Beaulieu Flooring Solutions lays out big plans for Beaulieu Company’s diamond jubilee

Beaulieu Flooring Solutions lays out big plans for Beaulieu Company’s diamond jubilee.
(Photo: © Beaulieu International Group)Beaulieu Flooring Solutions is heading to the regions for an exciting year of customer- and employee-focused celebrations to mark 60 years since the founding of the Beaulieu Company.

SABIC expands its PP portfolio with new impact copolymer that offers aesthetically appealing surfaces with potentially significant cost savings for home appliances & consumer goods

Sleek aesthetic coffee maker housing designed for cost-efficient injection molding with high-gloss and impact resistant, food-compliant SABIC® PP PPA20 impact copolymer.SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, announces the launch of a new impact copolymer (ICP) grade – SABIC® PP PPA20 – targeted at demanding home appliances as well as high-end cosmetics, furniture and other household consumer goods. Apart from its high gloss feature that enables production of aesthetically appealing surfaces, the new compound is developed to offer well-balanced mechanical properties and easy processability, making it a promising alternative to incumbent ABS materials in these markets.

Clariant Active Ingredients wins Sustainable Beauty Award for Eosidin

Clariant Active Ingredients wins sustainability beauty award for active ingredient Eosidin. 
From left to right: Julie Droux, Senior Technical Marketing Specialist, Alexandre Lapeyre, Global Technical Marketing Manager Active Ingredients, Hanane Chajra, Head of biological evaluation department, Mathilde Frechet, Scientific Director and Ernesto Horikoshi, Head of Active Ingredients Unit. (Photo: Clariant)Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, and its Active Ingredients business is the proud recipient of the 2018 Sustainable Ingredient Award for Eosidin, an innovative active ingredient that is unique in protecting skin from indoor pollution damage.

TE Connectivity’s Dynamic series offers high performance alternative to Euro Style terminal blocks

TE Connectivity’s Dynamic series offers high performance alternative to Euro Style terminal blocks. (Source: TE Connectivity, PR333)TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity and sensors, is offering its Dynamic product series as a high-performance alternative to Euro Style terminal blocks.

LNP at 70: full of energy and innovation

Scientists and technologists behind the LNP portfolio continue to push the limits of technical performance, solving new challenges on a regular basis, while remaining committed to provide unique offerings and help create value for our customers.The LNPproduct line, part of global leader of diversified chemicals SABIC and the company’s foremost brand for engineering thermoplastics, this year celebrates 70 years of successful operation. A pioneer in compounding technologies, the LNP product brand has a string of important technological achievements behind it. “And scientists and technologists behind the LNP portfolio continue to push the limits of technical performance, solving new challenges on a regular basis, while remaining committed to provide unique offerings and help create value for our customers,” said Joshua Chiaw, Director, Business Management, LNP, SABIC.

Omron to Introduce FHV7-series Smart Camera with World’s First Multi-color Light and 12 Megapixel Image Sensor

Omron to Introduce FHV7-series Smart Camera with World’s First Multi-color Light and 12 Megapixel Image Sensor. (Photos: Omron, PR065)Omron Corporation (HQ: Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto. CEO: Yoshihito Yamada) has announced the global release of its new FHV7-series Smart Camera combined with illumination and image processing functionality for advanced vision inspections. Thanks to the world’s first multi-color light*1 and a best-in-class*2 12-megapixel high-resolution camera, only a single FHV7-series Smart Camera is required for achieving the industry’s highest standards of precision in vision inspections on a high-mix production line.

TE Connectivity to demonstrate its expertise and solutions meeting the challenges of the connected world at electronica 2018

TE Connectivity to demonstrate its expertise and solutions meeting the challenges of the connected world at electronica 2018. 
(Source: TE Connectivity, PR008)TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity and sensors, is responding to the challenges of creating a safer, sustainable, productive and connected world.

Henkel process helps beer barrel manufacturer improve product quality 

The new keg production plant of Entinox at Zaragoza, Spain, has a capacity for 450,000 barrels per year, made from austenite stainless steel with a surface of 2 square meters per barrel. (Photo: Entinox, PR057)Henkel has helped Envases Técnicos Zaragoza S.L. (Entinox), a leading Spanish manufacturer of stainless steel beer barrels (“kegs”), set up an innovative pickling and passivating line using a nitric acid-free Bonderite process. Benefits include superior HSE performance and bath life over traditional mixed acid pickling systems as well as outstanding corrosion resistance.