29.03.2004
Operational and commercial expertise recognised by the customers of Rhodia Polyamide Engineering Plastics, a European leader in this market
Rhodia Engineering Plastics regularly assesses its main customers’ satisfaction through annual surveys. In January 2004, Rhodia conducted an e-mail survey of a sample of contacts from the Purchasing, R&D, Technical Support, Quality and Supply Chain departments of its European customers.
26.03.2004
Akulon® price increase
DSM Engineering Plastics (DSM EP) has announced that effective 1 April 2004, the price of its Akulon polyamide 6 range will be increased by 120 €/mt.
26.03.2004
Distrupol in France and the Benelux certified to new ISO 9001:2000 standard
Distrupol’s Paris based French operations, as well as their Benelux operations in Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, have been certified in accordance with the new ISO 9001:2000 standard. They have thereby come into compliance with the latest standards in the field of quality management. Distrupol is a subsidiary of Univar and one of the most prominent European suppliers of raw materials, technical support and development support to the plastics industry.
26.03.2004
NEUES WEISSES MOLYKOTE® LAGERFETT – IDEAL FÜR EINE VIELZAHL VON ANWENDUNGEN MIT LEBENSMITTELKONTAKT
Midland, Michigan (USA), 25. März 2004 — In der außergewöhnlichen Kombination eines Aluminiumkomplex-Verdickungsmittels mit festen weißen Schmiermittelanteilen und anderen hoch wirksamen Additiven reduziert ein neues weißes Molykote® Lagerfett die Reibung, verhindert den Metall-Metall-Kontakt und minimiert den Verschleiß in Lebensmittelanwendungen selbst bei hohen Oberflächendrücken und unter Grenzschmierbedingungen.
25.03.2004
GE ADVANCED MATERIALS ERWEITERT PORTFOLIO FÜR DIE ELEKTRONIKINDUSTRIE MIT NEUEM ELASTISCHEN NORYL® POLYMER FÜR DRAHTISOLIERUNGEN
BERGEN OP ZOOM, die Niederlande — 2. Feb. 2004 — GE Advanced Materials, eine Unternehmensgruppe der General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), hat eine neue Familie elastischer NORYL® modifizierter Polyphenylenether (MPPE) eingeführt, die im Segment der Drahtisolierungen bzw. Gleichstromkabel und Stecker für Anwendungen in der Verbraucherelektronik eine attraktive Alternative zu Polyvinylchlorid (PVC), Flammschutzmittelhaltigem Polyethylen (FR-PE) und thermoplastischem Polyurethan (TPU) bieten. Die neuen Produkte – NORYL WCD910 und WCDP860 – haben die Biegefestigkeitsprüfungen von Ladegeräteherstellern bestanden, erfüllen erhöhte Umweltanforderungen, und enthalten im Gegensatz zu PVC keine Halogene, wie Chlor, die im Brandfall Dioxine und toxische, hoch aggressive Säuredämpfe bilden können. Die neuen GE-Polymere bieten außerdem eine geringere Dichte als FR-PE und TPU, was Gewichtseinsparungen von 20% bis 30% ermöglicht, und lassen sich bei höheren Geschwindigkeiten potenziell produktiver und kostensparender extrudieren.
23.03.2004
AR™HT from Greene Tweed: new composite material for top performance at high temperatures
AR™HT from Greene, Tweed & Co Benelux is a new thermoplastic composite, specially developed for bushes, bearings and wear rings in pumps that have to pump highly abrasive, watery media at temperatures up to 135°C. It is the result of continuing development of the existing AR materials, producing a material that is highly resistant to higher temperatures, to thermal shock and which is also very impact-resistant, making it an excellent alternative to the more traditional rubber and bronze materials often used in the pumps for the offshore industry and in boiler-feed pumps in public utility companies.
23.03.2004
ARNITE® PET FROM DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS EXCELS IN AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE BOOSTER VALVE APPLICATIONS
Arnite® polyethylene terephthalate (PET), from DSM Engineering Plastics, leads in European Automotive brake booster valve body applications. Arnite® dominates in this application, replacing alternative thermoset resins through its exceptional dimensional stability, high strength, and performance at under-bonnet temperatures of up to 130C. Arnite® has also proven to maintain it’s high performance profile for more than 1 million cycles, an important reliability requirement. DSM Engineering Plastics has now set its sights on the US and Asian markets, where designers, like their European counterparts, are moving away from thermoset alternatives in search of higher performance, more cost effective alternatives.
22.03.2004
Rhodia Polyamide Announces Price Increases for Polyamide 6 and 66 Resins and Compounds
St. Fons, France, March 22, 2004 – Rhodia Polyamide announced price increases of € 130 per metric ton for PA 66 base resins in Europe. At the same time, prices of Rhodia’s Technyl® polyamide 6 and 66 compounds will be increased by € 200 per metric ton in that region. These increases are effective as of March 29th, 2004.
