16-12-2003
Core module bonding solutions that meet all Smart Card application needs
The development of smarter and greater data-rich modules has presented the smart card industry with a range of new challenges. Chief among them is the attachment of the micro modules to the broader span of plastic substrates now being exploited by the industry. Traditionally, electronically read cards have been produced in PVC but evolution of the technology, coupled with the demand for greater durability, ever higher levels of security and enhanced aesthetics capability, has resulted in the increasing use of high tech engineering plastics that are difficult to bond and which require more sophisticated adhesive solutions.
15-12-2003
Borouge developing into world scale petrochemical complex
Borouge, Borealis’ joint venture with ADNOC, is expanding its existing Borstar capacity and studying further expansion to form a world scale petrochemical complex at Ruwais, Abu Dhabi in the UAE. Building on the successful start up and first two years of operation, increasing market demand for enhanced polyolefins and more feedstock becoming available, the next steps are underway to expand the Borouge petrochemical complex.
15-12-2003
DA DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS UN NUOVO GRADO DI PBT ARNITE® PER SCATOLE DI MOTORIDUTTORI NEL SETTORE AUTOMOTIVE
DSM Engineering Plastics ha introdotto un nuovo grado di polibutilentereftalato (PBT) Arnite® destinato alla realizzazione di scatole di motoriduttori nel settore automotive. Il nuovo grado possiede eccezionale rigidità, stabilità dimensionale e duttilità, e in più riduce i costi totali di montaggio e il peso dei pezzi prodotti; colma quindi il divario tra le prestazioni del metallo e quelle della plastica, offrendo vantaggi considerevoli in termini di leggerezza, flessibilità di design e costi di montaggio
12-12-2003
Univar appointed by Perstorp Oxo AB for new product introduction in Italy
Univar S.p.A., a member company of Univar N.V., one of the world’s leading independent distributors of industrial chemicals and providers of related specialty services, has been appointed sole distributor of Perstorp Oxo’s NX 795 coalescent agent throughout Italy.
11-12-2003
American Maplan's new heater is like money in the bank for extruders
Small changes to machine design can yield big savings for processors. This point was underscored recently when extruder manufacturer American Maplan Corp., McPherson, Kansas, made a seemingly minor design change to the screw oil heating element installed on most of its profile machines. The new design reduces the amount of electrical power needed for each heating unit by 20%, to 7.6 watts from 9.5 watts, with no trade-off in process performance. The result, says VP Sales Kurt Waldhauer, is potentially reduced energy consumption, a 50 to 60% increase in heater life, and a decrease in machine maintenance.
11-12-2003
Verstärkung für die Victrex Europa GmbH
Uwe Marburger (44) hat ab 1. Oktober 2003 die Position des Marktentwicklers für Norddeutschland und Benelux übernommen. Herr Marburger hat einen Abschluss als Diplom Ingenieur im Bereich der Kunststofftechnik und war 14 Jahre als Entwicklungsingenieur in verschiedenen Bereichen von DOW Deutschland tätig. Zuletzt war Herr Marburger 3 Jahre für RTP Deutschland im Bereich Spezialitäten Compounds tätig. Er verfügt über viel Erfahrung in den Bereichen Entwicklung und Vertrieb von HT Thermoplasten.
11-12-2003
Completata la serie di estrusori conici Battenfeld
Sull’onda dello straordinario successo di mercato ottenuto con il suo primo modello di estrusore conico, Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik (Bad Oeynhausen – Germania) propone ora una serie completa di tre estrusori conici. Al modello BEX 2-54-C, già utilizzato con successo in ambito produttivo, si aggiungono ora il piccolo coestrusore BEX 2-42 CC e il modello più grande BEX 2-72 C.
11-12-2003
Distrupol to distribute masterbatches and colour compounds from Matrix Plastics in the Benelux
Distrupol, a member company of Univar and a leading European polymer distributor, technical service provider and application development partner, is to undertake the distribution in the Benelux of the masterbatches and colour compounds produced by Matrix Plastics Ltd.
