SUSTAINABILITY AND INNOVATION UNDERSCORE ARCHROMA’S NEW OFFERINGS AT DENIM PREMIERE VISION

Optisul® C dyes for printed fabrics. (Photo: Archroma)Reinach, 21 May 2015 – Archroma, a global leader in specialty chemicals, will showcase at the Denim Premiere Vision (DPV) show in Barcelona, May 27-28, how it is leveraging innovative chemistry to generate several new fashion-forward, eco-conscious colors and finishes. These advances add value for consumers, mills and brand owners alike.

DSM and NHU form joint venture to add PPS compounds to DSM’s global portfolio of high performance engineering plastics

DSM and NHU form joint venture. (From left to right Zoe Wang- Business Manager of sales department, NHU Ivo, Mr. Guiyang Zhou-Business Director of PPS, NHU Roelof, Mr. Baishan Hu-President of NHU Jayant, Mr. Zhimin Wang - Director of Investment & Development, NHU Mr. Xuedai Li) (Photo: DSM Engineering Plastics: DSMPR459)Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Material Sciences company, and NHU announce the formation of a new joint venture company for the market development and manufacturing of high performance plastics compounds based on polyphenylene sulphide, PPS. The compounds will further enhance DSM’s offering in the high performance engineering plastics space, adding to its leadership positions with Stanyl® polyamide 46 and Stanyl® ForTii™ polyamide 4T. All sales at the joint venture, including those in China, will be handled by DSM’s Marketing and Sales organization with the brand name of Xytron™ PPS.

Belden is a Development Partner for Deutsche Telekom's Connected Industry Platform

Belden is a development partner for Deutsche Telekom's Connected Industry Platform. (Photo: Belden, PR388) Neckartenzlingen - May 21, 2015 - Belden Inc., a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, has developed the Connected Industry Platform (CIP) as a partner of Deutsche Telekom and in cooperation with Infineon Technologies and WIBU Systems. This platform, which was presented by Telekom for the first time at this year's CeBIT, offers an innovative security concept for networked production. This enables secure data communication between several sites, for example. In this way, CIP is already demonstrating how automation and information technology are continuing to merge and become smarter as part of Industry 4.0. The Belden brand Hirschmann was responsible for the network engineering part and has an extensive range of products for industrial data communication, ranging from Ethernet switches and routers to firewall solutions and WLAN systems.

Clariant and Technology Partners Add Holograms and Laser Marking to ColorForward® 2016 Palette

A process for making molded-in holographic images on plastic parts, developed by the Swiss start-up Morphotonix, was used to produce this color chip representing Oh, my go(l)d. The chip is part of ColorForward® 2016 the trend analysis and color-design tool from Clariant ColorWorks®. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, May 21, 2015 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, recently teamed up with two other innovative companies to use the latest technology in laser marking and holography to capture important societal trends affecting consumer behavior. The high-tech graphics are rendered on molded plastic chips in ColorForward® 2016, the latest edition of Clariant’s groundbreaking trend analysis and color-design tool.

DSM y Ascend forman una alianza global para el suministro de compuestos de poliamida 66

DSM Engineering MaterialsRoyal DSM, compañía líder global en ciencias de la vida y materiales científicos; y Ascend Performance Materials Inc., proveedor premium de alta calidad en productos químicos, fibras y plásticos, anunciaron una alianza estratégica para el suministro de compuestos basados en poliamida 66 (PA66), según el acuerdo, Ascend se convierte en el proveedor estratégico de DSM para el polímero base PA66, utilizado como materia prima para el compuesto Akulon® PA66 para la fabricación de plásticos de ingeniería. Además DSM distribuirá su portafolio de compuestos P66 vendidos bajo el nombre de Vydyne®.

Clariant Oil Services launches breakthrough SCALETREAT® FeS iron sulfide scale inhibitor

ClariantHouston, TX, May 19, 2015 – Clariant, a world leader in Specialty Chemicals, introduces SCALETREAT® FeS iron sulfide scale inhibitor, which offers a paradigm shift for inhibiting iron sulfide scale. Counter to the standard practice of allowing scale to form and relying on a chelating option or dissolver for removal, the new high-performance SCALETREAT FeS prevents scale formation in the first place, and the resultant damage, at considerably lower dosages than existing chemistries, such as THPS (tetrakis hydroxymethyl phosphonium sulfate) and Acrolein.

Pallmann une fuerzas con Standard Bio para desarrollar nuevo concepto de biorrefinería a partir de residuos de la industria maderera

Presa de madera de alta presión y máquina de secado PALLMANN pendiente de patentar que puede producir el sustrato de carbón necesario para la regeneración sin costes del suelo. (Fotos: PALLMANN Grupo, PLMPR034)Zweibrücken, Alemania (19 de mayo del 2015) – El Grupo PALLMANN, uno de los mayores fabricantes del mundo de tecnología de reducción de tamaño, está uniendo fuerzas con Standard Bio, un experto en tecnologías innovadoras de conversión de biomasa, para desarrollar un nuevo concepto de biorrefinería que utilizará residuos orgánicos de bajo valor como recurso para generar energía limpia, fertilizantes naturales y proteínas de origen animal.

AVERY DENNISON STRENGTHENS NETWORK WITH NEW DISTRIBUTORS IN THE UK AND BENELUX

Avery DennisonOEGSTGEEST, the Netherlands — May 19, 2015 — Avery Dennison today announced the appointment of new distribution partners in the UK, Netherlands, and Belgium. The new distributors include Pyramid Display Materials and Quantum Europoint in the UK and Pantoon NV (Belgium) and Vink Kunststoffen BV Visual Technology Solutions (Netherlands).