TEAM VAN DSM DYNEEMA IN ROPARUN 2009

Een hardloopteam van medewerkers van DSM Dyneema, van de Site Heerlen en van het kantoor in Urmond (L.), neemt deel aan de achttiende editie van de Roparun. (Foto DSM Dyneema, Roparun)URMOND (NL), 18 maart 2009 -Een hardloopteam van medewerkers van DSM Dyneema, van de Site Heerlen en van het kantoor in Urmond (L.), neemt deel aan de achttiende editie van de Roparun. De Roparun is een non-stop estafetteloop waarbij teams van acht lopers in totaal 530 kilometer afleggen van Parijs, via Noord-Frankrijk en België, naar Rotterdam. De start heeft plaats op zaterdag 30 mei in Parijs Le Bourget en op maandag 1 juni, Tweede Pinksterdag, finishen de lopers op de Coolsingel in Rotterdam. De eerste Roparun werd gelopen in 1992 en er deden toen dertien teams mee. In 2009 doen er 275 teams mee.

STOCKO CONTACT RECOGNISES STANYL® FORTII™ UNIQUE BALANCE OF PROPERTIES FOR WORLDWIDE FIRST SMT RAST CONNECTOR APPLICATION

STOCKO Contact, one of the leading European manufacturers of electro-mechanical components, and the first company in Europe to introduce a SMT RAST connector, has extended its product range with two new series of SMT pin connectors for use in domestic appliance engineering. For this new application, Stocko Contact tested a flame retardant (UL94-V0) halogen free 30% glass filled grade of Stanyl ForTii from DSM Engineering Plastics. (Photo: DSM Engineering Plastics: DSMPR233)STOCKO Contact, one of the leading European manufacturers of electro-mechanical components, and the first company in Europe to introduce a SMT RAST connector, has extended its product range with two new series of SMT pin connectors for use in domestic appliance engineering. Following trials of DSM’s new high performance polymer Stanyl® ForTii™, Stocko now plans to switch all their SMT connectors to Stanyl ForTii.

DSM DYNEEMA SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVES PATENT INFRINGEMENT DISPUTE WITH BELPROTECT

DyneemaURMOND (NL), 12 March 2009 - DSM Dyneema, inventor and manufacturer of Dyneema®, the world's strongest fiber™, announced today that it has reached a settlement with Belgian company Belprotect that ends a patent infringement dispute related to patented DSM Dyneema technology.

European customers can count on Songwon for security of supply from their new warehouse in Antwerp

European customers can count on Songwon for security of supply from their new warehouse in Antwerp. Songwon’s target is to become the partner of choice for its customer by always providing the optimum solution. This has led Songwon to providing dedicated extensive warehousing facilities and a packaging line at one of the most important distribution points in Europe. (Photos Songwon Industrial Co.,Ltd., PR017)
Ulsan, Korea – March 12, 2009 – Songwon’s target is to become the partner of choice for its customer by always providing the optimum solution. This has led Songwon to providing dedicated extensive warehousing facilities and a packaging line at one of the most important distribution points in Europe.

Clariant to launch strategic production facilities in Zhenjiang, China

ClariantHong Kong, 10 March, 2009 Leading specialty chemical company Clariant is building a surfactants plant in Zhenjiang, Eastern China to help meet the needs of the country’s growing demand. The new facility is scheduled for production in the middle of 2009.

DSM opens new factory for waterborne acrylic resins in Waalwijk

DSM new factory for waterborne acrylic resins in Waalwijk (Netherlands). (Photos: DSM NeoResins+, PR002)
Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, announces that today a new factory for waterborne acrylic resins has been opened in Waalwijk (Netherlands). Total investment costs amounted to EUR 30 million.

Clavister SG3210 obtient la première place au test comparatif de solutions UTM réalisé par le magazine « Network Computing »

Clavister SG3210 obtient la première place au test comparatif de solutions UTM réalisé par le magazine « Network Computing ». (Photo Clavister, PR006)
9 mars 2009 – Clavister, spécialiste de la sécurité sur IP et des solutions UTM, arrive en tête d'un test comparatif d'appliances UTM destinées aux PME. Réalisé par le laboratoire de tests Real-World Labs, le comparatif a confronté six éditeurs leaders dans ce domaine, pour le compte du magazine allemand « Network Computing ». Lors du test de la vitesse de la bande passante, avec filtres Web et antivirus activés, il est apparu que la solution SG3210 de Clavister était trois fois plus performante que son concurrent le plus proche, et dix fois plus que la moyenne des autres solutions.

A SABIC Innovative Plastics ajuda a PWB Health Ltd. a atrair as atenções para a conscientização do câncer de mama na MD&M (Medical Design and Manufacturing) com o premiado Breastlight

O Breastlight, da PWB Health, fabricado com resinas médico-hospitalares da SABIC Innovative Plastics>BERGEN OP ZOOM, Holanda – 6 de março de 2009 – Na luta contra o câncer de mama, as mulheres podem realizar auto-exames a fim de observar alterações em suas mamas. Hoje, a nova empresa de ciências biológicas PWB Health Ltd., de Dumbarton, Escócia, apresentou na MD&M West, o premiado Breastlight, um dispositivo de uso doméstico que facilita a realização de auto-exames iluminando literalmente o tecido mamário, a fim de indicar alterações internas. Para otimizar o desempenho e a durabilidade do Breastlight, as resinas médico-hospitalares Lexan* e Cycoloy* da SABIC Innovative Plastics são usadas na carcaça e nas lentes do dispositivo. Esses materiais em grades médicos, combinados com o valor agregado em serviços técnicos e de projeto fornecidos pela SABIC Innovative Plastics, ajudaram a PWB Health a levar o Breastlight rapidamente ao mercado – oferecendo às mulheres uma nova e sofisticada ferramenta como parte de sua rotina normal de conscientização da saúde mamária.