13 Jan 2016
Guardian Llodio celebrates its 80-year history
Bertrange, Luxembourg, January 13, 2016 – The Guardian Industries Corp. plant in Llodio, Spain, just south of Bilbao, recently marked 29,200 days – or 80 years – of operation, and company officials gathered all the site’s employees to celebrate the plant’s long and storied history.
12 Jan 2016
DSM Dyneema’s Dyneema® fiber to be featured as go-to ingredient for advanced, new ballistic armor solutions at SHOT Show 2016
Stanley, N.C., Jan. 12, 2016 - Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber, manufactured by DSM Dyneema, is the key component in a number of new ballistic armor solutions that will be introduced next week at SHOT Show 2016, Jan. 19-22 at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nev.
12 Jan 2016
Hello Niaga®, Goodbye waste
DSM-Niaga has developed a portfolio of new, proprietary and patent-protected technologies to fully close the loop on carpet materials, allowing them to be ‘alive, again and again’, a real circular economy breakthrough. DSM-Niaga is a joint venture between DSM, a global science based company active in health, nutrition and materials, and Niaga, a Dutch provider of sustainable materials solutions. The Niaga® technology is now commercially available to the industry enabling the elimination of carpet waste, based on well-defined pure materials without compromising quality of the carpet - on the contrary. These materials can be recovered in an economically sound way based on industrial-scale processes and turned into valuable materials that can be reused again to make carpets, and also other products such as automotive textiles.
12 Jan 2016
Clariant Presents Colors for 2017 in the Newest Edition of ColorForward®
Muttenz, January 12, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has released ColorForward® 2017, the 11th annual color forecasting guide for the plastics industry. The 2017 guide visualizes trends like data mining, growing social disconnection and the search for more meaningful lives.
11 Jan 2016
Avery Dennison at FESPA Digital 2016 – new digital cast film, printable wall film & hands-on wrapping
OEGSTGEEST, the Netherlands — January 11, 2016 — Avery Dennison is launching 6 new digital products at the 2016 FESPA Digital exhibition, under the theme ‘HERE FOR YOU’. The stand in Hall 1 will feature new MPI™ 1104 cast films, a new digital wall film portfolio, and their latest application trainings and workshops.
11 Jan 2016
DSM supplies Stanyl PA 46 for low-friction timing system parts on the latest generation petrol engines
Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, announces that a special lubricated grade of its Stanyl® polyamide 46 has been chosen for low-friction slide shoes within the timing system on a new generation of energy-efficient turbocharged petrol engines. The timing systems parts are produced by the EU based precision injection molding company Quadrant Creative Molding & Systems (QCMS) in Tielt, Belgium. The system items are supplied by Tsubakimoto UK in Nottingham, a subsidiary of the global Tsubaki Group, a leader in automotive timing chain systems.
11 Jan 2016
Milliguard® AOX-1 one of two Milliken award winners in 2015 R&D 100 Awards
Ghent, Belgium – Milliken & Company was honored with two R&D 100 Awards for 2015, given by R&D Magazine. Recognized as the “Oscars of Innovation,” this marks Milliken’s fourth consecutive year receiving this distinction and second consecutive year with two technologies awarded.
11 Jan 2016
Clariant's Tangerang site receives Halal certification in Indonesia
Singapore, January 11, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today that its production site located in Tangerang, Indonesia under the business unit of Industrial & Consumer Specialties (ICS) has received the Halal certification in Indonesia. With the certification, Clariant's products will be granted better access to Muslim consumers located in countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia in Southeast Asia.
