18-01-2012
DSM to launch new line of bio-based materials via partnership with Empresa Brasileira de Biotechnologia (EBRABIOTECH)
Royal DSM, the global Life and Material Sciences company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding between its US-based Business Unit DSM Functional Materials and Empresa Brasileira de Biotechnologia (Ebrabiotech) of Brazil for the launch of a new line of DSM-branded bio-based materials targeting the concrete floor coatings market. The initiative focuses on the development of bio-based castor oil materials, which is non-edible and helps to lower the total carbon footprint.
17-01-2012
Clariant successfully issues EUR 500 million Eurobond
Muttenz, January 17, 2012 – Today, Clariant successfully priced an Eurobond transaction of EUR 500 million with a tenor of 5 years, issued by Clariant Finance (Luxembourg) S.A. and guaranteed by Clariant Ltd.
17-01-2012
Belden introduces two new multiple-port firewalls from its Hirschmann™ product range
Belden has introduced Hirschmann™ EAGLE20-0400 and EAGLE30-0402 firewalls which deliver significant cost savings whilst achieving greater link speeds.
16-01-2012
New DSM Akulon grade delivers halogen free solution for Nova Elektrik
To meet the needs of Nova Elektrik, a leading Turkish producer of electromechanical components for the white goods industry, DSM Engineering Plastics offered a halogen free grade of Akulon® PA6, K225 KV, which is able to pass glow wire test on end product and to meet challenging design. Akulon K225 KV is the first halogen free material of its kind.
12-01-2012
Gli stabilimenti di SABIC in Brasile e in Argentina ottengono la certificazione per produrre resine biocompatibili e conformi alle direttive della FDA per il fiorente mercato medicale dell'America del Sud
BERGEN OP ZOOM, Paesi Bassi – 12 gennaio 2012 – L'unità Innovative Plastics di SABIC ha annunciato oggi che i suoi impianti produttivi di Campinas, in Brasile, e di Tortuguitas, in Argentina, hanno ottenuto la certificazione necessaria per poter produrre resine biocompatibili e conformi alle direttive della U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) per il crescente mercato medicale dell'America del Sud e sono quindi in grado di contribuire ad abbattere i tempi di consegna, ridurre i costi di inventario ed accrescere la flessibilità nell'acquisto dei materiali. Ci si aspetta che i mercati medicali di otto paesi dell'America del Sud - Brasile, Messico, Argentina, Cile, Venezuela, Perù, Colombia e Cuba - mostrino un tasso di crescita annuo composto (CAGR) pari al 4,6 percento tra il 2008 e il 2013, raggiungendo i 9,2 miliardi di dollari USA, secondo le notizie dell’agenzia Espicom Health Intelligence sul settore medicale. Per soddisfare questa crescente domanda, SABIC si impegna a fornire ai clienti locali un accesso rapido e agevole ai suoi materiali ad alte prestazioni - come ad esempio le resine biocompatibili policarbonato (PC) Lexan* HP - e alle risorse tecniche di cui hanno bisogno per portare sul mercato una nuova generazione di applicazioni medicali.
12-01-2012
EasyWhite Tan – ICIS Innovation Award Honors Clariant's Revolutionary Tanning Process
Muttenz, January 12, 2012 - Clariant's new EasyWhite Tan tanning process has been honored at this year's Innovation Awards organized by ICIS. The leading international information provider for the chemical industry recognises EasyWhite Tan for being especially environmentally friendlier. The new EasyWhite Tan method is considered the first fundamental advance in tanning for 125 years.
12-01-2012
Clariant introduces performance and productivity advantages to the leather sector at IILF 2012
Muttenz/Mumbai, January 12, 2012 - Clariant invites visitors to IILF, the Indian International Leather Fair, to “Sense the Difference” in performance and productivity possibilities created by its revolutionary new products and systems for the leather and footwear sectors. During the last six months, Clariant has launched an unprecedented number of innovations, which it will showcase alongside eye-catching leathers and other exciting advances at Booth 3-17-B, hall 2/3 from February 1-3, 2012 at the Chennai Trade Centre.
23-12-2011
Clariant is named Pigment Supplier of the Year by Sitivesp
Muttenz/ São Paulo, December 23, 2011 - Sitivesp, the Union of Paints & Coatings producers of the State of São Paulo, has named Clariant “Supplier of the Year” in the Pigment category of its annual award scheme. This is the 17th time, in the 20 year history of the award, that Clariant has been chosen as the best Pigment supplier.
