08-07-2009
Owens Corning Expands Technical Fabrics Capacity in Asia to Support Customers in Region’s Wind Energy Market
BEIJING, July 8, 2009 – Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), a world leader in glass fiber reinforcements and residential and commercial building materials, announced today that the company is supporting its wind blade fabrication customers in Asia by expanding capacity to produce technical fabrics at its manufacturing facilities in Chanzhou and Doudian, China and Taloja, India.
06-07-2009
POLYSCOPE'S XIRAN® FILLS INDUSTRY GAP LEFT BY NOVA CHEMICALS' DYLARK® EXIT
Economic turbulence has made a more visible impact on the automotive industry than any other. One of the most recent effects is the decision by Nova Chemicals to discontinue production of its Dylark® styrene maleic anhydride (SMA) engineering resins, important materials for dashboard carriers and other car components.
06-07-2009
DSM PRESENTA LE ULTIME INNOVAZIONI NELLE APPLICAZIONI ELETTRICHE ED ELETTRONICHE PER IL SETTORE AUTO
DSM Engineering Plastics ha introdotto una gamma di nuovi materiali e di gradi specifici di materiali esistenti, sviluppati per offrire le prestazioni richieste e al tempo stesso allinearsi all’evoluzione dell’industria, orientata verso soluzioni sempre più leggere, efficaci ed ecocompatibili.
02-07-2009
I nuovi compositi, schiume e fibre Ultem* di SABIC Innovative Plastics
Ridefiniscono il concetto di prestazioni estreme, offrendo ai clienti maggiori opportunità di crescita
CHICAGO – 22 giugno 2009 – SABIC Innovative Plastics raggiunge livelli di rendimento estremo con le sue resine Ultem* lanciando oggi, all’NPE 2009, le nuove tecnologie di compositi, fibre e schiume Ultem. Questi innovativi prodotti sono stati realizzati proprio per offrire ai clienti un vantaggio competitivo mai raggiunto prima: nuovi materiali all’avanguardia in grado di creare opportunità di crescita praticamente illimitate nei mercati esistenti, nuovi ed emergenti. I nuovi materiali si basano su un prodotto della società che ha già riscosso enorme successo, la resina in polieterimmide (PEI) Ultem, una materia termoplastica ben nota nel settore per aver assicurato ai clienti anni di prestazioni ottimali in applicazioni estremee resistenti alle temperature più elevate. SABIC Innovative Plastics presenta i nuovi materiali Ultem allo stand W123011.
30-06-2009
IL TPC ARNITEL® OFFRE VANTAGGI PER I CONDOTTI A DEPRESSIONE DEL SERVOFRENO DELLA FORD FIESTA
Ford ha scelto il TPC Arnitel di DSM Engineering Plastics per la produzione dei condotti a depressione del servofreno montato sulla nuova Ford Fiesta, riconoscendo i vantaggi offerti da Arnitel per questa applicazione specifica. Arnitel viene già utilizzato in applicazioni simili in vari modelli della gamma Ford: Ford Mondeo, Ford S-Max, Ford C-Max, Ford Galaxy e Ford Focus.
29-06-2009
PR Network Welcomes New Member Agencies in Denmark and Finland
KommunikationsGruppen in Copenhagen and CommitCom in Helsinki have become the newest members of global alliance of independent communications agencies.
25-06-2009
DSM DYNEEMA LAUNCHES DYNEEMA® HB80 UD MATERIAL PROVIDING HIGHEST PROTECTION AT LIGHTEST WEIGHT IN ARMOR APPLICATIONS
McLEAN (VA), June 25, 2009 - DSM Dyneema today introduced Dyneema® HB80, a unidirectional (UD) composite that meets the joint US Army and Marine challenge to increase the fragmentation performance by at least 35 percent of advanced combat helmets. Dyneema® HB80 also has the potential to provide law enforcement SWAT units with helmets offering existing protection at half the current weight. It is the latest product in an expanding series of materials being developed by DSM Dyneema to substantially lighten the load for soldiers and law enforcement.
24-06-2009
DSM DYNEEMA INTRODUCES DYNEEMA® BT10 – FIRST IN NEW RANGE OF BALLISTIC TAPE PRODUCTS FOR USE IN LIGHTWEIGHT, HIGH PROTECTION VEHICLE ARMOR
URMOND (NL), June 24, 2009 - DSM Dyneema today launched Dyneema® BT10, its first commercially available product made from a novel, proprietary ballistic tape (BT) technology. The announcement was made jointly at the DVD exhibition, (Millbrook, UK), with Ten Cate Advanced Armour, who has selected Dyneema® BT10 for armor upgrading on the Patria XA-188 APC commissioned by the Dutch DMO (Defensie Materieel Organisatie). The vehicles will be used by the Dutch military forces stationed in Afghanistan and delivery is expected to be completed by October 2009.
