Bio Base Europe develops the region into the bio-based economy gateway in Europe

Inauguration of Bio Base Europe. 
From left to right: Peter van den Kieboom, head of the Bio Base Europe Training Center, Minister Patricia Ceysens, Minister of Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade of Flanders, Belgium, Cees Kortleve, Acting Managing Director, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Prof. Dr. ir. Wim Soetaert in charge of the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant.
Gent, 7 May 2009 – Minister Patricia Ceysens, Minister of Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade of Flanders, Belgium, and Acting Managing Director Cees Kortleve of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs gave the official starting shot for Bio Base Europe on Monday 27 April. This Flemish-Dutch collaborative project will transform the Gent-Terneuzen Canal Zone into the most important centre for the bio-based economy in Europe. By applying technological innovation and training, this initiative will speed up the transition to a sustainable, bio-based economy.

Clariant launches concept strategy for personal care

Clariant launches concept strategy for personal care. (Photo’s: Clariant International Ltd, PR035)
May 7, 2009 - Specialty chemicals expert Clariant launches a new application concept strategy to approach the particular needs of fast-growing personal care market segments. Its concepts for men‘s care and wet wipes apply Clariant‘s expertise, its broad portfolio of innovative skin care and hair care lines, and extensive manufacturing and R&D support, in a focused way to help customers more easily meeting the demands of their sectors.

HONEYWELL DEVELOPING LOW-GLOBAL-WARMING-POTENTIAL LIQUID BLOWING AGENT FOR FOAM INSULATION

HoneywellMAASTRICHT, THE NETHERLANDS, March 31, 2009 – Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today it is developing a new low-global-warming-potential blowing agent for energy-efficient polyurethane foam insulation.

EMG strengthens organisation with new team member

Kevin Noels
(Foto EMG, EMGPR025)Bergen op Zoom, May 6, 2009 – Kevin Noels has recently joined EMG in Europe as Account Executive and will focus on the development and implementation of media relation programmes for a number of key industrial client accounts.

Clariant With Strong Cash Flow Despite Continuing Weak Demand

Clariant• Sales down 19% in local currencies and 24% in CHF on weak demand

Les entrepreneurs ont la tête dans le nuage… informatique

Clavister5 mai 2009 – Le "Cloud Computing" fait incontestablement la Une de l’actualité du secteur Informatique. Ce nouveau concept économique possède un avantage majeur: un fournisseur unique délivrant une variété de ressources IT en mode SaaS (Software as a Service), via Internet. Cependant des experts en Sécurité Réseaux de la société Clavister ont noté qu’avec l’arrivée de cette nouvelle technologie, de nombreux professionnels ont vu apparaître des problèmes liés à la sécurité et à la confidentialité de leurs données.

Printing Problems Purged with Clariant’s Cartabond® KZI and MZI

ClariantMuttenz, May 5, 2009 - Specialty chemicals company Clariant has solved a process problem that has plagued printers for decades. The Company has developed Cartabond® KZI and MZI, ground-breaking new technology which reduces debris that can impair the quality of printing.

New technology from Hirschmann

[Precision time Protocol version 2 (PTP v2) precision in the nanosecond range. (Photo Belden, BLDPR104] The Hirschmann automation and control GmbH, Neckartenzlingen, extended its product program by a new media module for the Switches of the MICE family. The new media module leads the MICE family one step further to the future.