Pallmann hires Peter Roth to strengthen sales in process technology sectors

Peter Roth has been appointed head of Pallmann Group’s new Process Technology business unit.
(Photo The Pallmann Group, PLMPR002)Zweibrücken, Germany (March 1, 2011) – Peter Roth has been appointed head of Pallmann Group’s new Process Technology business unit, effective January 1. In recent years, Pallmann has experienced an increasing number of enquiries and orders from the pharmaceutical, food technology, chemicals and related industries for its high-efficiency size reduction technologies. Orders for new plant, as well as extensive crushing and grinding tests in the company’s technical laboratory, together with calls for custom grinding, have all been rising sharply. Pallmann intends to develop this busines globally with a strengthened organization, headed by Roth (53).

Packaging producers save time and energy making better products with Milliken nucleating and clarifying agents

Food container made of Millad NX 8000 
(Photos Milliken, MKPR073, Copyright© 2010 Milliken & Company, All rights reserved)Visit Milliken at Hall 10 Stand C32
Interpack, May 12-18, Düsseldorf, Germany

Ghent, Belgium – Plastics additives producer Milliken will be at Interpack to demonstrate how its market-leading Millad® clarifying agents and Hyperform® HPN nucleating agents can make major contributions to converters’ process economics while ensuring improved product performance.

RHODIA SHOWCASES ON ORKILA’S BOOTH AT IME 2011 (DUBAI)

Rhodia Aroma PerformanceLyon, France, February 25, 2011 ---- From February 27 to March 02, 2011 Aroma Performance enterprise, part of the Rhodia Consumer Chemical Cluster, will be present at Ingredients Middle East (IME) exhibit in Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

FLOATING OIL PLATFORM IS HELD FIRM BY BACK-UP LINES MADE WITH DYNEEMA®

ConocoPhillips FPSO NanHai KaiTuo secured by back-up lines with Dyneema®The Netherlands, February 24, 2011 - Ropes made with Dyneema®, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), are being successfully used to secure rigs, Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs), Buoyant Turret Mooring (BTM) systems and similar constructions in the offshore oil and gas industry. Users are finding them invaluable when original equipment steel wire rope (SWR) and chains that secure mooring legs break or suffer damage. The back-up lines made with Dyneema® are installed as a safety feature until regular maintenance can be carried out.

DSM reafirma su transformación con una nueva marca

DSM Engineering MaterialsRoyal DSM N.V., la compañía global de Life Sciences (ciencias de la vida) y Materials Sciences (ciencias de los materiales), hoy presenta una nueva marca corporativa: Bright Science. Brighter Living™. La nueva marca es símbolo de la transición al “nuevo” DSM.

SABIC Información de prensa del Pharmapack

SABICSABIC, uno de los líderes mundiales de la industria de los plásticos, amplía su cartera de polímeros para aplicaciones sanitarias con el lanzamiento de dos copolímeros random de polipropileno (PP) de gran pureza en la feria Pharmapack.

SABIC demuestra su firme compromiso con el sector sanitario con el lanzamiento de dos grados de copolímeros random de PP en Pharmapack 2011

Ampollas hechas de materiales de SABIC® PCG (Foto SABIC, PR024)Sittard, Holanda, 23 de febrero de 2011 – SABIC, uno de los líderes mundiales de la industria de los plásticos, amplía su cartera de polímeros para aplicaciones sanitarias con el lanzamiento de dos copolímeros random de polipropileno (PP) de gran pureza. Ambos han sido específicamente desarrollados para este tipo de aplicaciones, lo que subraya el firme compromiso de la compañía con el sector sanitario. SABIC exhibirá los dos grados nuevos, uno para una amplia gama de aplicaciones de moldeo por soplado y el otro para componentes moldeados por inyección, en la feria Pharmapack 2011 que se celebrará en París del 23 al 24 de febrero (stand 176/178).

Clariant Masterbatches Establishes Dedicated Medical and Pharmaceutical Global Segment

Clariant’s dedicated medical/pharmaceutical team supports customers in meeting the increasingly strict regulations governing end-product ingredients and manufacturers’ need to minimize risk at every stage of design, production and product approval. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, 23 February 2011 – Clariant has established a global Medical and Pharmaceutical segment within its Masterbatches Business Unit to further strengthen its dedicated support for customers in these highly-demanding markets.