01.07.2020
Ascend files first FDA 510(k) submission based on Acteev™ technology
Ascend Performance Materials announced today it submitted its first FDA 510(k) for clearance to market its patent-pending Acteev™ technology in the United States in a medical device, a surgical mask under a new brand called Acteev Biodefend™. Independent laboratory testing has found Acteev materials to achieve greater than 99% efficacy at deactivating bacteria, fungi and viruses, including SARS-CoV-2.
01.07.2020
Guardian Glass signs a strategic partnership with ML System
Guardian Glass has signed a strategic partnership agreement with ML System S.A., a technologically advanced company in the building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) market. Within the framework of this agreement, Guardian Glass will offer a complete range of BIPV product solutions – both semi-transparent and opaque – that help contribute to Nearly Zero Energy Building (NZEB) regulations.
30.06.2020
Mondi Upgrades its Paper Bags Facility in Hungary
Mondi, leading global packaging and paper group, has successfully completed the implementation of a new state-of-the-art paper sack converting machine at its Nyíregyháza site in Hungary. The machine – a Windmöller & Hölscher AD 8320 / AM 8115 – allows the plant to produce a new line of sophisticated paper sacks for food packaging. The site will be capable of producing more than 130 million sacks annually.
30.06.2020
New Perstorp fertilizer solution shown to increase potato yield by up to 22 percent
New research from the University of Lubin in Poland demonstrates that Perstorp’s chloride-free potassium source Amicult K42™ significantly increases potato yield when compared to non-foliar fertilization and other potassium source foliar feeding. The results highlight how this new product can make a real impact on profit margins and overall performance.
30.06.2020
DSM halbiert den Carbon Footprint von Akulon® PA6
Royal DSM, ein globales wissenschaftlich fundiertes Unternehmen für Ernährung, Gesundheit und nachhaltiges Leben, hat heute bekanntgegeben, dass seine Geschäftseinheit Engineering Materials das bestehende Akulon® PA6-Portfolio aus europäischer Fertigung ab 2021 mit einem signifikant reduzierten Carbon Footprint anbieten wird – dem niedrigsten aller PA6-Materialien im Markt. Damit können DSM Kunden auch die CO2-Bilanz ihrer eigenen Produkte optimieren und zur globalen Verringerung der Treibhausgasemissionen beitragen.
30.06.2020
Clariant introduces static reducing
compounds for drug delivery devices
Clariant Plastics & Coatings Healthcare Polymer Solutions recently launched static-reducing functional plastic compounds which, when used in drug delivery devices, enable increased dose reliability. The resins are part of the wider ‘medical grade’ MEVOPUR® line of color and additive concentrates and ‘ready-to-use’ polymer compounds, covering polymers from PE to PEEK.
29.06.2020
Metal 3D printing helps New Zealand Defence Force veteran on his Invictus Games journey
Ten years after a helicopter crash changed air force veteran, Stevin Creeggan’s life. Now a team of New Zealand Defence Force engineers is using additive manufacturing to help change it again.
29.06.2020
Archroma to join the moulding and millwork producers association (MMPA)
Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, today announced that it has joined the US-based Moulding & Millwork Producers Association (MMPA).
