29 Sept 2010
Global Clariant initiative to offer improved sustainability to the paper industry
Muttenz, September 29, 2010 - Clariant’s new initiative designed to support efforts by its customers in the paper industry to improve the sustainability of their own products and manufacturing processes will provide certified products, expertise and relevant safety data.
29 Sept 2010
Von Roll launches the new PARA-LITE® PHT20 armoring material based on HiPer-tex™ high performance fibreglass from 3B
Battice, Belgium – September 29, 2010 – To stay ahead of latest threats, police, military and paramilitary organisations can now benefit from lightweight, cost competitive, advanced composite materials.
28 Sept 2010
SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Flexible Noryl* Resin Gives Chiangyu’s DC and Data Cables Customized Aesthetics, Eco Edge, Superior Performance
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – September 28, 2010 – SABIC Innovative Plastics today announced that Chiangyu Electric, a leading Chinese wire and cable manufacturer and long-term customer, is helping to lead the rapid growth of Flexible Noryl* resin, a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and halogen-free, flame retardant alternative for wire cables into high-end direct current (DC) charger and data cables. Producing ultra-white, custom-colored cables from this high-end product, Chiangyu Electric can now offer consumer electronics OEMs fashionable new alternatives to traditional black and gray cables. SABIC Innovative Plastics’ ongoing investment in innovative technologies and sustainable solutions is enabling customers in the dynamic consumer electronics industry to keep pace with changing aesthetic trends and heed the call for ever-improved performance while meeting tough, global requirements for environmental protection.
28 Sept 2010
DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS FOCUS ON SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
As one of the world's leading suppliers of engineering thermoplastics, DSM Engineering Plastics showcases a wide array of environmentally responsible solutions at K 2010.
27 Sept 2010
Clariant’s Genapol® wetting agent provides all-round performance boost in emulsion paints
Muttenz, September 27, 2010 - The paint industry is on the constant look-out for sustainable solutions that improve performance and increase customer choice. Such a solution is available with Genapol® ED3060, a wetting agent for emulsion paints from Clariant that has outstanding wetting and low foaming properties at very low addition levels. It improves the compatibility of binders with numerous organic pigments that are difficult to disperse in the paint, making it easier to formulate a wide range of paint colours.
27 Sept 2010
Spanish PR Agency Latest New Member to Eurocom Worldwide, Expands Global PR Network
Eurocom Worldwide, the Global PR Network, is increasing its global reach by adding a new member agency in Spain. This again improves the network’s global ability to offer international communications services through local Public Relations agencies.
23 Sept 2010
SABIC Innovative Plastics Boosts Ultem* Resin Capacity by 35% at New World-Scale Cartagena Facility to Meet Growing European, World Demand
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – September 23, 2010 — Launching a new chapter in the history of one of its most renowned materials, SABIC Innovative Plastics today cut the ribbon at its new Ultem* polyetherimide (PEI) resin production facility here in Cartagena. This much-anticipated event marks a 35 percent increase in Ultem resin capacity for European and global customers. The state-of-the-art 300 million Euros facility, which is SABIC Innovative Plastics’ second Ultem resin plant, will provide customers with higher supply dependability. The plant also encompasses scalable capacity for producing ultra-high-performance Extem* resin grades and specialty intermediates (anhydrides). Proprietary process chemistry and cutting-edge manufacturing technologies will improve operating reliability and flexibility while minimizing the environmental impact of by-products. This major investment demonstrates the company’s unyielding commitment to reliable, scalable supplies of its Ultem and Extem resin grades, whose outstanding performance is driving ever-greater demand from global customers.
23 Sept 2010
EU APPROVES DYNEEMA® FIBERS FOR CUT RESISTANT GLOVES USED FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY
URMOND (NL), 23 September 2010 - Dyneema® ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers can now be used in cut resistant gloves for the food processing industry in Europe.
