Global Market Leader for Hydroquinone (HQ) and monomer stabilizers, Rhodia is increasing its worldwide HQ production capacity to continue satisfying its customers' increasing needs

Rhodia Aroma PerformanceLyon, France, June 21, 2011 ---- Rhodia, world leader on the Hydroquinone and monomer stabilizers market, has decided to step up its worldwide production capacity by 20%, especially in Rhodia Zhenjiang unit (China), between now and 2012 to consistently meet the increasing needs of both its customers and the markets served over the forthcoming years.

FISHING LINES WITH DYNEEMA® – DON’T BE REELED IN BY ANYTHING LESS

DyneemaThe Netherlands, June 20, 2011 - DSM Dyneema is launching a new brand licensing program to offer fishing line quality assurance to anglers and fishermen.

16 PoE Plus ports and Gigabit speed

16 PoE Plus ports and Gigabit speed.
(Photo: Belden, PR192) Belden has now introduced the new Gigabit Ethernet workgroup switch MACH104-16TX-PoEP from its Hirschmann™ product range. This switch has 16 TX ports (10/100/1000 BASE-TX) that support PoE and PoE Plus and four combo-ports (10/100/1000 BASE-TX or 100/1000 BASE-FX). There are also versions available with two 10-Gigabit XFP uplinks or redundant power supplies as well as a fanless variant with an external power supply unit. The new switch can also be integrated into Profinet and Ethernet/IP networks and offers a number of additional features including extensive management and redundancy facilities and various configuration and diagnostic functions. Its high level of resistance to vibration and shocks coupled with broad immunity to magnetic fields and electrostatic discharges contribute to the unit’s operational safety. Since the switch is geared for a temperature range of 0°C to +50°C, it can also be used inside switch cabinets without powerful cooling systems. Thanks to the wide range of available variants, the MACH104-16TX-PoEP can be used for versatile and therefore economic solutions to implement connections to terminal equipment such as IP cameras and VoIP phones on backbone automation networks.

New Hyperform® HPR reinforcing fibre from Milliken improves performance, cuts weight and costs

On the top row: Scratch testing according to Erichsen (10N) shows that a traditional 17% talc filled system shows more visible scratches than HPR-803i and HPR-803i/talc blend PP.
On the bottom row: Scratch testing according to Wyko NT3300 Optical 3D Profiling System shows that a traditional 17% talc filled system shows deeper scratches with sharper edges compared to HPR-803i and HPR-803i/talc blend PP
(Photo Milliken, MKPR080, Copyright© 2011 Milliken & Company, All rights reserved)Ghent, Belgium – A new Hyperform® HPR high performance reinforcing agent from Milliken & Company yields finished parts with higher stiffness and impact resistance but lower weight than talc-filled parts. It also has improved feeding and handling characteristics for compounders and yields whiter compounds – so users can cut back on colour masterbatch.

Los grados de PC ignífugo Lexan* LUX de SABIC con difusión y luminosidad óptima dan brillo a los tubos LED de Light Engine

Tubo LED de Optiled fabricado con Lexan* LUX de SABIC>GUANGZHOU, China – 17 de mayo de 2011 – Hoy, desde el stand 10.2E21 de Chinaplas 2011, la unidad de negocios estratégica Innovative Plastics de SABIC está brillando a la luz de su último éxito: la selección de los grados de policarbonato de alta difusión Lexan* LUX por parte de la empresa china Light Engine, para la producción de sistemas de iluminación por tubo de diodos emisores de luz (LED) para su cliente Optiled. Optiled está utilizando el policarbonato (PC) Lexan LUX, recientemente lanzado al mercado, para las cubiertas de los sistemas de iluminación en instalaciones residenciales y de oficinas, que protegen los LEDs al tiempo que ofrecen una excelente transmisión de la luz. Las innovadoras resinas Lexan LUX aportan cualidades ignífugas libres de aditivos bromados y clorados conforme a la norma UL94 V0, con espesores de 1,5 mm en todos los colores, una selección de niveles de difusión personalizados, y unas características de transparencia y luminosidad excelentes. Innovative Plastics continúa liderando el sector con soluciones superiores que ayudan a los clientes de la industria de la iluminación a satisfacer las cambiantes exigencias regulatorias y del mercado.

Clariant pronostica una tendencia de moda llena de contrastes para otoño/invierno 2012-13

NEO GRUNGE (Foto: Clariant)Muttenz, 20 de junio de 2011 – La tendencia de la temporada otoño/invierno 2012-13 se centra en contrastes claramente delimitados y con grandes extremos. Es precisamente la intensidad de estos profundos contrastes entre frío y cálido, claro y oscuro, blanco y negro, romanticismo y grunge, la que impulsó e inspiró el nuevo concepto de colores y tendencias en el sector de calzado y cuero. El término compromiso deja de ser elegante y crece la sensibilidad por lo atemporal y sostenible. Con el fin de ayudar a sus clientes en la creación de sus propias colecciones, Clariant presenta la nueva carta de color Global Color Card y su nuevo folleto de tendencias en cuero “Fashion up!” como preparación para la temporada de otoño/invierno 2012-13. La Global Color Card se desarrolló en estrecha colaboración con ModEurop, la plataforma Fashion Pool de la empresa alemana DSI (Das Schuhinstitut GmbH).

BERKLEY CASTS OFF WITH DYNEEMA®

The new NanoFil fishing line from Berkley
(Photo DSM Dyneema, DYNPR213)The Netherlands, June 16, 2011 - Hundreds of stronger-than-steel filaments of Dyneema® ensure the best-in-class performance of the new NanoFil fishing line which is being launched by Berkley, a brand of Pure Fishing.

SABIC wins VNCI Responsible Care Award for 2011

A crash buffer of one of the wagons of Barendrecht (Photo SABIC, PR032)>Sittard, the Netherlands – June 16, 2011 – SABIC has won the Responsible Care award for 2011. The announcement was made on Wednesday June 15 during the annual meeting of the Dutch Chemical Industry Federation (Vereniging van de Nederlandse Chemische Industrie (VNCI)) in The Hague. The company was chosen to receive the award because of its efforts to render the transportation of hazardous substances as safe as possible. SABIC has implemented a number of safety policies which go above and beyond the statutory and regulatory provisions. In addition, SABIC also actively involves its suppliers in safety improvements throughout the logistics chain.