25 Jun 2008
PPG showcases wind energy products and services at Wind Power Asia 2008
BEIJING, June 25, 2008 – PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG), one of the world’s largest suppliers of fiber glass and coatings, is showcasing its wind energy products and services at Wind Power Asia 2008, the 5th Asian Wind Energy Exhibition and Conference, in the Beijing Exhibition Center. PPG technologies on display in Booth 2057 include fiber glass reinforcements, blade coatings and tower coatings that enhance the efficiency, performance and longevity of key wind power components.
25 Jun 2008
Next-Generation Noryl GTX* Resins “Close the Gap” on Large Automotive Thermoplastic Body Panels
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – June 25, 2008 – As steel prices go up, SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Noryl GTX* family of resins continue to go global by “closing the gap” on large automotive parts with the launch of its new next-generation conductive Noryl GTX PPO/polyamide resin. The company’s new Noryl GTX resin delivers 25 percent lower coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) than previous grades, enabling higher-precision gap management for automotive body panels, at the same time helping to reduce overall vehicle weight. SABIC Innovative Plastics’ investment in high-performance materials solutions such as sheet-metal replacement technologies provides automotive suppliers and OEMs with innovative solutions for improving quality and reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
24 Jun 2008
CHEMTURA AND TECHNO-PU.MA ANNOUNCE JOINT AGREEMENT FOR INTEGRATED SERVICES TO POLYURETHANE MARKET
Chemtura Corporation (NYSE:CEM) and Techno-PU.MA s.r.l have entered into a Joint Cooperation Agreement, combining Chemtura‘s expertise in high performance castable polyurethanes with PU.MA expertise in meter mixing machines. Their objective is to provide an integrated marketing and technical service approach to customers in the Europe, Middle East and African (EMEA) region.
24 Jun 2008
Dennis de Haese joins Amrop International in Brussels, a leader in Executive Search
Amrop International, a member of the global Amrop Hever Group, one of the world’s largest executive search organisations, is pleased to announce that Dennis de Haese is the latest partner to join the team in Belgium.
24 Jun 2008
Borouge helps secure fresh water to every house in Malkapur village, India
Through their Water for the World™ initiative Borouge and Borealis, leading providers of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, are helping the State of Maharashtra in India to supply drinking water 24 hours per day, seven days a week to the residents of Malkapur village, 400km south of Mumbai.
24 Jun 2008
Suggar’s washing machines clean up the competition with stylish, transparent top doors featuring Polypropylene clarified with Milliken’s Millad® NX8000
Milliken Chemical, a division of Milliken & Company, today announced that Suggar, a leading appliance maker in Brazil producing 2,500 washing machines a day, is using polypropylene (PP) clarified with Millad® NX8000 to replace styrene acrylonitrile (SAN) in three of its most popular washer models: the Top Max 5.0, the Viva, and the Viva Max 6.0. By upgrading the existing washer top doors to PP clarified with Millad NX8000, which delivers previously unattainable levels of clarity, Suggar has provided the transparency that customers desire while significantly improving impact resistance for better durability. Further, due to lower density, the clarified PP is equivalent in cost to the SAN resin.
23 Jun 2008
CHEMTURA EXPANDS EUROPEAN TECHNICAL SERVICE LABORATORY FOR GROWTH IN POLYURETHANES
Chemtura Corporation’s Performance Specialties business has completed a substantial expansion at its European regional Technical Service laboratory—an investment to support further growth of its range of Adiprene®/Vibrathane® polyurethane prepolymers. The newly refurbished and upgraded laboratory is located at Chemtura’s European manufacturing plant in Latina, Italy, where it produces Adiprene®, Vibrathane® & Ribbon Flow® TDI and MDI prepolymers, Adiprene® Low Free TDI prepolymers and Vibracure® curatives.
19 Jun 2008
Efficast® Masks Offers Gold Standard in Patient Immobilization for Radiation Therapy
JERICHO, N.Y. - 19 June 2008 – Orfit Industries America today announced the expansion of its North American operations to give hospital-based and freestanding cancer centers faster access to their high-precision patient immobilization systems which use Efficast® thermoplastic masks. The company, whose technology is used in 75 percent of European radiation therapy facilities, is rapidly expanding in North America to meet demand for its products. Radiation therapy clinicians and radiation therapists who wish to improve treatment outcomes and increase patient comfort are upgrading to the superior immobilization performance and ease of use of Efficast masks.
