23-06-2016
Clariant doubles annual production capacity for water-based pigment preparations at its production site Santa Clara, Mexico
Muttenz, June 23, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, inaugurated its new production plant for water-based pigment preparations in Mexico. The new plant located in Santa Clara doubles Clariant’s Mexico annual production capacity for water-based pigment preparations and enhances its ability to serve customers across North and Latin America.
22-06-2016
ARLANXEO controls global rubber business from the Netherlands
Maastricht – ARLANXEO Holding B.V. officially opened its new corporate headquarters in Maastricht, Netherlands today. From now on, one of the global leading companies for synthetic rubber will control its operations around the world from Maastricht.
22-06-2016
Winners of Perstorp Open Innovation Challenge are announced
Perstorp - June 22, 2016 - Perstorp, a world leader in specialty chemicals, is today announcing the winner in its Innovation Challenge, a competition launched in September 2015 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its unique Capa™ caprolactone thermoplastic materials. The purpose of the contest was to crowdsource ideas for creatively applying Capa™ Thermoplastic to address future challenges in this ever-changing world.
22-06-2016
Guardian Automotive presenta el nuevo equipo y la nueva estrategia
Bertrange, Luxemburgo, 22 de junio de 2016 – Guardian Glass, un fabricante líder mundial e innovador en tecnologías y tratamiento del vidrio, ha anunciado que las diversas actividades de automoción de la compañía en Europa se han integrado ahora plenamente en una sola empresa. Guardian Automotive reúne las instalaciones especiales europeas de fabricación y los servicios de tecnología punta de almacenaje y distribución de la empresa, que antes operaban como entidades separadas.
21-06-2016
New high temperature resistant Arnitel TPE from DSM replaces plastics-rubber and metal-rubber combinations in hot air ducts
Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, has developed a new high temperature resistant grade of its Arnitel® thermoplastic copolyester elastomer (TPC) for production of flexible hot charge air ducts used in turbocharged engines.
21-06-2016
Innovaciones de SABIC que minimizan el desperdicio de alimentos, reducen peso y disminuyen la huella de carbono de los materiales para envasado
Sittard, Países Bajos, 21 de junio de 2016 - Actualmente, alrededor de una tercera parte de los alimentos producidos para el consumo humano se pierde o desperdicia; es decir, cada año se echan a perder 1300 millones de toneladas de comida, según el informe Save Food de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura. Incluso en los sistemas de cadena de suministro más desarrollados como los europeos, el 4% de las mercancías sufren algún tipo de daño durante el transporte por baja estabilidad en la paletización. Por otra parte, la importancia cada vez mayor que los consumidores conceden a la comodidad y a la sostenibilidad también supondrá cambios e innovaciones constantes en el envasado.
21-06-2016
Clariant debuts zeolite innovations for more ecological vehicles at International Zeolite Conference
Munich, June 21, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals and one of the foremost suppliers of zeolite powders and catalysts, will be presenting at the 18th International Zeolite Conference, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from June 19 to 24, 2016. The six-day event will focus on “Zeolites for a Sustainable World”, with the aim of exploring novel means of using zeolites to reduce environmental pollutants. Accordingly, and on behalf of the Clariant R&D team, Dr. Silke Sauerbeck will present very recent research and findings regarding new zeolite solutions for adsorption of automobile VOC emissions.
20-06-2016
Henkel opens new composite test center in Heidelberg – The Composite Lab
Henkel’s newly opened Composite Lab in Heidelberg, Germany, is a state-of-the-art test facility. Here automotive customers can team up with Henkel experts to develop and test composite parts and to figure out the best production process condition to make their ideas market-ready.
