22 Sept 2011
Performance that innovates – innovations that perform: Clariant at ITMA 2011
Muttenz, 22 September 2011 – Clariant is launching more than 25 product, process and effect innovations during its daily “innovation sessions” at ITMA 2011. The new products add to an already unique portfolio and confirm Clariant as the innovation company in the textile chemicals industry. Clariant is a matchless system supplier of customized solutions and elevates the standards of the entire textiles value chain by offering benefits to all customers.
19 Sept 2011
Cooperation on Embedded Ethernet Solutions
Hirschmann™, one of the brands of the US data communications specialist Belden, and the system integrator port from Halle (Saale) have entered into an agreement for close cooperation in the area of Embedded Ethernet solutions.
19 Sept 2011
Azelis Coatings exhibiting at Eurocoat 2011
Azelis will exhibit at Eurocoat in Paris 27-29 September, stand number B05, highlighting their latest raw materials that meet today’s market trends.
19 Sept 2011
Songwon strengthens its sales team with new Manager Main Accounts
Ulsan, Korea – September 19, 2011 – Songwon Industrial has announced that Elena Scaltritti has joined the group as Manager Main Accounts in Europe. This is a further step in the strategy announced in March 2011 to meet the growing demand of customers worldwide with a team of professionals.
14 Sept 2011
SABIC to Join Automotive Innovation Joint Venture INPRO
BERLIN, Germany – September 7, 2011 – Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) announced in Berlin today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase an equity stake in INPRO, a joint venture dedicated to collaborative innovation in automotive production. SABIC will join Daimler, Siemens, ThyssenKrupp and Volkswagen as equity owners in the group. The Federal State of Berlin has also held shares in INPRO since its founding in 1983. SABIC comes to the JV with 45 years’ experience as a leading industry pioneer in automotive engineering plastics material technologies and application development, primarily through the dedicated automotive division of its Innovative Plastics strategic business unit, and will fully participate in INPRO’s joint innovation projects. Joining the INPRO JV reflects SABIC’s decades-long record of proactive engagement with the industry to advance lightweight material innovation across the world and to help OEM customers solve some of their most critical challenges.
14 Sept 2011
New MEVOPUR® additives give pharmaceutical packaging converters a productivity boost
Muttenz, 14 September 2011 – Pharmaceutical packaging converters can take advantage of a new range of sector-dedicated MEVOPUR® additives from Clariant to boost their productivity and cost-efficiency, with the assurance of regulatory compliant ingredients.
13 Sept 2011
Am Belden-Standort Neckartenzlingen starten zwölf Jugendliche ins Berufsleben bei Hirschmann
Anfang September 2011 haben gleich zwölf Jugendliche am Belden-Standort Neckartenzlingen, wo die Produkte der Marke Hirschmann™ entwickelt und produziert werden, eine Berufsausbildung begonnen. Neun von ihnen werden in den Lehrberufen Elektroniker für Geräte und Systeme, Mechatroniker, Fachinformatiker für Systemintegration und Verfahrensmechaniker ausgebildet. Drei junge Leute absolvieren an der Dualen Hochschule Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart die Studiengänge Angewandte Informatik und Betriebswirtschaftslehre.
13 Sept 2011
Clariant enables Oslo Airport to recycle two-thirds of aircraft de-icer
Muttenz, 13 September 2011 – A new Clariant recycling plant for aircraft de-icer is being inaugurated today at Norway’s Oslo International Airport. In the coming 2011-12 winter, it is expected that the unit will reprocess 60-70% of the aircraft de-icer fluid (ADF) used in Oslo. The recycled product – mono propylene glycol (MPG) – will substitute an estimated 700 metric tonnes per year of virgin material in de-icing and heat transfer applications.
