Attachmate Announces Web Services Systems Integrator & IT Consultant Recruitment Programme

AttachmateBrussels, 6 December, 2001 – Attachmate, the ebusiness integration solutions provider, today announced that the company is looking to recruit high-calibre Benelux systems integration and IT consultancy partners to implement its Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and Web Services solutions within the corporate sector.

Strategic alliance creates winning e-business Channel for global chemical and plastics industries.

OmnexusATLANTA and PHILADELPHIA (December 5, 2001) – Omnexus, the global, neutral eMarketplace created by the plastics industry for the plastics industry, and Elemica, a global integrated hub founded by 22 of the world's largest chemical companies, today announced the formation of a deep, long-term strategic alliance.

SYNETIX APPOINTED AS EXCLUSIVE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTOR FOR GREAT LAKES' CATALYST GRADE ANTIMONY TRIOXIDE FOR USE IN POLYESTER MANUFACTURE

PET application

(Photographs: Great Lakes)
 December 4, 2001 - Zürich, Switzerland – Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) and Synetix, the catalyst business of the ICI Group, announced today, at the Polyester 2001 congress, that Synetix has been awarded an exclusive global distributor agreement for Great Lakes’ catalyst grade antimony trioxide for polyethyleneterephthalate (PET).

Akcros Chemicals Invests in the Production of Solid Stabilisers

AkcrosAs part of its strategy of meeting the growing demand for PVC Stabilisers combining high performance with low volatility and odour, Akcros Chemicals will invest in increased production of the INTERLITE® ZP range of solid mixed metal soap stabilisers at its Eccles, UK, facility.

Le Salon Interplas enregistre de nouvelles réservations à K2001 et confirme son statut international

Reed ExhibitionsL'édition 2002 du Salon Interplas des plastiques et du caoutchouc dominera le calendrier de ce secteur l'année prochaine. Soucieux d'améliorer encore les excellentes perspectives d'Interplas, Reed Exhibition Companies a en effet mené une vaste initiative de promotion tout au long de K2001.

Rhodia Engineering Plastics toujours à la pointe du développement pour sa gamme de polyamides TECHNYL STAR™

Rhodia Engineering PlasticsRhodia Engineering Plastics lance à l’occasion de K’2001 trois nouveaux grades dans sa gamme de polyamides à haute fluidité TECHNYL STAR™. Après des percées très significatives sur les applications exigeantes de l’automobile par les grands constructeurs mondiaux, TECHNYL STAR™ pénètre maintenant d’autres marchés à fortes exigences. Parmi ceux-ci, citons notamment les marchés de l’outillage, de l’électrique et des sports et loisirs, qui devraient également profiter de la combinaison des propriétés physiques et rhéologiques du matériau garantissant de hautes performances de moulage, à faible coût et à rendement élevé.

New Managing Director: Kupron Prototypes expands into small series production

Mr. R. de Palma & Mr. R. Antwerpen holding PROTO Kupron Prototypes has announced the appointment of a new Managing Director, Rob Antwerpen, who is set to build on the company’s well-established position as the leading producer of large representative prototypes for the automotive industry.

The “open standard” is a myth, claims Attachmate

AttachmateAccording to Attachmate, the enterprise application integration solutions provider, open standards do little to help businesses. Rather than having freedom of choice, for the majority of companies, open standards mean being indefinitely locked in to a vendor’s own software.