Songwon announces the expansion of its antioxidants capacity

Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd. announces the expansion of its antioxidants capacity from 55.000 tons to 70.000 tons. The expanded capacity will be on stream from August 2011. The expansion is the result of the consolidation of the Songnox® 1076 production into Songwon’s new fully backwardintegrated Maeam plant. (Photo: Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd.)Ulsan, Korea – November 2, 2010 – Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd. announces the expansion of its antioxidants capacity from 55.000 tons to 70.000 tons. The expanded capacity will be on stream from August 2011. The expansion is the result of the consolidation of the Songnox® 1076 production into Songwon’s new fully backwardintegrated Maeam plant.

Head of Group Communications to leave Clariant

ClariantMuttenz, November 1, 2010 - Arnd Wagner, Head of Group Communications, has made the decision to leave Clariant as of the end of 2010.

En la Feria K 2010, SABIC Innovative Plastics reafirma su compromiso medioambiental a través de nuevos productos sostenibles y su nuevo programa de verificación

 La gama de productos sostenibles de SABIC Innovative Plastics cumplen muchas iniciativas medioambientales como la reduccion de peso en vehiculos, plasticos ignifugos libres de halogenos y productos basados en post consumo>BERGEN OP ZOOM, Países Bajos – 1 de noviembre de 2010 – En el stand D42 del pabellón 6 de la K 2010, SABIC Innovative Plastics está reafirmando su compromiso con el medio ambiente con dos nuevos anuncios: la expansión de su ya extensa cartera de soluciones de sostenibilidad, compuesta por más de 20 familias de solución de sostenibilidad y cientos de tipos de productos, tales como las nuevas resinas Noryl*, Cycoloy* y Lexan* EXL, que contienen materiales de post consumo (PCR), y la introducción de un nuevo y riguroso proceso de validación de materiales y aplicaciones sostenibles. El nuevo proceso incluye una tarjeta de puntuación de sostenibilidad de producto (Sustainable Product Scorecard), desarrollada en asociación con la reputada firma de consultoría de sostenibilidad medioambiental GreenOrder. Ambos anuncios ilustran el compromiso de SABIC Innovative Plastics de cara a satisfacer las diversas necesidades ambientales de sus clientes. Entre estas iniciativas se incluyen las inversiones actuales de la empresa en materiales, tecnologías y procesos que ayuden a los clientes de todo el mundo a reducir sus huellas de carbono y energía, a eliminar los residuos y a garantizar el estricto cumplimiento de las regulaciones medioambientales a nivel mundial.

Songwon and HPL to form a Joint Venture for Polymer Stabilizers

Mr. Umesh Anand, Managing Director of HPL (on the left) and Mr. Jongho Park, Chairman and CEO of Songwon Group(on the right) sign the Letter of Intent to form Songwon HPL Additives PVT Ltd.
(Photo: Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd.)Ulsan, Korea – October 29, 2010 – Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. and HPL Additives Ltd. announce that they have signed a Letter of Intent to form Songwon HPL Additives PVT LTD.

Clariant presents fully-fledged credentials to medical device market

Clariant presents fully-fledged credentials to medical device market. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, October 27, 2010 - Clariant Masterbatches presents its fully-fledged credentials as a trusted and unique supplier of materials and support for the medical and pharmaceutical sectors with the announcement that its North American center of competence in Lewiston, Maine has gained ISO 13485 accreditation.

Clariant launches UV stabilizer with unique benefits

Clariant presents an innovation for automotive plastics with the launch of unique UV stabilizer Hostavin N845PP for polyolefin (PO) compounds for interior applications. (Photographs: Clariant)Muttenz, October 29, 2010 - Clariant presents an innovation for automotive plastics with the launch of unique UV stabilizer Hostavin® N845PP for polyolefin (PO) compounds for interior applications. In addition to UV protection, the new grade offers low fogging and low migration performance plus processing efficiency.

Songwon and HPL to form a Joint Venture for Polymer Stabilizers

Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. and HPL Additives Ltd. announce that they have signed a Letter of Intent to form Songwon HPL Additives PVT LTD (Photo: Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd.)Ulsan, Korea – October 29, 2010 – Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. and HPL Additives Ltd. announce that they have signed a Letter of Intent to form Songwon HPL Additives PVT LTD.