03.05.2005
Bernhardt Design Picks GE Advanced Materials’ LNP* Verton* PCA Compound for New Orbit Stacking Chair
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — May 3, 2005 — Bernhardt Design, a leading innovator in residential and business furniture design based in Lenoir, N.C., has selected GE Advanced Materials, Plastics’ new LNP* Verton* PCA-F-7004 EM compound to create a lower cost alternative to the currently offered ash and zebrawood veneers on the company’s new satin gloss-painted Orbit stacking chair.
03.05.2005
SCHAEFFLER REPLACES METAL CHAIN TENSIONER WITH DSM’S STANYL®
Looking to replace metal, consolidate parts, and reduce system costs in their chain tensioner Schaeffler turned to Stanyl TW341 from DSM Engineering Plastics. The chain tensioner is used in high volume engines that are supplied to Ford Motor Co. Throughout the evolution of the powertrain, Stanyl has been and remains the best material for tensioners.
03.05.2005
VICTREX® PEEK-Based Dispersion Coatings now available from Armourcote in the UK
Victrex plc has announced that it has licensed Armourcote in the UK for the use of VICTREX PEEK based dispersions which have a patented base recipe and are formulated with powders to produce aqueous-based dispersions made from VICTREX® PEEK™ polymer. Armourcote a major UK based coating company can modify the Polyarletheretherketone-based recipe to enhance specific properties such as abrasion resistance, lubricity, release and color. Armourcote offers the necessary customer and technical service support for the new VICTREX PEEK-based coatings to ensure that the right coating system is specified.
03.05.2005
VICTREX® PEEK™-based powder coatings now available worldwide
Victrex announced that it has licensed a worldwide network of electrostatic spray and dispersion coating formulators with a patented base recipe and unique powders to produce both powder and aqueous-based coatings made from VICTREX® PEEK™ polymer. The formulators can modify the polyarletheretherketone-based recipe to enhance specific properties such as abrasion resistance, lubricity, release and color. Each formulator offers the necessary processing and customer service support, technical literature and pricing of the VICTREX PEEK-based coatings.
03.05.2005
Acquisition of Raw Material Manufacturing Operations from Degussa
Victrex plc announces the purchase of the operations owned by a subsidiary of Degussa AG relating to the manufacture of BDF (the key raw material from which VICTREX® PEEK™ polymer is produced) for cash consideration of £16.3 million. The transaction further consolidates Victrex’s control of the BDF supply chain following the acquisition of the primary manufacturing stage of BDF in 1999.
03.05.2005
Nanogel® Aerogel von Cabot Corporation bietet die richtige Chemie
Bei der Erweiterung seiner Apotheke in Neuhausen, Schweiz, entschied sich der Chemiker Dr. Wiesman für Nanogel® gefüllte Isolierelemente.
02.05.2005
GE auf der Überholspur mit bahnbrechenden Materiallösungen für kraftstoffsparende Fahrzeuge
BERGEN OP ZOOM, DIE NIEDERLANDE — Seit Ende der 1960er Jahre haben richtungsweisende Technologien von GE Advanced Materials wiederholt dazu beigetragen, Leistungsfähigkeit, Design, Sicherheit, Kosten, Gewicht und Abgasbilanz zahlloser Erfolgsmodelle der Automobilindustrie zu optimieren. Hinzu kommen signifikante Einsparungen beim Kraftstoffverbrauch durch das Potenzial dieser Materialtechnologien für leichtere, kraftstoffsparende Fahrzeuge.
29.04.2005
Maiden flight Airbus A380; DSM’s Stanyl® helps make it the quietest airplane ever built
This morning 11.30am (CET), the Airbus A380 containing an aircraft engine component made from DSM’s Stanyl performed its maiden flight at Toulouse-Blagnac international airport in Toulouse with a six-member test flight crew on-board.
