10-12-2019
Archroma anuncia una transición de CEO
Archroma, líder mundial en colorantes y productos químicos especializados dirigidos a soluciones sostenibles, ha anunciado hoy su plan de transición para el cargo de CEO. El Consejo de Administración de Archroma ha nombrado a Heike van de Kerkhof para suceder al actual consejero delegado Alexander Wessels a partir del 6 de enero de 2020. Wessels, que ha ocupado el cargo de CEO en Archroma desde que se fundó la empresa en octubre de 2013, pasará a ser Vicepresidente del Consejo de Administración de la compañía. También asumirá el cargo de Asesor Senior en SK Capital en la gestión de su cartera de inversiones, en la que se incluye Archroma.
09-12-2019
INEOS Styrolution and Agilyx advance polystyrene chemical recycling plant in Channahon, Illinois
INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, and Agilyx, the leader in converting post-consumer plastics to low-carbon fuels, chemicals, and plastics, announced today they are advancing the development of a polystyrene (PS) chemical recycling facility in Channahon, Illinois.
06-12-2019
Archroma completes the acquisition of BASF’s stilbene-based OBA business for paper and powder detergent applications
Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, today announced that Archroma India Private Limited has completed the acquisition from BASF India Limited (BIL) of its stilbene-based OBA (optical brightening agents) business for paper and powder detergent applications.
05-12-2019
New Henkel solutions enable greater cost-efficiency and sustainability in aluminum anodizing
Henkel’s pipeline of innovations for the aluminum industry does not stop short when it comes to anodizing, one of the most established technologies of aluminum processing. In complementing its latest developments for optimizing the conversion coating of aluminum products, the company also offers improved Bonderite technologies for the three key steps of degreasing, etching and hot or cold sealing in the aluminum anodizing process.
05-12-2019
Clariant brings ‘Color of Innovation’ to Pharmapack Europe 2020
Clariant Plastics & Coatings Healthcare Polymer Solutions, a world leader in masterbatches and compounds for pharmaceutical packaging and medical devices, will mark the 10th anniversary of the launch of the MEVOPUR ‘medical grade’ materials at Pharmapack Europe. Clariant will exhibit at booth F54 at Porte de Versailles in Paris, France, on 5th and 6th February 2020.
04-12-2019
Mondi joins 4evergreen alliance to complement existing forestry partnerships with WWF and WBCSD Forest Solutions Group
Mondi, global leader in innovative and sustainable packaging and paper solutions, has committed to join the 4evergreen alliance founded by CEPI, the pan-European association representing the forest fibre and paper industry. The aim of the alliance is to increase the share of fibre-based packaging in a circular and sustainable economy in order to minimise its environmental impact.
04-12-2019
KRAIBURG TPE suministra TPE de coextrusión con óptima adhesión a PA para fabricar tubos flexibles corrugados de altas prestaciones
Una nueva e innovadora familia de elastómeros termoplásticos (TPE) de KRAIBURG TPE, transfiere las reconocidas propiedades del TPE apto para el moldeo por inyección a la extrusión y permite desarrollar aplicaciones bicomponentes con poliamida (PA). En una primera aplicación, el Grupo Schlemmer (Múnich) fabrica los novedosos tubos flexibles corrugados Polyflex para gestionar el cableado en vehículos mediante el método de coextrusión, con PA y un TPE perteneciente a la serie de productos THERMOLAST® K AD/PA/CS2.
04-12-2019
Clariant’s SynDane® catalyst brings MOL Group’s maleic anhydride yield to record highs
A new record for the MOL Group, and another highly satisfied customer for Clariant. In July 2017, MOL installed Clariant’s SynDane catalyst at their Danube maleic anhydride production plant in Százhalombatta, Hungary, for the first time. The unit reached its nameplate capacity of 22,000 metric tons per annum already a few weeks after start-up. Now, the plant’s latest figures reveal that the excellent performance and operability of the catalyst boosted productivity in 2018 by 17% versus its previous all-time high, allowing MOL to achieve its highest maleic anhydride yield to date.
