14 Mar 2013
GE Power Conversion to Supply one of the World's Most Advanced Wind Turbine Test Facilities
PARIS - March 14, 2013 - GE's Power Conversion business (NYSE: GE) has signed a turnkey contract with the Lindoe Offshore Renewables Center (LORC), a Danish center for test of renewable energy technology, for the construction, commissioning and handover of one of the world's most advanced facilities to test wind turbine nacelles with an output power of up to 10 Megawatts (MW). The Lindoe Nacelle Testing project (LNT) will be located in the Lindø Industrial Park on Funen, Denmark's fourth-largest island. It will be ready for first tests in 2014.
14 Mar 2013
QUADRANT LAUNCHES BROADEST RANGE OF EU 10/2011 COMPLIANT STOCK SHAPES FOR FOOD INDUSTRY
Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (EPP) has updated its range of Food Grade Plastics in line with the new European Union Regulation (EU) 10/2011. The move makes Quadrant EPP the first and only engineering plastics´ manufacturer to offer such a broad and fully-tested range of thermoplastic stock shapes complying with the regulation.
14 Mar 2013
Clariant presents new renewable-based Ceridust® waxes
Muttenz, March 14, 2013 - Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, presents the very latest in renewable-based waxes combining demand for more natural, sustainable products with state-of-the-art performance at European Coatings Show 2013.
13 Mar 2013
GE Power Conversion’s technology helps make the next generation of cruise ships cleaner and greener
PARIS - March 13, 2013 - GE’s Power Conversion business (NYSE: GE) today announced that the latest addition to the MSC Cruises’ fleet, MSC Preziosa, has successfully completed sea trials that will move it closer to commissioning. The vessel is one of the newest cruise ships that is part of a growing global electrification trend that replaces mechanical equipment with electrical power generation and propulsion technology. Over the last year passenger vessels have experienced a growth rate of 3.3% with 20.9 million passengers in 2012. The growth forecast for the next five years is projected to be 3% with six new ships being built per year for the next three years. Electrical equipment on cruise lines improves the fuel efficiency, comfort, safety and reliability of the ships operations. Electrical technology helps cruise line owners operate cleaner and greener fleets around the globe.
13 Mar 2013
Avery Dennison lanza nuevas películas metalizadas para etiquetas especiales
Buenos Aires, Abril de 2013 - Con el objetivo de ofrecer más opciones para que las grandes marcas puedan diferenciar sus productos en el punto de venta, Avery Dennison, líder mundial en materiales para etiquetas y empaque, ofrece al mercado dos nuevos materiales: una versión metálica de Global MDO y FasClear. Además del efecto metálico y la impresión en una amplia gama de colores, el material conserva sus atributos naturales: mayor productividad y sustentabilidad.
13 Mar 2013
Songwon to demonstrate a broad range of automotive solutions at the VDI Congress in Mannheim
Ulsan, Korea - March 13, 2013 - Songwon Industrial Group (www.songwon.com), the second largest manufacturer of polymer stabilizers in the world, and a leading global supplier of additives and other chemicals to the plastic industry, is once again to participate in the VDI Plastics in Automotive Engineering Congress in Mannheim, Germany (March 13-14, 2013). Songwon's additives play an important role in automotive applications by improving processing parameters and increasing the properties of plastic parts in all vehicles.
12 Mar 2013
Belden Presents HiView, a New Interface for Hirschmann Switches
Neckartenzlingen, Germany - March 12, 2013 - Belden Inc., a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, has introduced HiView in the EMEA region, a new tool that gives access to the graphical user interfaces (GUIs) of managed switches in its Hirschmann range, without the need for a web browser. This tool, which supports a variety of Windows and Linux operating systems, also serves as a client for the network management software Industrial HiVision. Java libraries no longer need to be installed on users’ computers, thus increasing the availability of both the user interface and the network.
11 Mar 2013
Clariant Exolit® flame retardants receive EU recognition
Muttenz, March 11, 2013 - A European Union commissioned study of flame retardants for smartphones, laptops and other electrical and electronics applications has acknowledged the environmental and health benefits of pioneering Exolit® non-halogenated flame retardants from Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals.
