Clariant Signs Cooperation Agreement to Implement SNG Plant and Catalysts in China

Clariant provides a pilot plant for demonstration of Foster Wheeler’s VESTA substitute natural gas (SNG) technology with SNG Catalyst. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, June 13, 2013 - Clariant, a world leader in Specialty Chemicals, today announced that it has signed a long-term cooperation agreement with Wison Engineering Ltd and a subsidiary in Foster Wheeler's Global Engineering and Construction Group, to equip a pilot plant for demonstration of Foster Wheeler's VESTA substitute natural gas (SNG) technology with catalysts of Clariant. The pilot plant will be constructed in China and is planned to go on-stream during 2013.

AVERY DENNISON EXPANDS PRIME FILM PORTFOLIO

Avery DennisonMENTOR, Ohio, June 12, 2013 — Avery Dennison Corporation has added four new facestocks with a Bleached Glassine (BG) liner to its Prime Film Portfolio of BOPP films.

Plastics food packaging converters gain assurance on new regulatory compliance with updated polyolefins test information from SABIC

Companies in the food packaging chain using polyolefins (polyethylenes and polypropylenes) can now access SABIC’s new food safety and compliance declarations. (Photo SABIC, PR069)SITTARD, The Netherlands, June 11, 2013 - Companies in the food packaging chain using polyolefins (polyethylenes and polypropylenes) can now access SABIC’s new food safety and compliance declarations. SABIC is one of the first producers of plastics to the European food industry to have all its food contact declarations updated in line with changes to European Union regulations, three years ahead of the required 2016 deadline. These changes are intended to further increase the safety of packaged foods. SABIC has been required to retest all its polyolefins packaging materials to make sure they are compliant with the new testing conditions. SABIC provides hundreds of food contact declarations concerning its European polyolefins portfolio as an important service to its customers. The declarations are available on the European pages of www.sabic.com.

Clariant at Techtextil 2013 - Effects that perform chemistry that cares

Repellency and release. C6 and fluorine-free solutions. Nuva® N & Arkophob® FFR. (Photo: Clariant)Singapore, June 11, 2013 - Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, meets the performance priorities of technical textiles with advanced solutions, so as to ensure such textiles are always fully fit for function. At Techtextil 2013, Clariant will present "effects that perform and chemistry that cares" in three key focus areas - Repellence & Release; Flame Retardancy; and Stability & Resistance.

DSM engineering plastics provide more cost-efficient route to safer circuit breakers

DSM engineering plastics provide more cost-efficient route to safer circuit breakers (Photo: DSM Engineering Plastics: DSMPR379)Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, is the first engineering plastics supplier to offer a full portfolio of materials that can replace thermosets in demanding molded-case circuit breakers (MCCBs) with open arc extinguishing chambers. DSM has solutions for all the separate housing components, as well as for the functional internal parts in the arc extinguishing chamber of the circuit breaker, resulting in a 100% safe and cost-effective solution. Jiangsu Phono Electrical Co. Ltd is the first company to use Stanyl® in an arc chamber for MCCBs.

Avery Dennison presenta los papeles Fasson® Semi-Gloss en Colombia

Avery DennisonBogotá, Junio 2013 - Avery Dennison, líder mundial en materiales para etiquetas y empaque, introdujo en el mercado colombiano esta nueva innovación, que se presenta en dos versiones: Fasson® 54 # Semi-Gloss y Fasson® 60# Semi-Gloss Elite™.

Sealed Air brings fresh clarity to lightweight Cryovac® PP chilled food packaging with Millad® NX™ 8000

Sealed Air brings fresh clarity to lightweight Cryovac® PP chilled food packaging with Millad NX™ 8000. 
(Photos Milliken, MKPR098, Copyright© 2013 Milliken & Company, all rights reserved)Ghent, Belgium - Sealed Air Corporation is offering a range of lightweight PP trays and pots with high clarity for chilled foods thanks to Milliken's clarifying innovation Millad® NX™ 8000.

XIRAN® IZ from Polyscope helps to take the heat

XIRAN® IZ from Polyscope helps to take the heat.
(Photo Polyscope, PSPR008)Polyscope, the world's leading producer of styrene maleic anhydride (SMA) copolymers, has added a third dimension to its already extensive product portfolio by manufacturing terpolymers consisting of styrene, maleic anhydride and N-phenylmaleimide. These new products are commercialized and branded as XIRAN® IZ grades.