6 Feb 2018
Clariant MEVOPUR® and REMAFIN-EP® Ingredients Fully Comply With 2020 USP<661.1> Requirements
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announces completion of testing on ingredients in its MEVOPUR and REMAFIN-EP product ranges in order to bring them into full compliance with USP <661.1>. The new standard for pharmaceutical packaging and drug delivery devices doesn’t take effect until May 2020, when it will impact all current and future drugs on the U.S. market. Clariant is completing the testing process now to help customers “future-proof” packaging launched in the interim and, in addition, to offer data to support the ICH-Q3D guidelines for risk assessment of elemental impurities in drugs.
5 Feb 2018
Ascend to demonstrate quality, consistency of supply for Vydyne® PA66 at Plastindia
Ascend Performance Materials, the world’s largest fully integrated producer of nylon 6,6 resin, will demonstrate its ability to provide cost-effective solutions across markets at Plastindia 2018. Ascend will showcase its reliability of supply and the diversity of products made with its signature Vydyne® PA66, including cable ties, automotive engine compartment components and consumer and industrial products, especially cooking utensils.
5 Feb 2018
Yupo Corporation America Joins SGP Community as Silver Patron
he Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), the leading authority in sustainable printing certifications for print manufacturers, announced Yupo Corporation America is the latest SGP Patron at the silver level. Through patronage, Yupo Corporation America, along with other industry leaders dedicated to promoting sustainability, support SGP and keep costs low for certification of print facilities.
5 Feb 2018
Archroma and WWF Pakistan pledge to work for sustainable water conservation solutions
Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Pakistan). The MoU paves the way for formal cooperation between the two institutions in Pakistan, leading to projects mainly related to water conservation in the textile industry there.
5 Feb 2018
ARLANXEO launches Keltan KSA - EPDM rubbers produced in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
ARLANXEO, a leading synthetic elastomers company has signed an agreement with Saudi Aramco Products Trading company, headquartered in Dhahran, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, pertaining to the marketing and sales of EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer) rubber.
5 Feb 2018
Clariant Completes Work at ISO 13485 Plant in Maine, Increasing Capacity for MEVOPUR® Medical Products
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announces the start-up of a high throughput twin-screw compounding extruder at its facility in Lewiston, ME, marking the end of this phase of a multimillion-dollar, multiyear expansion program.
2 Feb 2018
GE Additive Education Program Open for Entries from Schools and Colleges
GE Additive is now accepting applications from schools and colleges for the 2018 cycle of its Additive Education Program (AEP). The application is live on the GE Additive website at www.ge.com/additive. The deadline for applications is February 28, 2018.
2 Feb 2018
Additive redesign of an oil header: Small part – big impact
Surprising component solutions are not unusual in the world of manufacturing. But the extent to which they are changing our previous view of manufacturing is reflected in a small 3D metal printed part from Bosch in Bamberg. In the assembly of common rail injectors (CRI), a conventionally machined part has been replaced by a metal printed part. The object is a new oil header that wets a thread with oil in order to optimize the subsequent fitting of two components. We saw very clearly what the term redesign by AM really means.
