20 Jan 2006
NatureWorks LLC announces management change: Kathleen Bader retires, Dennis McGrew named new president and CEO
Dennis McGrew will become the new president and chief executive officer of NatureWorks LLC, a wholly owned business unit of Cargill, effective Jan. 20, 2006. NatureWorks is the first company to offer a family of commercially available polymers derived from 100 percent annually renewable resources. McGrew replaces Kathleen Bader, president, CEO and chairman of the business unit from 2004 to 2006, who has announced her retirement as part of a planned management transition.
20 Jan 2006
UTECH Europe 2006 Preview Information from Exhibitors
Please find below press information received from the exhibitors of UTECH Europe providing details of the exhibits, products and services that they will be highlighting during the show. We will send you an update with more information at the end of next week.
20 Jan 2006
Synventive customizes complex hot runner system for low pressure injection molded plastic pallet
‘s GRAVENDEEL, THE NETHERLANDS – January 20, 2006 – Synventive Molding Solutions, one of the world’s largest designers, manufacturers and suppliers of hot runner systems and related components to the injection-molding industry, developed customized hot runner systems for AVK Plastics to enable the production of large size plastics pallets on low-pressure injection molding equipment. Synventive will present this technology together with its range of hot runners systems with shot sizes down to 0.1 grams as well as a new range of hot runner systems for multi-cavity moulds at Plast 2006, in Milano, Italy in hall 9, booth A36 from 14-18 February.
19 Jan 2006
CHEMTURA’S ZAHALKA TO CHAIR CATALYST/POLYMER SESSION AT 2006 INTERNATIONAL POLYOLEFINS CONFERENCE
Middlebury, CT - Dr. Hayder Zahalka, Chemtura Global Technology, will chair the session on "Recent Developments in Catalyst and Polymers” at the 2006 International Polyolefins Conference at the Wyndham Greenspoint Hotel in Houston, Texas, February 26 - March 1.
19 Jan 2006
Continuing a winning partnership: Natura uses Eastman’s Glass Polymer™ in the new packaging of the Chronos line
CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, THE NETHERLANDS - Brazilian cosmetics manufacturer Natura has selected The Glass Polymer™ for their new version of Chronos Spilol anti aging creams. For this particular application, the material selected was Eastar® (AN014) copolyester - one in the range of The Glass Polymer copolyester resins made by Eastman Chemical Company.
17 Jan 2006
Quinn Plastics Selects Spectar Copolyester for New Quinn PETG Sheet Product Line
CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, THE NETHERLANDS - Quinn Plastics, Europe's leading producer of extruded panels, has selected Eastman Chemical Company's Spectar copolyester as the raw material of choice for its new Quinn PETG Sheet product line. Formerly licensed as Spectar Sheet, Quinn PETG Sheet represents a full range of sheet product solutions.
16 Jan 2006
DSM Dyneema Files Patent Lawsuit against Chinese Company
Urmond (NL), January 16 – DSM Dyneema, the inventor and manufacturer of Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber, has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Hangzhou Pivot International Co. Ltd., of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, before the Court of Paris, France. Prior to the filing, DSM Dyneema obtained authorization to seize merchandise, including fiber, rope and finished articles, exhibited by Hangzhou Pivot at the Milipol 2005 exhibition on state security in Paris.
16 Jan 2006
“安全專家”皮爾磁推介國際機械安全標準
中國上海 – 2006年1月16 日 近期，國際自動化安全控制領域的技術領先者德國皮爾磁公司參加了在上海新國際博覽中心舉辦的國際工廠自動化技術與設備展覽會，在會上展示了該公司的多款最新產品 。其產品處處體現出對機械和人身安全的高度重視，符合國際上為工業控制產品制定的最高安全標準，因而受到業內人士的一致好評。
