethane Systems at UTECH (shown here), API, Rubber Expo and the K-Show.The Chemtura Team Launches New Adiprene® K One-Component Urethane Systems at UTECH (shown here), API, Rubber Expo and the K-Show. Interest was at a record high at the trade shows, based on inquiries. New Adiprene K is a time/cost-saving one-component urethane system. It ends worries about accurate weighing and mixing, since Chemtura fixes the stoichiometry at its plant. It works for the creation of big or small parts and complex geometries.

BPC Chemical Technologies signed an exclusive distribution agreement of Songwon polymer stabilizers

Mr. Dieter Morath, Executive Vice President EMEA of Songwon International AG and Mrs. Irina Pavlova, Managing Director of BPC Chemical Technologies, have signed an exclusive agreement for the distribution of Songwon polymer stabilizers in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus and CIS countries.Moscow, Russia – November 7, 2007 – BPC Chemical Technologies has been appointed as the exclusive distributor for Songwon products in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus and CIS countries.

英國好利得顏料新開發耐酸群青產品在2007中國國際塗料展上發佈

Holliday Pigments英國好利得顏料,全球領先的群青顏料供應商,將在2007年中國國際塗料展上展出其新開發的耐酸群青藍產品,群青59。

Smart® pioneers first full PP body panels

First full PP bodypanels achieved with Daplen from BorealisSmart® fortwo has become the first commercialised car to have full body panels manufactured from polypropylene (PP). Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, has developed Daplen™ ED230HP, a thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) compound, for this pioneering development to meet the cost-effective production targets and aesthetic, safety and environmental requirements of the latest Smart fortwo vehicle.

Milliken Nucleation Innovation Gives Polyolefins A Boost

To be introduced to a broad audience for the first time at K 2007, Hyperform® HPN-20E makes cost-effective property modification of polyethylene (PE) a first-time reality for converters, resin and master batch producers, while providing a versatile, one-stop optimising solution for polypropylene (PP).Milliken Chemical, a division of Milliken & Company, is continuing to expand the performance horizons of polyolefins with its pioneering nucleation technology. To be introduced to a broad audience for the first time at K 2007, Hyperform® HPN-20E makes cost-effective property modification of polyethylene (PE) a first-time reality for converters, resin and master batch producers, while providing a versatile, one-stop optimising solution for polypropylene (PP).

SLIDE IT, REPOSITION IT -- NEW AVERY® EASY APPLY RS™ TECHNOLOGY MAKES GRAPHICS APPLICATION PERFECTLY EASY

SLIDE IT, REPOSITION IT -- NEW AVERY® EASY APPLY RS™ TECHNOLOGY MAKES GRAPHICS APPLICATION PERFECTLY EASYLeiden, The Netherlands - Avery Dennison announce a new self-adhesive graphic arts film that will, they say, improve the finished quality of applied graphics, reduce waste, and save time in decal application and removal. Avery® MPI 1005 Easy Apply RS™ is the latest technological development in the Avery Graphics films range for wide-format digital printing.

NEW MULTI-PURPOSE FASSON ADHESIVE FOR DURABLE GOODS LABELLING

Fasson S8030 complements the growing professional Fasson Durables package of labelstocks for functional, safety, warning, and identification labels used on electronic, automotive, and domestic appliances and other electrical goods. Leiden, The Netherlands - A new multi-purpose solvent acrylic label adhesive specially suited to the needs of today's electronic products market has been launched by Avery Dennison. Fasson S8030 complements the growing professional Fasson Durables package of labelstocks for functional, safety, warning and identification labels used on electronic, automotive, and domestic appliances and other electrical goods.