GE and the City of Torino Unveil Monument in Piazza Solferino to Commemorate Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games

The “Il Dente del Gigante” Monument in Torino, Italty Made of GE’s Lexan* Margard* Resin

GE, a Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Games, and the City of Torino today unveiled an Olympic-themed monument dedicated to the residents and visitors of the city for the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games. The monument is a gift from GE’s 300,000 worldwide employees to the city. Affectionately named “Il Dente del Gigante,” or the Giant’s Tooth, in honor of the famous 4,014 meter mountain peak along the border of Italy and France, the structure is eight meters high and was constructed with 550 square meters of GE’s Lexan* Margard* thermoplastic and GE lights. As part of the exhibit, GE employees will be able to send messages via the Internet during the Games that will be displayed on a digital messaging system at the base of the structure, which will emit colored lights and sounds periodically.BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — February 1, 2006 — GE, a worldwide partner of the Olympic Games, and the city of Torino today unveiled an Olympic-themed monument dedicated to the residents and visitors of the city for the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Torino Mayor Sergio Chiamparino and president of GE Italy Giuseppe Recchi attended the event at the GE Ice Plaza in Piazza Solferino, in the heart of Torino’s historic city center, where the structure will remain through the Games. The monument is a gift from GE’s 300,000 worldwide employees to the city.

DSM Dyneema Achieves ISO 13485 Certification for Dyneema® Purity Fiber Operations

Mr. Eric de Boer (r), director BVQI The Netherlands handing over the ISO 13485 certificate to Mr. Christophe Dardel (l), president of DSM Dyneema.Urmond (NL), January 31 – DSM Dyneema, the inventor and manufacturer of Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber, today announced its Dyneema® Purity operations have been certified under the international ISO 13485:2003 standard. Dyneema® Purity, an ultra-high-molecularweight polyethylene fiber that is, weight for weight, 15 times stronger than steel, is used in high-performance medical applications such as orthopedic surgery sutures. Supplementing the ISO 9001 standard, ISO 13485 provides certification of a quality management system dedicated to medical devices.

DSM material innovation improves bobsleigh stability

Bobsleigher Ilse Broeders: “‘Smart blocks’ a good step on the road to success in Turin” 
The bobsleighs to be used by the Dutch Olympic Team at the Olympic Games in Turin contain special DSM vibration dampers that make the bobsleigh more stable. This reduces the risk of steering errors and means that better times can be achieved. The vibration dampers reduce the number of vibrations in the bobsleigh runners to 40% compared with the dampers traditionally used for bobsleighs.

UTECH Europe 2006 Preview Information from Exhibitors - part 2

UTECHPlease find below an update on 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.

摩力克TM (MOLYKOTE®)L-8008潤滑劑為滑動零件提供不粘塗層

Dow Corning - Molykote米德蘭市, 密西根州. – 2006年1月17日,摩力克TM (MOLYKOTE®)L-8008半幹膜潤滑劑和許多塑膠和彈性體相容,形成不粘的塗層,可以用來潤滑照相機、音像設備、精密儀器和辦公室設備的滑動零件。

LA TAPA DE LA CARCASA DE LA LINEA BOCARD DE BOPLA OFRECE TRANSPARENCIA Y RESISTENCIA GRACIAS AL XANTAR® DE DSM

Tapa transparente de las carcasas de la línea Bocard de BOPLA producida con resina de policarbonato Xantar® de DSM Engineering Plastics. La tapa Bocard aprovecha las ventajas del Xantar: economía de producción, transparencia, resistencia al impacto y estabilidad dimensional. BOPLA Gehäuse systeme GmbH (Bünde, Alemania) ha escogido el policarbonato Xantar® de DSM Engineering Plastics para las tapas transparentes de su línea Bocard de carcasas de plástico para equipos electrónicos. Los paneles transparentes de las tapas están fabricados con Xantar 22 R 01001. La tapa cumple las especificaciones IEC529IP65, es hermética al polvo y minimiza la entrada de humedad y de lluvia, gracias en parte a la excelente estabilidad dimensional de la resina. Además, la transparencia a largo plazo del Xantar permite un control visual del equipo alli alojado mientras que la resistencia al impacto ayuda a evitar la rotura y la incursión de objetos. EL Xantar tiene la clasificación UL94 V2 a 1.5 mm de espesor y el grado 22 R 01001 proporciona buena fluidez y excelente desmoldeo para facilitar la producción.

Borealis turns the spotlight on latest cabling innovations at Wire 2006

Supercure XLPE cable insulation.

Borealis, the world’s leading provider of polyolefin compounds for the global wire and cable industry, will showcase state-of-the-art polyolefin compounds solutions to visitors of Wire 2006, from April 24-28, 2006 in Düsseldorf, Germany (Messe Düsseldorf, Hall 10, Stand N10-D70).

Borealis turns the spotlight on latest cabling innovations at Wire 2006

Supercure XLPE cable insulationBorealis, the world’s leading provider of polyolefin compounds for the global wire and cable industry, will showcase state-of-the-art polyolefin compounds solutions to visitors of Wire 2006, from April 24-28, 2006 in Düsseldorf, Germany (Messe Düsseldorf, Hall 10, Stand N10-D70).