19 Dec 2012
SABIC’s Vibrant LEXAN™ THERMOCLICK™ Sheet Echoes the Dynamo's Distinctive Brand on Houston’s New BBVA Compass Stadium
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands, December 19, 2012 - When Houston's new BBVA Compass Stadium opened this year, Houston Dynamo fans were welcomed with a brilliant display of the soccer team's distinctive orange brand featured on enclosed entrances with a vibrant shade of LEXAN™ THERMOCLICK™ sheet from SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business. This new, state-of-the-art, open-air stadium is the first U.S. stadium to utilize polycarbonate (PC) LEXAN THERMOCLICK sheet product for its enclosed entrance façade. Enhanced design freedom and a brilliant orange color provided by SABIC’s 50-mm THERMOCLICK sheet made a major contribution to the unique style of the new urban stadium, which reflects the industrial heritage of its East Downtown location and the Dynamo brand. The material’s nine-wall configuration delivers a high level of thermal insulation for energy savings, and the 1,000-mm wide panels – twice the width of traditional panels – reduced installation time and labor to support tight construction budgets. The stadium is a new milestone in SABIC’s three decades of success delivering state-of-the-art materials to help architects and designers achieve ever-higher levels of safety, durability and design excellence.
17 Dec 2012
Clariant launches new fashion trend and color guides for Spring/Summer 2014
Muttenz, December 17, 2012 – Clariant’s new Global Color Card and Fashion up! trend booklet provide a definitive tactile route map to the fashion trends and colors influencing leather for Spring/Summer 2014. The guides are the interpretation of an international trend workshop by Clariant’s creative leather technicians, and colors developed in close cooperation with Modeurop, the Fashion Pool at DSI (Das Schuhinstitut GmbH). Based on the themes detailed here, the trend booklet provides actual leather samples that Clariant’s customers can work with in developing their collections for the warmer months of 2014.
17 Dec 2012
The EcoFlex'IT Concept is Establishing Belden's Hirschmann Brand as "GreenChoice" Supplier for Network Infrastructure Applications
Neckartenzlingen, Germany - December 17, 2012 - Belden Inc., a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, and its Hirschmann switches are helping customers in the EMEA region to create environmentally responsible and sustainable network infrastructures. Earlier this year, the first of two major building projects in France involved the installation of exactly such an infrastructure.
17 Dec 2012
PC Automotive Glazing Gains Momentum with Launch of Fiat’s 500L MPV Using SABIC’s LEXAN™ Resin in Rear Fixed Side Windows
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands, December 17, 2012 - SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business is marking continued progress in the adoption of its polycarbonate (PC) glazing materials for automotive window applications with Fiat’s new 500L multi-purpose vehicle (MPV), which features rear fixed side windows molded from SABIC’s clear LEXAN™ GLX resin and black CYCOLOY™ resin. These high-performance SABIC materials help reduce weight by about 35 percent, improve aerodynamic efficiency and achieve the desired styling vs. glass. The Fiat 500L has already launched in Europe and is set to roll out in the United States in early 2013. The rear fixed side windows of the vehicle will be the first in the United States to use two-shot injection compression molding, which allows for the seamless integration of an aerodynamic spoiler. The Fiat 500L windows demonstrate the enabling power of SABIC’s PC glazing materials, the practical application of PC glazing in today’s mass production vehicles and the continued traction of PC glazing in the automotive industry.
15 Dec 2012
Avery Dennison presente en Navidad
Buenos Aires, Diciembre 2012 – Con la llegada de las fiestas, Avery Dennison, líder mundial en materiales para etiquetas y empaque, decidió realizar una importante donación para los chicos del hospital de niños Pedro de Elizalde (ex Casa Cuna), de Buenos Aires.
13 Dec 2012
Avery Dennison launches online designer showcase featuring tips and advice from leading design firms
LEIDEN, the Netherlands - December 13, 2012 - The Label and Packaging Materials division of Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE:AVY) today launched a global Designer Showcase (www.designershowcase.averydennison.com) that features insights, examples and personal stories about packaging and design from some of the world’s leading designers and design school students.
13 Dec 2012
DSM's Arnitel VT provides PFC-free alternative for breathable membranes in outdoor clothing
Outdoor clothing can be made waterproof and highly breathable with ultrathin membranes made from Arnitel® VT from DSM. Arnitel VT is a very flexible thermoplastic elastomer that, when made into membranes just a few microns thick, is 100% waterproof but also highly breathable and comfortable. The material contains no PFCs (perfluorinated chemicals) and is 100% recyclable.
13 Dec 2012
Reverdia starts operations at the world’s first large-scale plant for bio-based succinic acid
Reverdia, the joint venture between life sciences and materials sciences company DSM and Roquette Frères, a global producer of starch and starch-derivatives, has begun operations in Cassano Spinola, Italy, at a commercial-scale plant producing Biosuccinium™ sustainable succinic acid. The plant, which has a capacity of about 10,000 tonnes/yr, is unique in its kind, being the world’s first dedicated large-scale plant for the production of succinic acid from renewable resources. It is also the only commercial facility to benefit from experience gained using low-pH yeast technology on a demonstration plant scale; Reverdia regards this as essential to be able to promise further improvements in product quality.
