02-02-2008
Rohm and Haas Company Partners with The Natural Step International to Implement Strategic Sustainable Development Practices Across the Company.
Shanghai, China—February 2, 2008—Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE:ROH) announced today that it has embarked on a comprehensive journey to develop and implement strategic, sustainable development practices across all areas of its businesses and operations. In launching this initiative, the company has formed a partnership with The Natural Step International, a leading global, environmental non-government organization that specializes in developing systematic, science-based approaches for organizations to become more sustainable. Through participation in its Core Funding Partner Program, The Natural Step will assist Rohm and Haas Company in incorporating sustainable objectives in all of its business, research and development, and operating practices.
30-01-2008
ROHM AND HAAS INTRODUCES NEXT GENERATION VISIONPAD™ CMP PAD FOR SHALLOW TRENCH ISOLATION
SHANGHAI, CHINA, January 30, 2008 - Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials, CMP Technologies, a leader and innovator in chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) technology for the global semiconductor industry, today announced the VisionPad™ 5000 CMP pad, the latest addition to its advanced VisionPad platform. Specifically designed for defectivity reduction in shallow trench isolation (STI) and interlayer dielectric (ILD) applications, the new pad targets volume manufacturing of memory and logic chips at 65 nm and below.
29-01-2008
PPG Sinoma Jinjing Fiber Glass to add third furnace
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 29, 2008 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) and Sinoma Jinjing Fiber Glass Co. Ltd. announced their respective boards of directors have approved the addition of a third furnace at the PPG Sinoma Jinjing Fiber Glass Co. Ltd. joint-venture manufacturing site in Zibo, China. The joint venture is a 50-50 arrangement for manufacturing glass-fiber reinforcement.
29-01-2008
CHEMTURA RAISES PRICES 10% ON WESTON®, MARK® LIQUID PHOSPHITE ESTERS
Chemtura Corporation (NYSE:CEM) will increase the price of its Weston® and Mark® Liquid Phosphite Esters by 10%, effective on all deliveries on or after February 1, 2008, or as contracts allow. The price increase is the result of a continued increase in raw material and energy costs. The following products will be affected:
29-01-2008
SABIC - Press Kit Interplastica, Moscow, Russia
29 January - 1 February 2008
January 29, 2008 - SABIC today showcased its diverse plastics portfolios for key Russian industries and they announced the expansion of its LNP* Faradex* family of specialty compounds.
29-01-2008
Borealis announces new Executive Vice President for Polyolefins
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, announces the appointment of Lorenzo Delorenzi as Executive Vice President for its Polyolefins business group and member of the Executive Board, effective immediately.
29-01-2008
UNA PECULIAR HISTORIA DE ÉXITO EN TORNO AL MATERIAL AUTOADHESIVO FASSON
Leiden, Países Bajos - Vox Artes Gráficas es, sin lugar a dudas, uno de los primeros fabricantes de etiquetas de Portugal. Para la industria etiquetera es una empresa relativamente grande, dado que actualmente tiene unos 118 empleados trabajando en su planta de 7.000m2 de Vila Nova de Gaia, cerca de Oporto. Pero lo que distingue a Vox es su especialización en etiquetas para vino y, por supuesto, para oporto, un mercado en el que la calidad y el servicio son factores clave y las tiradas de impresión suelen ser cortas. Vox cumple estos criterios mediante varias soluciones innovadoras y de «mejores prácticas» que claramente demuestran cómo el centrarse en un nicho de mercado particular, y hacerlo bien, puede representar un modelo de negocio altamente exitoso en la actual industria del envase y el embalaje.
29-01-2008
SABIC Premieres in Russia at Interplastica 2008!
Moscow – January 29, 2008 – For the first time, the SABIC family of plastics businesses, including SABIC Innovative Plastics and SABIC Europe, will be showcasing its diverse plastics portfolios for key Russian industries here at Interplastica 2008, exhibiting at stand A22/28, Hall 8.3. SABIC’s presence at the event underscores the importance of the Russian market to its expanding global business strategy. Major Russian markets into which SABIC materials are sold include automotive, building and construction, electrical and lighting, pipe and infrastructure, SABIC offers Russian customers a strong local team, local supply of materials, and the extensive resources of its Global Application Technology (GApT) centers to support in-country application development.
