DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS INCREASES PRICES IN NORTH AMERICA

DSM Engineering MaterialsEVANSVILLE, Ind. (June 12, 2006) – DSM Engineering Plastics, Inc. announces a price increase across the following product families in North America, effective for all shipments on or after July 10, 2006, based on the continuing escalation of raw material , higher energy costs and transportation:

Leger des Heils kiest DNV voor HKZ-certificering

Mevrouw Voorham, directeur van de Stichting Leger des Heils Welzijns- en Gezondheidszorg (links) en Richard Stolk, managing director van DNV Certification (rechts) ondertekenen op 1 juni het contract voor drie jaar samenwerking.Rotterdam, 19 juni 2006 – De Stichting Leger des Heils Welzijns- en Gezondheidszorg werkt sinds eind 2004 hard aan een op HKZ gestoeld kwaliteitsmanagementsysteem. Zij hoopt begin 2007 voor vijf HKZ-schema’s en het ISO-9001:2000 schema gecertificeerd te worden. DNV Certification BV zal als onafhankelijke certificatie-instelling de externe toetsing ervan uitvoeren.

PPG Honors Developers Of Breakthrough Low-E Glass

PPG Industries(June 19, 2006--Shanghai China)PITTSBURGH, June 6, 2006 – Developers of the industry’s highest-performing and most fabricator-friendly low-emissivity glass were honored today at a PPG Industries research and development conference here.

多腔模具的新型熱流道技術

Synventive2006年06月19日--當前以大中型熱流道系統(主要用於汽車工業)而聞名於世的聖萬提注塑工業有限公司,將向下游擴充其產品範圍,使注射量最低可達0.1克。用於汽車、電氣和包裝工業和醫療技術中元件製造的大量多腔模具,大多已作為包括溫度控制器在內的熱半模交貨。

NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR AT QUADRANT CMS

Peter van Damme, new Managing Director, Quadrant CMSTIELT, BELGIUM – June 13th, 2006 – Effective 1st June 2006, Peter van Damme (51) has assumed the role of Managing Director/CEO and becomes a Member of the Board of Directors at Quadrant CMS (Creative Moulding Systems), the Injection Moulding Division of the Quadrant Group. He succeeds Fernand Vandaele (61), who will remain as President of the Board of Directors at the company before retiring on 1 April 2007. Over the course of 35 years, Vandaele has held a number of senior management positions at the formerly family owned business ERTA, which was acquired by DSM in 1977 and has been part of Quadrant AG Holding since 2001. Over the next year Vandaele will focus largely on Quadrant CMS’s recently established subsidiary in Hungary. After his retirement in 2007 he will remain active as consultant.

Neuer Custom Xpress-Color-Service von GE - Plastics für kleine Batches in weniger als sechs Tagen

Neuer Custom-Xpress-Color-Service von GE - Plastics>BERGEN OP ZOOM, NIEDERLANDE - 16 Juni 2006 — Kundenspezifische Produkte und eine schnelle Lieferung haben sich bisher gegenseitig ausgeschlossen. Mit dem neuen Custom Xpress-Color-Service von GE - Plastics können die Kunden jetzt in weniger als sechs Tagen genau die Farbe bei den Lexan*- oder Cycoloy*-Kunststoffen von GE bekommen, die sie benötigen. Der Service ermöglicht den Kunden, die Nachteile des Selbsteinfärbens - zum Beispiel die Investition in teure Produktionsanlagen - zu vermeiden, und bietet die weltweit führenden Farbabstimmungsoptionen von GE - Plastics. Das Web-basierte Bestellsystem ist so flexibel, dass die Kunden bis zu acht Stunden vor Produktionsbeginn noch Änderungen eingeben können. Und die vollständig digitale globale Datenbank von GE gewährleistet weltweit Konsistenz von Batch zu Batch.

Borouge to provide Borealis’ new Bormed TD109CF sealing film for medical industry in the Middle East

Bormed TD109CF fulfils the need of the medical industry for pure polymers>Borealis, a leading provider of innovative plastics solutions, has launched the Bormed TD109CF, its latest high quality film for the healthcare industry in the region. The film will be made available exclusively through Borouge, sole distributor for Borealis' speciality polyolefins in the Middle East and Asia Pacific.

AS THREATS INCREASE, PROTECTIVE INSERTS MADE WITH DYNEEMA® HELP KEEP BRITISH SOLDIERS SAFER

DyneemaUrmond (NL), June 12, 2006 - To provide its soldiers with a higher level of protection, the UK Ministry of Defence is incorporating super-strong, lightweight Dyneema® unidirectional sheet material (UD) from DSM into the new inserts for the new Osprey body armor. Until now, it has been difficult to balance the need for higher protection with light weight needed by soldiers for optimal agility and speed in combat. Advances in weapons and ammunition, which pose new threats to soldiers, have increased the challenge facing the military services. However, Dyneema® High Performance Polyethylene (HPPE) makes it possible to raise the effectiveness of personal protection for troops at the lowest possible weight.