QUADRANT ENGINEERING PLASTIC PRODUCTS INTRODUCES NEXT GENERATION MATERIALS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING AND TEST APPLICATIONS

Semitron® CMP LL5 is one of the new materials developed by Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products to deliver longer production life in Chemical Mechanical Planarization retaining rings. Semitron CMP LL5 is an enhanced polyester developed with wear characteristics and inherent quality specifications geared to the semiconductor industry. Laboratory simulations show that Semitron CMP LL5 extends retaining ring-life by as much as 5 times over rings made of traditional PPS, depending on process conditions. The new product is also a lower cost alternative to PPS and suitable for use in all CMP processes, is ideal for use in ring designs that have steel or ceramic reinforcement. TIELT, BELGIUM – k 2004 – Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (QEPP) has developed four new products to extend the production life and reliability of applications in Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) and in test and handling components. The company has also announced a development grade of an ultra high purity product available on a limited basis for co-development projects prior to commercialization planned for mid-2005.

FACOM TOOLS APROVECHA LAS VENTAJAS DEL ARNITEL® DE DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS PARA HERRAMIENTAS ERGONÓMICAS

Para los mangos ergonómicos con aislamiento eléctrico y no deslizantes de herramientas de mano de alta calidad, el Grupo Facom Tools emplea el elastómero de copolímero en bloque éter-éster termoplástico Arnitel® (TEEE) de DSM Engineering Plastics. Para los mangos ergonómicos no deslizantes de herramientas de alta calidad, el Grupo Facom Tools usa Arnitel®, elastómero termoplástico copolímero en bloque éter-éster (E-TEE) de DSM Engineering Plastics, un grupo de negocio del “cluster” Performance Materials de DSM N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam:DSM). Facom, una filial de FIMALAC, es uno de los fabricantes de herramientas de mano y equipos para garajes líderes en Europa.

Milliken & Company guía a sus clientes paso a paso en el camino a la protección antimicrobiana

Colonias formadas por bacterias viables tras exposición a un polímero tratado con AlphaSan. Un fabricante líder de bañeras de hidromasaje se puso un objetivo: ahorrar a los clientes trabajos de limpieza protegiendo las tuberías de las bañeras contra la aparición de biopelículas. Un fabricante de máquinas de hielo industrial quería garantizar a los restaurantes que se estaba haciendo todo lo posible para inhibir la aparición de microbios. Y una firma textil quería crear un nuevo tipo de hilo que redujera la presencia de olor en los calcetines.

Avebe signs agreement with Fiske Food Ingredients for starch products distribution in Denmark

. Fiske Food Denmark, a Univar company and leading specialist distributor of food and beverage ingredients, is now distributing starches for the food industry produced by the Dutch farming co-operative Avebe. The move follows the recent signing of a distribution agreement for Denmark between the two companies.

HONEYWELL TO BUILD REFRIGERANT MANUFACTURING PLANT IN CHINA

Richard Preziotti (center left), VP/GM Honeywell Chemicals, Dr. James Yuann (5th from right), President, Asia, Honeywell Specialty Materials, along with other Honeywell business leaders and Chinese officials, participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for the new manufacturing plant for non-ozone depleting refrigerant products in Qingpu, Shanghai, China. The Honeywell facility is expected to be operational in November 2004. MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today plans to build a manufacturing plant for non-ozone depleting refrigerant products in Qingpu, Shanghai, China. The new facility, expected to be operational in November 2004, was announced during a groundbreaking ceremony in Qingpu attended by Honeywell officials, key customers and Chinese dignitaries.

GREAT LAKES INCREASES CLEAR BRINE FLUIDS PRICES

Great LakesINDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) announced today it will increase list prices in all regions for calcium bromide, zinc bromide/calcium bromide solution, sodium bromide, dry calcium bromide and dry sodium bromide effective October 15, 2004.

GREAT LAKES INCREASES PRICE FOR DECABROMODIPHENYLOXIDE FLAME RETARDANT

Great LakesINDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA—Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced that it is increasing off list prices for Great Lakes DE-83™ (decabromodiphenyloxide) flame retardant by $0.20/kg worldwide with all shipments effective November 1, 2004, where contracts allow.

MRSA ‘superbug’ meets its match in new plastics moulding compound. Healthcare bathroom accessories now debuting in Perstorp’s Polygiene™

Celmac uses Polygiene, a plastics compound capable of killing off the MRSA superbug, for a range of toilet seats targeted at the healthcare market. A plastics compound that has already been shown to significantly reduce the risk of transmission of SARS is also effective against MRSA bacteria, medical tests have demonstrated. Products made from the compound, aimed at the healthcare sector, are now coming onto the market in the U.K.