VICTREX® PEEK-Based Dispersion Coatings now available from Armourcote in the UK

VictrexVictrex plc has announced that it has licensed Armourcote in the UK for the use of VICTREX PEEK based dispersions which have a patented base recipe and are formulated with powders to produce aqueous-based dispersions made from VICTREX® PEEK™ polymer. Armourcote a major UK based coating company can modify the Polyarletheretherketone-based recipe to enhance specific properties such as abrasion resistance, lubricity, release and color. Armourcote offers the necessary customer and technical service support for the new VICTREX PEEK-based coatings to ensure that the right coating system is specified.

Recubrimientos en polvo basados en VICTREX® PEEK™, ahora disponibles en todo el mundo

Recubrimientos electrostáticos VICTREX® PEEK™. Victrex ha anunciado la concesión de licencia a una red mundial de formuladores de recubrimientos electrostáticos por dispersión y por aspersión de una composición base patentada y polvos exclusivos para producir recubrimientos tanto en polvo como de base acuosa hechos con el polímero VICTREX® PEEK™. Los formuladores pueden modificar la composición basada en poliarileteretercetona para acentuar propiedades específicas como la resistencia a la abrasión, la lubricidad, el desmoldeo y el color. Cada formulador ofrece servicio al cliente y asistencia a la transformación, publicaciones técnicas y los precios de los recubrimientos basados en VICTREX PEEK.

Adquisición de operaciones de producción de materia prima de Degussa

VictrexVictrex plc anuncia la compra de las operaciones propiedad de una filial de Degussa AG relativas a la producción de BDF (la materia prima clave a partir de la cual se produce el polímero VICTREX® PEEK™) por una retribución en efectivo de 16,3 millones de libras. Tras la adquisición de la fase primaria de la producción de BDF en 1999, esta transacción consolida aún más el control por parte de Victrex de la cadena de suministro de BDF

Nanogel® Aerogel from Cabot Corporation provides the right chemistry

With their versatility in format, color tints and size, the Nanogel-filled panels can also meet the design requirements of speciality building projects. Nanogel® translucent aerogel insulation material was selected by Chemist Dr. Wiesman for the roofing system of a recently completed extension to his pharmacy in Neuhausen, Switzerland.

GE Drives Full Speed Ahead with Breakthrough Material Solutions for More Fuel-Efficient Cars

GE Provides Groundbreaking Solutions for More Fuel-Efficient Cars

Groundbreaking technologies from GE Advanced Materials have helped the automotive industry build best-selling vehicles offering world-class performance, style, safety, reduced costs, weight, and emissions. These GE technologies have also contributed to significant fuel savings for the consumer. Through science, GE has helped automotive manufacturers build lighter and more fuel-conserving vehicles. BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — Since the late 1960s, groundbreaking technologies from GE Advanced Materials have helped the automotive industry build best-selling vehicles offering world-class performance, style, safety, reduced costs, weight, and emissions. These GE technologies have also contributed to significant fuel savings for the consumer. Through science, GE has helped automotive manufacturers build lighter and more fuel-conserving vehicles.

Maiden flight Airbus A380; DSM’s Stanyl® helps make it the quietest airplane ever built

Stanyl® 46HF4130, a 30-percent glass-fibre-reinforced compound, designed for highly demanding structural elements of aircraft jet engines as the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine. This morning 11.30am (CET), the Airbus A380 containing an aircraft engine component made from DSM’s Stanyl performed its maiden flight at Toulouse-Blagnac international airport in Toulouse with a six-member test flight crew on-board.

Distrupol launches a powerful new polymer search tool

Logo PIC Distrupol, a member company of Univar and a leading European polymer distributor, technical service and solutions provider, has introduced a significant, web-based customer service enhancement, designed to reduce the time needed for material selection and help cut product development time.

Upgrades to GE Advanced Materials’ High-Purity Quartz Tubing Spark Higher Levels of Performance for Projector Lamps

GE’s New Quartz Lamp Tubing for Projectors

GE Advanced Materials, Quartz, has extended the performance limits of quartz lamp tubing for short arc, ultra-high-pressure mercury lamps. Three newly upgraded products from GE – standard, low-alkali, and synthetic tubing – represent a significant improvement in high-purity quartz tubing. The products offer projector lamp manufacturers improved optical uniformity, excellent dimensional control, and increased lamp life. BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — April 29, 2005 — GE Advanced Materials, Quartz, once again, has extended the performance limits of quartz lamp tubing for short arc, ultra-high-pressure mercury lamps. Three newly upgraded products from GE represent a significant improvement in high-purity quartz tubing, offering projector lamp manufacturers the potential for improved optical uniformity, excellent dimensional control, and increased lamp life.