SABIC Features Multiple New Materials That Demonstrate Commitment to Advancing Additive Manufacturing at Formnext

At Formnext, SABIC is displaying a selection of parts produced from its filament portfolio that are representative of typical applications that can be manufactured across a variety of industries. These include a compact drone design that could benefit from the excellent impact performance and improved low-temperature ductility of SABIC’s new LEXAN™ EXL AMHI240F filament. Addressing the need for higher-performing materials in the industrial sector, this filament is the first of several new materials with distinctive performance characteristics that the company plans to launch in the coming year.  Frankfurt, Germany, November 14, 2017 - SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, is demonstrating here at Formnext 2017, stand 3.1-G78, its strong focus on advancing additive manufacturing from prototyping to full-scale production. The company is launching today its new LEXAN™ EXL AMHI240F filament, a unique product for fused deposition modeling that delivers high impact performance and low-temperature ductility. LEXAN™ EXL filament supplements the filament portfolio that SABIC launched earlier this year and is displaying at its Formnext stand. The company is also introducing to the European market a product family of eight reinforced compounds for large format additive manufacturing. Further illustrating its emphasis on disruptive technologies, SABIC is highlighting several other distinctive solutions for additive manufacturing.

Clariant signs agreement with RTI International to supply unique sorbent for warm gas desulfurization technology

WDP is an advanced technology for producing cleaner energy and chemicals from coal and other high-sulfur feedstocks by enabling sulfur-containing gas streams to be cleaned at elevated temperatures. (Photo: RTI)Munich, November 14, 2017 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the signing of a global licensing agreement with RTI International granting Clariant exclusive rights of supply for their solid sorbent material which is vital for RTI’s warm gas desulfurization process (WDP) technology.

DSM sharpens focus on Additive Manufacturing

TMG’s GT86 consumer racing series car that has end-use printed parts made of Somos®, which includes a water reservoir and brake cooling inlet.
(Photo: DSM: DSMMTPR001)Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, today announces a new approach for its additive manufacturing (AM) activities. By aligning all its AM activities within the Materials cluster and promoting a partnership approach, DSM can provide customers an open and flexible infrastructure. This will help customers to find exactly the right materials and production systems for their applications.

ELIX Polymers apuesta una vez más por la protección del medioambiente con su participación en el programa Operation Clean Sweep

ELIX Polymers apuesta una vez más por la protección del medioambiente con su participación en el programa Operation Clean Sweep. (Foto: ELIX Polymers, PR024)Tarragona, 13 de noviembre de 2017 – ELIX Polymers, fabricante líder de resinas y compuestos de ABS, se ha adherido a Operation Clean Sweep (OCS), el programa internacional diseñado con el fin de eliminar las pérdidas de gránulos, hojuelas y polvo y evitar que estos materiales se viertan en ríos y océanos. Los vertidos marinos son un problema global que afecta a todos los océanos del mundo. Este programa específico ayuda a que productores y transformadores de plásticos contribuyan a solucionarlo.

SONGWON Industrial Group releases Financial Results for Q3/2017

SONGWONUlsan, South Korea – November 10, 2017 – SONGWON Industrial Group (www.songwon.com) today announced its results for the third quarter of 2017. In Q3/2017, gross profit amounted to 38,621 Mil. KRW, and the Group reported sales totaling 180,832 Mil. KRW – an increase of 6.0% over Q3/2016. SONGWON achieved sales of 542,539 Mil. KRW (YTD September 2016: 532,727 Mil. KRW) in the 9 months ended September 30, 2017 and recorded a net profit of 30,036 Mil. KRW (YTD September 2016: 38,150 Mil. KRW).

Lightweight instrument panel carrier of 2017 MINI Countryman takes top honors in Body Interior category of SPE Automotive Innovation Awards

The instrument panel carrier of the 2017 MINI Countryman from BMW Group is this year’s winner in the Body Interior category of the Automotive Innovation Awards, an annual competition now in its 47th year and run by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). An innovative process combined with lightweight-enabling materials from SABIC helps reduce the part’s weight by about 15 percent versus a comparable solid plastic component. The injection-molded part uses a high flow concentrate long glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene (LGFPP) material (STAMAX™ resin) from SABIC and a dedicated masterbatch solution in a structural foaming process with core-back technology.Detroit, USA, November 9, 2017 - The instrument panel carrier of the 2017 MINI Countryman from BMW Group is this year’s winner in the Body Interior category of the Automotive Innovation Awards, an annual competition now in its 47th year and run by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE).

Neutralidad y excelente transmisión luminosa. El nuevo vidrio de control solar Guardian Glass perfecto para diseñar edificios bañados en luz natural

El nuevo vidrio de control solar Guardian Glass, que ofrece una neutralidad extrema y una alta transmisión luminosa, es perfecto para diseñar edificios bañados en luz natural. (Fotos Guardian Industries Corp., GRDPR152)Bertrange, Luxemburgo, 10 de noviembre de 2017 – Guardian Glass amplía su gama de vidrio de control solar de altas prestaciones SunGuard® SuperNeutral™ (SN) con un nuevo producto que proporciona la transmisión luminosa más alta de toda la línea.

En envases para gotas oftálmicas, Aptar Pharma recurre a un TPE apto para el uso en medicina

El dosificador oftálmico flexible (OSD) de Aptar Pharma presenta componentes fabricados con un elastómero termoplástico perteneciente al grupo de productos THERMOLAST® M de KRAIBURG TPE, que es apto para el uso en medicina y para el contacto directo con medicamentos. 
(Foto: © 2017 Aptar Pharma)Con varios componentes funcionales elaborados a partir de un TPE de KRAIBURG TPE recientemente desarrollado y apto para el uso en medicina, Aptar Pharma ha lanzado al mercado su dosificador oftálmico flexible, denominado Ophthalmic Squeeze Dispenser (OSD). Los componentes fabricados con elastómeros termoplásticos entran en contacto directo con las gotas oftálmicas. Aptar Pharma exige la categorización como "Medical Grade Plastic" junto con el cumplimiento de las estrictas normas para el envasado primario de medicamentos sensibles.