DSM Dyneema successfully defends key patent against competitor challenge

DyneemaThe Netherlands, 27 September 2016 - DSM Dyneema, inventor and manufacturer of Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™, has again successfully defended a key patent from challenge before the European Patent Office (EPO) Opposition division. The company Teijin Aramid had challenged the EPO’s previous grant of DSM Dyneema’s European patent (EP1575758B), which covers pressed products based on specific improved Uni Directional (UD) systems, typically designed and used in high end armor applications such as helmets, inserts, and vehicle armor. DSM’s technology aims at pressed products with improved performance at higher temperatures, while still maintaining good performance at ambient temperature.

Guardian Glass stellt den Performance Calculator online

Guardian Glass stellt den Performance Calculator online.
(Foto © Daniele Domenicali, GRDPR110) Bertrange, Luxemburg, 27. September 2016 – Guardian Glass hat mit dem Performance Calculator ein digitales Werkzeug entwickelt, welches Kunden bei der optimalen Glasauswahl unterstützt.

Moogs neues Pitchsystem steigert die Zuverlässigkeit in Windenergieanlagen gegenüber herkömmlichen Systemen um das Dreifache

Schnitt-Darstellung der Windenergieanlage mit dem Pitchsystem 3 von Moog in Betrieb. (Foto Moog, MGPR1603)East Aurora, NY, USA, 26. September 2016 – Die Industrial Group of Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A und MOG.B) kündigte heute die Einführung ihrer Pitchtechnologie der nächsten Generation an – das Moog Pitchsystem 3. Das erste Moog Pitchsystem 3 ist bereits in einem Windpark in Brasilien in Betrieb und Moog wird das System auf der WindEnergy Hamburg (27.-30. September, Halle B5, Stand 222) offiziell vorstellen.

Clariant to open Global Competence Center Haircare in Brazil

Clariant will power hair care innovation from its new global Competence Center Haircare, opening in Brazil in 2017. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, September 26, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has chosen Brazil for its first-ever global Competence Center Haircare (gCCH), set to open in the first quarter of 2017. Located in Santo Amaro in Sao Paulo, the new gCCH will put Clariant’s hair care experts at the heart of the fastest growing hair care market globally and closer to the large customers in the region.

Clariant Desiccant Canisters with Red Labels Help Enhance Packaging Safety

Clariant Desiccant Canisters with Red Labels Help Enhance Packaging Safety. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, September 26, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, through its Healthcare Packaging business unit, is introducing desiccant canisters with bright red labeling to better differentiate them from drug products. Displaying an easy-to-understand pictogram and the words “Do Not Eat” in multiple languages, the colored labels offer a further option to support packaging safety.

Steel versus the world's strongest fiber a test of strength in securing loads

Steel versus the world's strongest fiber, a test of strength in securing loads.What happens if parts of a tried-and-tested tensioning lashing chain are combined with high-performance textile fibers? Dolezych, the renowned manufacturer of ropes, lifting and load securing equipment, to present the result at this year's IAA-Nutzfahrzeuge commercial vehicle trade fair in Hanover. The PowerLash with Dyneema® textile lashing chain with an LC of 5000 daN is the result of intensive cooperation between DSM Dyneema and Dolezych.

Vision Communications rejoins Eurocom Worldwide

Tibor Szentgyörgyi, founder and CEO of Vision CommunicationsEurocom Worldwide, one of the largest independent PR networks, has selected Vision Communications with headquarters in Budapest as a new member agency in Hungary. The agency, established in 1999, was one of the first members of the Eurocom Worldwide network. After skipping some years of membership, Vision Communications decided to rejoin the independent network in September 2016 again. Eurocom Worldwide only recently gained a new member in Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia and is constantly strengthening its position in the CEE market.

TE Connectivity ist jetzt Mitglied der OPC Foundation

OPC Foundation Logo. (Quelle: TE Connectivity, PR077)DARMSTADT, Deutschland – 22. September 2016 – TE Connectivity (TE), ein weltweit führender Anbieter von Verbindungstechnologie- und Sensorlösungen, ist der OPC Foundation beigetreten. Die OPC Foundation ist eine herstellerunabhängige, nicht gewinnorientierte Organisation, die die Entwicklung, Pflege und Vermarktung der Openness Productivity Connectivity – Unified Architecture (OPC UA) treibt. Der Beitritt von TE spiegelt das Engagement des Unternehmens für die Konzepte des Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)/von Industrie 4.0 wider, zu deren Schlüsselelementen semantische Interoperabilität und Übertragungssicherheit gehören, welche die zentralen Aspekte von OPC UA sind.