Archroma ernennt Nachhaltigkeitsbeauftragten und veröffentlicht seine jüngste Liste konformer Produkte gemäss neuer ZDHC MRSL v1.1

James Carnahan, Global Sustainability Manager für Textile Specialties bei Archroma. (Bild: Archroma)Reinach, 13. Januar 2016 – Archroma, ein weltweit führender Hersteller von Spezialchemikalien, hat heute die Ernennung eines Nachhaltigkeitsbeauftragten für sein Kerngeschäft mit Textilspezialitäten bekanntgegeben und seine jüngste Liste konformer Produkte gemäß der Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Manufacturing Restricted Substance List (MRSL) vom Dezember 2015(1) veröffentlicht.

TE Connectivity präsentiert neue Serie robuster Rechtecksteckverbinder

TE Connectivity präsentiert neue Serie robuster Rechtecksteckverbinder. (Quelle: TE Connectivity, PR031)DARMSTADT, Germany – 13. Januar 2016 – TE Connectivity (TE), ein weltweit führender Anbieter von Verbindungstechnologielösungen, hat auf der SPS IPC Drives in Nürnberg eine neue Serie robuster Rechtecksteckverbinder (Heavy Duty Connectors, HDC) vorgestellt. Diese Steckverbinder werden in zahlreichen Anwendungen mit rauen Umgebungsbedingungen eingesetzt, beispielsweise im allgemeinen Maschinen- und Anlagenbau, in Robotern, in der Schienenverkehrstechnik, in Windenergieanlagen oder der konventionellen Stromerzeugung und -verteilung.

Guardian Llodio celebrates its 80-year history

Javier Garcia (left), plant manager of Llodio Flat Glass, and Enrique Martinez, plant manager of Llodio Automotive, show off the custom-made T-shirt marking their plant’s 80th anniversary, during the Oct. 29 celebration at the facility. (Photo Guardian Industries Corp., GRDPR030)Bertrange, Luxembourg, January 13, 2016 – The Guardian Industries Corp. plant in Llodio, Spain, just south of Bilbao, recently marked 29,200 days – or 80 years – of operation, and company officials gathered all the site’s employees to celebrate the plant’s long and storied history.

DSM Dyneema’s Dyneema® fiber to be featured as go-to ingredient for advanced, new ballistic armor solutions at SHOT Show 2016

DyneemaStanley, N.C., Jan. 12, 2016 - Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber, manufactured by DSM Dyneema, is the key component in a number of new ballistic armor solutions that will be introduced next week at SHOT Show 2016, Jan. 19-22 at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nev.

Hello Niaga®, Goodbye waste

Circular economy breakthrough: Niaga® Technology enables the elimination of carpet waste. (Photos DSM-Niaga, DSMNGPR001) DSM-Niaga has developed a portfolio of new, proprietary and patent-protected technologies to fully close the loop on carpet materials, allowing them to be ‘alive, again and again’, a real circular economy breakthrough. DSM-Niaga is a joint venture between DSM, a global science based company active in health, nutrition and materials, and Niaga, a Dutch provider of sustainable materials solutions. The Niaga® technology is now commercially available to the industry enabling the elimination of carpet waste, based on well-defined pure materials without compromising quality of the carpet - on the contrary. These materials can be recovered in an economically sound way based on industrial-scale processes and turned into valuable materials that can be reused again to make carpets, and also other products such as automotive textiles.

Clariant Presents Colors for 2017 in the Newest Edition of ColorForward®

Clariant Binder ColorForward® 2017. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, January 12, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has released ColorForward® 2017, the 11th annual color forecasting guide for the plastics industry. The 2017 guide visualizes trends like data mining, growing social disconnection and the search for more meaningful lives.

Avery Dennison bei der FESPA Digital 2016: neue digitale Cast Folie, bedruckbare Wandfolie und praktische Wrapping-Produkte

Avery Dennison bei der FESPA Digital 2016: neue digitale Cast Folie, bedruckbare Wandfolie und praktische Wrapping-Produkte. (Fotos: Avery Dennison, PR320)OEGSTGEEST, Niederlande — 11. Januar 2016 — Avery Dennison stellt auf der FESPA Digital 2016 sechs neue Digitalprodukte unter dem Thema, HERE FOR YOU' vor. Am Stand in Halle 1 werden die neuen gegossenen MPI™ 1104 Folien, ein neues Digital-Wandfoliensortiment und die neuesten Anwendungsschulungen und Workshops präsentiert.

DSM supplies Stanyl PA 46 for low-friction timing system parts on the latest generation petrol engines

DSM supplies Stanyl PA 46 for low-friction timing system parts on the latest generation petrol engines. 
(Photos: DSM Engineering Plastics: DSMPR478)Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, announces that a special lubricated grade of its Stanyl® polyamide 46 has been chosen for low-friction slide shoes within the timing system on a new generation of energy-efficient turbocharged petrol engines. The timing systems parts are produced by the EU based precision injection molding company Quadrant Creative Molding & Systems (QCMS) in Tielt, Belgium. The system items are supplied by Tsubakimoto UK in Nottingham, a subsidiary of the global Tsubaki Group, a leader in automotive timing chain systems.