Cabot Nanogel® Promises Unmatched Energy Savings

Manufactured exclusively by Cabot through its patented process, Nanogel translucent aerogel is a highly light transmissive, lightweight, nanoporous material, and is permanently hydrophobic, making it both moisture and mildew resistant. Cabot’s continuous aerogel manufacturing process based on a new technology route, is housed in the first commercial plant in Frankfurt, Germany. With energy prices rising around the world, maximizing thermal performance in today’s building materials is top of mind for architects, builders, and building and home owners. The emotional and ergonomic benefits of natural daylight often compromises the desire for energy efficiency. Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) today announced that its Nanogel® translucent aerogel material, provides superior energy savings and is the best translucent insulating and lightest solid material in the world.

3M ADHESIVE MATERIALS HELP COMMERCIAL SIGNAGE IMPROVE DESIGN, EXTEND LIFETIME AND REDUCE COSTS

3M bonding solutions for the commercial signage market. Poor commercial signage is arguably worse than no signage at all. Signs speak to a business’s credibility, stature and prestige, making durable, attractive materials as essential to a sign’s utility as its cost-effective production. 3M offers a comprehensive range of effective bonding solutions that provide aesthetic and durable performance tailored to material choice and sign design.

3M ADHESIVES PROVIDE UNIQUE SOLUTIONS FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH-QUALITY BUILDINGS

Examples Glass Partition High-quality construction requires high-quality materials. Whether building a luxury hotel, an office high-rise or a residential block, it is essential that construction components deliver a balance of aesthetics, cost efficiency and enduring performance. 3M’s range of bonding and adhesive materials provides a strong foundation of solutions for those who design and construct today’s top-quality structures. In addition to their excellent bonding and sealing properties, 3M materials offer unique solutions for decoration, protection, noise reduction, energy conservation, and faster production and installation times.

New separable connection systems from 3M

3M™ Dual Lock™: a solution for invisible and reclosable assembly. Invisible connections are in demand today whenever both an attractive finish and a permanent bond are required, for example for exhibition and shop-fitting constructions, for decorations or signage. Two established products with a new twist are now the ones to look for if you need these properties – the 3M Dual Lock flexible pressure seal and the 3M Scotchmate hook and loop tape.

Eastman Chemical Company at ComPaMED Düsseldorf, November 24-26, 2004

Eastman Chemical Company protect medical equipment, solutions, and pharmaceuticals against breakage and contamination and offer physical properties, such as extreme heat and puncture resistance. At ComPaMED, Eastman Chemical Company will demonstrate how its product range brings added benefits to producers of medical devices and medical packaging.

Dureal™ and IDS work together to open first commercial filling station for AdBlue™ in Scandinavia

Dureal™ and IDS jointly opened the first commercial filling station for AdBlue™ in Scandinavia on 29 June. From left to right: Rune Nehlin, Development Manager Univar Nordic, Lelle Persson, Vice President IDS Sweden, Jacques Voogt, Director Innovation & Development Univar Europe and Anette Fredriksson, Deputy Manager IDS Sweden. Dureal™ , a business unit of Univar N.V., the leading independent chemical distributor in the world, and IDS in Sweden, which operates diesel refuelling and service centres for commercial road haulage across Europe, have jointly established the first public tank facilities for AdBlue™ at the Volvo Truck Centre at Kungens Kurva, Sweden. Opening ceremonies of this first site took place on June 29, 2004. AdBlue filling stations were previously introduced in Austria and Germany earlier this year.

Bright, Clear, Colorful, Cost Effective Plastic Solutions Grow From Additives Created By Milliken Chemical

The extension of end use applications for clarified polypropylene is continuing with a recent push by Milliken in support of extremely clear packaging for optical media storage. Consumer products and packaging made from plastics today are bright, clear, colorful and increasingly cost efficient thanks to plastic additives created by Milliken & Company. Combining a portfolio of innovative polymer offerings with global research and development and technical support, Milliken is increasingly recognized as a leading global source for plastic packaging solutions and innovative polymeric additives.

DSM’s Stanyl® Means Cost Savings for Delphi Connectors

When Delphi Connection Systems took over production of 2mm Header Connectors for a new commercial microprocessor customer, they found themselves facing some pretty big issues with the LCP being used in the application. These issues led them right to DSM Engineering Plastics, whose Stanyl® TE250F6 grade proved itself the perfect material to overcome the challenges, and realize substantial cost savings for both Delphi and its customer. EVANSVILLE, Ind. (July 6, 2004) – When Delphi Connection Systems took over production of 2mm Header Connectors for a new commercial microprocessor customer, they found themselves facing some pretty big issues with the LCP being used in the application. These issues led them right to DSM Engineering Plastics, whose Stanyl® TE250F6 grade proved itself the perfect material to overcome the challenges, and realize substantial cost savings for both Delphi and its customer.