Archroma appoints head of sustainability for Textile Specialties and releases its latest list of compliant products to the new ZDHC MRSL V 1.1

James Carnahan, Global Sustainability Manager for Textile Specialties at Archroma. 
(Photo: Archroma)Reinach, 13 January 2016 – Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, today announced that it has appointed a Sustainability Officer for its Textile Specialties business and released its list of products compliant with the new version 1.1 of its list of Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Manufacturing Restricted Substance List (MRSL) published in December 2015(1).

TE Connectivity Launches Range of Rectangular Heavy Duty Connectors

TE Connectivity launches range of rectangular Heavy Duty Connectors. (Source: TE Connectivity, PR031)DARMSTADT, Germany – January 13, 2016 – TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity, has launched a new range of rectangular Heavy Duty Connectors (HDC), suitable for a wide range of applications in harsh environments within machinery, robotics, railway, wind energy and conventional energy generation and distribution, during the SPS/IPC/Drives 2015 in Nuremberg.

Guardian Llodio celebrates its 80-year history

Javier Garcia (left), plant manager of Llodio Flat Glass, and Enrique Martinez, plant manager of Llodio Automotive, show off the custom-made T-shirt marking their plant’s 80th anniversary, during the Oct. 29 celebration at the facility. (Photo Guardian Industries Corp., GRDPR030)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.

DSM Dyneema’s Dyneema® fiber to be featured as go-to ingredient for advanced, new ballistic armor solutions at SHOT Show 2016

DyneemaStanley, 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.

Hello Niaga®, Goodbye waste

Circular economy breakthrough: Niaga® Technology enables the elimination of carpet waste. (Photos DSM-Niaga, DSMNGPR001) 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.

Clariant Presents Colors for 2017 in the Newest Edition of ColorForward®

Clariant Binder ColorForward® 2017. (Photo: Clariant)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.

Avery Dennison at FESPA Digital 2016 – new digital cast film, printable wall film & hands-on wrapping

Avery Dennison at FESPA Digital 2016 – new digital cast film, printable wall film & hands-on wrapping. (Photos: Avery Dennison, PR320)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.

DSM supplies Stanyl PA 46 for low-friction timing system parts on the latest generation petrol engines

DSM supplies Stanyl PA 46 for low-friction timing system parts on the latest generation petrol engines. 
(Photos: DSM Engineering Plastics: DSMPR478)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.