6 Jun 2005
Univar acquires Polish distribution company
Rotterdam, 6th June 2005 - Univar NV, one of the world’s leading independent chemical distributors, has confirmed its acquisition of the distribution company MAPOL Sp.z o.o., based in Warsaw, Poland. MAPOL has been active for more than 10 years in Poland, serving the fruit & vegetables, brewing, food and detergent markets, and is an established leader in the distribution of enzymes. The acquisition of MAPOL will provide a strategic platform for the expansion of Univar’s food ingredient distribution business in the region under the Fiske brand, the company's dedicated pan European food ingredients business.
6 Jun 2005
GE’s Customer Innovation Centre Celebrates Five Years of Dazzling Colour Featuring Visualfx* Resins and ColorXpress* Services
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — May 18, 2005 — After five years of creating more than 33,000 colourful materials solutions to match a broad range of customer designs, experts at GE’s Customer Innovation Centre here have expanded and honed their technical, commercial, and design knowledge to help customers enhance their competitive edge.
6 Jun 2005
New GE Technology Using Cycoloy* EF Resin Offers Excellent Alternative to Paint with New Metallic Effects & Improved Flow Line Performance
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — May 18, 2005 — To help meet customer demand to eliminate secondary painting operations and their associated costs and help alleviate environmental concerns while achieving highly differentiated special effects, GE Advanced Materials has introduced Cycoloy* Engineered Filler (EF) resin technology, a new engineered metallic filler. This new resin technology compliments GE’s Visualfx* special effects resin product line, offering yet another functional effect option for the global plastics industry, while simultaneously providing greatly improved overall aesthetics and high performance.
3 Jun 2005
GE Advanced Materials Is First & Only Manufacturer to Offer Boron Nitride Powders With NSF Registration for Incidental Food Contact
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — June 3, 2005 — The National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) International has designated sixteen grades of GE Advanced Materials’ boron nitride (BN) powder as acceptable for use in nonfood contact lubricants, ingredients in nonfood and incidental contact lubricants, such as greases, oils, and dry films. The move establishes GE as the only supplier of boron nitride ceramic powders that is compliant with this particular NSF certification.
3 Jun 2005
The Glass Polymer® from Eastman for Premium Cosmetic Packaging
New Delhi-based Vimal Plastics has chosen Eastman Chemical Company's The Glass Polymer® resin to provide packaging for "Rose Petals" by Lotus Herbals. Lotus Herbals and Reliance Industries Ltd. were also instrumental in selecting The Glass Polymer for this application.
3 Jun 2005
Univar’s Personal Care, Pharmaceutical and Export (PCPE) business:
This year Univar’s Personal Care, Pharmaceutical and Export (PCPE) business celebrates its 50th Anniversary. The business has its origin in D.F. Anstead Ltd, a company established in August 1955 as a specialist manufacturer of colours for foodstuffs and personal care products. Its two initiating owner-directors, Douglas Anstead, who gave his name to the company, and Drummond Kerr, each had a history in colour manufacturing and their combined expertise proved to be a successful formula in building a business.
2 Jun 2005
GREAT LAKES INCREASES PRICES OF BROMINE-BASED FLAME RETARDANTS FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SEGMENTS
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA—Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced it will increase prices worldwide on Firemaster® 550/Firemaster® 552, Tetrabromophthalic anhydride (PHT4), Tetrabromophthalic anhydride derivatives, and HBCD (Hexabromocyclododecane) flame retardants. These price increases are in addition to all other increases previously announced and will be effective for shipments beginning July 1, 2005, or as contracts allow.
2 Jun 2005
MAN Engines run more quietly thanks to a specially designed rocker cover, molded in TECHNYL® polyamide from Rhodia
Freiburg, Germany, June 2nd, 2005 - The new straight-six cylinder engines from MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG are not only compact and comparatively light, but they also run more quietly thanks to the very rigid one-meter-long rocker cover molded of mineral-filled and glass fiber-reinforced TECHNYL® A218 MT15 V25 polyamide from Rhodia Engineering Plastics.
