03-05-2005
Bernhardt Design Picks GE Advanced Materials’ LNP* Verton* PCA Compound for New Orbit Stacking Chair
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — May 3, 2005 — Bernhardt Design, a leading innovator in residential and business furniture design based in Lenoir, N.C., has selected GE Advanced Materials, Plastics’ new LNP* Verton* PCA-F-7004 EM compound to create a lower cost alternative to the currently offered ash and zebrawood veneers on the company’s new satin gloss-painted Orbit stacking chair.
03-05-2005
SCHAEFFLER REPLACES METAL CHAIN TENSIONER WITH DSM’S STANYL®
Looking to replace metal, consolidate parts, and reduce system costs in their chain tensioner Schaeffler turned to Stanyl TW341 from DSM Engineering Plastics. The chain tensioner is used in high volume engines that are supplied to Ford Motor Co. Throughout the evolution of the powertrain, Stanyl has been and remains the best material for tensioners.
03-05-2005
VICTREX® PEEK-Based Dispersion Coatings now available from Armourcote in the UK
Victrex 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.
03-05-2005
Recubrimientos en polvo basados en VICTREX® PEEK™, ahora disponibles en todo el mundo
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.
03-05-2005
Adquisición de operaciones de producción de materia prima de Degussa
Victrex 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
03-05-2005
Nanogel® Aerogel from Cabot Corporation provides the right chemistry
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.
02-05-2005
GE Drives Full Speed Ahead with Breakthrough Material Solutions for More Fuel-Efficient Cars
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.
29-04-2005
Maiden flight Airbus A380; DSM’s Stanyl® helps make it the quietest airplane ever built
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.
