29 Oct 2012
Clariant Oil Services Wins 2012 ‘World Oil’ Award

- Company's PHASETREAT products named 'Best Production Chemicals'
- Products praised for focus on sustainability targets and research and development
29 Oct 2012
DSM Launches New Halogen-free Flame Retardant Stanyl Products for Electronics Market
DSM has launched a series of new halogen-free flame retardant Stanyl compounds for the electronics market, namely, Stanyl® SC50 and Stanyl® MC50. Manufacturers of connectors, sockets and electronics components can now enjoy the traditional strengths of Stanyl products such as toughness and high flow with more reliable and trouble free processability. This new generation of materials incorporates technology to address issues associated with other High Temperature Polyamides. Products are being commercially sold and sample quantities are also available.
26 Oct 2012
Clariant and Wilmar establish Joint Venture for amines and selected amines derivatives

- 50-50 Global Joint Venture
- Clariant’s Amines Competence meets Wilmar’s Oleochemical Expertise
25 Oct 2012
Embracing Safety - DSM wins Model Enterprise award for Building SHE Community Culture
DSM has received the "Model Enterprise Award" for the way the company has been building a Safety Culture at its site in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China.
25 Oct 2012
Belden creates an interface for customer-specific developments - the Connectivity Center
Schalksmühle, Germany - October 25, 2012 - Belden Inc., a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission critical applications, has founded the Connectivity Center to speed up customer-specific developments in the EMEA region. Customer-specific developments are offered for connectors and cordsets as well as for active and passive I/O modules for fieldbus or Ethernet networks from its Lumberg Automation brand. The optimum solutions that emerge from such developments make for smooth production processes while cutting total cost of ownership, TCO.
24 Oct 2012
Thermally conductive thermoplastic polyester PET XL-T from DSM provides new solution for auto lighting and electronics components
A new thermally conductive thermoplastic polyester from DSM provides automotive electronics developers and designers with an innovative solution in overcoming heat management issues in such components as foglamp housings, lens holders and AFL (Adaptive Forward Lighting) frames, while minimizing any addition to vehicle weight and fuel consumption. In addition, as future LED Lighting systems do get more efficient and consume less power, this material will offer weight and cost saving potential for these Electronics driven systems as well by its unique combination of heat management, mechanics and high dimensional stability. It is also suitable for numerous types of automotive electronic components.
24 Oct 2012
UK's Royal Fleet Auxiliary New Fleet of Tankers to Use GE Drive Technology for Energy Efficient Hybrid Propulsion

- GE's Electrical Propulsion Drive Train Selected for Royal Fleet Auxiliary's New Fleet of Support Tankers
- Order Highlights How GE's Technology is Helping to Drive the Global Naval Sector
23 Oct 2012
DSM increases capacity for innovative solar coatings
Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, today announces that it is increasing the installed manufacturing capacity for KhepriCoat® anti-reflective coating. The additional capacity is expected to be on stream by the end of 2012 at the Chemelot site in Geleen, the Netherlands. The need for additional coating supply is a direct result of the fast growing market for solar energy.
