70% of Technology Executives Read Print Media for Technology News every Month – But Online News Most Popular – Eurocom Worldwide Survey

EurocomLondon, March 03, 2011 – 70% of executives in technology businesses read print journals at least once a month, and nearly half (48%) read print journals at least once a week. And national newspapers continue to be an important source for technology industry news. These are the findings of the latest annual technology market survey conducted by Eurocom Worldwide, the global PR network, in association with its member agencies around the world.

Clariant Oil Services to Launch VeriTrax® at CORROSION 2011

ClariantHouston, Texas (USA), 02 March 2011 – Specialty chemicals expert Clariant’s Oil Services business will introduce its VeriTrax® Automated Data Exchange system, an integrated chemical delivery and data management system for providing production chemicals to the oil and gas industry, at NACE CORROSION 2011 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, March 13-17, 2011.

RHODIA INVESTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF CYCLOPENTANONE AT ITS MELLE FACILITY IN FRANCE

Rhodia Aroma PerformanceLyon, France, March 2, 2011 ---- Rhodia invests in its cyclopentanone* production unit and confirms its leadership position in the fragrance markets.

Pallmann hires Peter Roth to strengthen sales in process technology sectors

Peter Roth has been appointed head of Pallmann Group’s new Process Technology business unit.
(Photo The Pallmann Group, PLMPR002)Zweibrücken, Germany (March 1, 2011) – Peter Roth has been appointed head of Pallmann Group’s new Process Technology business unit, effective January 1. In recent years, Pallmann has experienced an increasing number of enquiries and orders from the pharmaceutical, food technology, chemicals and related industries for its high-efficiency size reduction technologies. Orders for new plant, as well as extensive crushing and grinding tests in the company’s technical laboratory, together with calls for custom grinding, have all been rising sharply. Pallmann intends to develop this busines globally with a strengthened organization, headed by Roth (53).

Packaging producers save time and energy making better products with Milliken nucleating and clarifying agents

Food container made of Millad NX 8000 
(Photos Milliken, MKPR073, Copyright© 2010 Milliken & Company, All rights reserved)Visit Milliken at Hall 10 Stand C32
Interpack, May 12-18, Düsseldorf, Germany

Ghent, Belgium – Plastics additives producer Milliken will be at Interpack to demonstrate how its market-leading Millad® clarifying agents and Hyperform® HPN nucleating agents can make major contributions to converters’ process economics while ensuring improved product performance.

RHODIA SHOWCASES ON ORKILA’S BOOTH AT IME 2011 (DUBAI)

Rhodia Aroma PerformanceLyon, France, February 25, 2011 ---- From February 27 to March 02, 2011 Aroma Performance enterprise, part of the Rhodia Consumer Chemical Cluster, will be present at Ingredients Middle East (IME) exhibit in Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

FLOATING OIL PLATFORM IS HELD FIRM BY BACK-UP LINES MADE WITH DYNEEMA®

ConocoPhillips FPSO NanHai KaiTuo secured by back-up lines with Dyneema®The Netherlands, February 24, 2011 - Ropes made with Dyneema®, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), are being successfully used to secure rigs, Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs), Buoyant Turret Mooring (BTM) systems and similar constructions in the offshore oil and gas industry. Users are finding them invaluable when original equipment steel wire rope (SWR) and chains that secure mooring legs break or suffer damage. The back-up lines made with Dyneema® are installed as a safety feature until regular maintenance can be carried out.

DSM marks its transformation with new brand

DSM Engineering MaterialsRoyal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company today introduces a new company brand: Bright Science. Brighter Living™. The new brand is symbolic of the transition to the ‘new’ DSM.