Distrupol launches a powerful new polymer search tool

Logo PIC Distrupol, a member company of Univar and a leading European polymer distributor, technical service and solutions provider, has introduced a significant, web-based customer service enhancement, designed to reduce the time needed for material selection and help cut product development time.

Upgrades to GE Advanced Materials’ High-Purity Quartz Tubing Spark Higher Levels of Performance for Projector Lamps

GE’s New Quartz Lamp Tubing for Projectors

GE Advanced Materials, Quartz, has extended the performance limits of quartz lamp tubing for short arc, ultra-high-pressure mercury lamps. Three newly upgraded products from GE – standard, low-alkali, and synthetic tubing – represent a significant improvement in high-purity quartz tubing. The products offer projector lamp manufacturers improved optical uniformity, excellent dimensional control, and increased lamp life. BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — April 29, 2005 — GE Advanced Materials, Quartz, once again, has extended the performance limits of quartz lamp tubing for short arc, ultra-high-pressure mercury lamps. Three newly upgraded products from GE represent a significant improvement in high-purity quartz tubing, offering projector lamp manufacturers the potential for improved optical uniformity, excellent dimensional control, and increased lamp life.

Univar appoints Patrick Lammers Managing Director of its Dureal business

Univar appoints Patrick Lammers Managing Director of its Dureal business. Univar N.V., one of the world’s leading independent distributors of industrial chemicals and providers of related specialty services, has announced the appointment of Patrick Lammers as Managing Director of its Dureal division based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Univar va commercialiser les huiles de Aarhus United UK dans toute l’Europe

UnivarA l’occasion du salon In-Cosmetics 2005 de Berlin, Univar and Aarhus United UK (AUUK) ont conjointement confirmé la signature d’un contrat aux termes duquel Univar devient l’interlocuteur commercial et marketing exclusif des clients européens du secteur de la pharmacie et cosmétologie pour les produits AUUK. Ce contrat, qui inclut la gamme PURE BASICS récemment lancée, concrétise les 10 années de succès de la collaboration entre les deux sociétés au Royaume-Uni et en Irlande.

International award for scientific papers in the field of engineering and high-performance plastics and composites

Quadrant is to confer for the first time an international award for outstanding academic achievement in the field of «Materials and processes related to engineering and high-performance plastics and composites». Graduates who have received a PhD or Master's degree between August 1, 2004, and July 31, 2005, are invited to enter. Prizes of EUR 15 000 (PhD level) and EUR 5 000 (Master's level) await the winners. Zurich, April 28, 2005 – As a leading global manufacturer of high-performance thermoplastic materials and composites in the form of semi-finished and finished products, Quadrant is to confer for the first time an international award for outstanding academic achievement. Graduates who have received a PhD or Master’s degree in the field of «Materials and processes related to engineering and high-performance plastics and composites» between August 1, 2004, and July 31, 2005, are invited to enter. The «Quadrant Award 2005» will be conferred for two scientific papers, with prizes of EUR 15 000 (PhD level) and EUR 5 000 (Master's level).

Avec deux nouvelles résines hautes performances, GE Advanced Materials revitalise le programme planche de bord

Un leader qui apporte des solutions matériaux avancées aux clients automobiles dans le monde entier, GE Advanced Materials, Automotive, vient d’introduire sur le marché un Programme de Planche de Bord Redynamisé, présentant plusieurs grades de polycarbonate et d’alliage polycarbonate/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (PC/ABS) hautes performances, ainsi qu’une gamme étendue de ressources et de supports techniques de premier plan. GE a récemment fait passer son programme Planche de Bord à la vitesse supérieure avec le lancement d’une nouvelle génération d’alliages CYCOLOY* PC/ABS « Extrêmes », représentant la dernière avancée de GE dans son développement continu de la famille de résines CYCOLOY*. Le programme de Planche de Bord gagne en puissance avec l’arrivée de la résine LEXAN* EXL1414H, un nouveau copolymère polycarbonate-siloxane (PC-Si) qui offre aux designers automobiles et aux constructeurs un nouveau potentiel de synergie entre la définition de la Planche de Bord et l’intégration de l’airbag passager, comme illustré ci-dessus. 

Le programme de planche de bord redynamisé par GE BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — Démontrant une nouvelle fois son engagement à apporter des solutions matériaux avancées à des clients automobiles dans le monde entier, GE Advanced Materials, Automotive, a lancé un programme Planche de Bord revitalisé, présentant plusieurs nouveaux grades à hautes performances, alliage PC-ABS (polycarbonate - acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) et résine polycarbonate (PC), ainsi qu’une gamme étendue de ressources et supports techniques de premier plan.

GE’s New AS4700* Hardcoat System Delivers Durable Protection, High Gloss to Black Polycarbonate Automotive Exterior Parts

High-Gloss Sun Roof

With the launch of its silicone-based AS4700* hardcoat and SHP470* basecoat grades, GE Advanced Materials is helping automotive designers and customers to deliver an added degree of protection for the appliqués, mirror shells, sunroofs, vent grills, and black polycarbonate (PC) exterior trim sported by many of today's cars. These parts have been traditionally susceptible to fading and cracking after extended exposure to harsh in-use environments. Combined, GE’s AS4700 hardcoat and SHP470 primer can now be used to create a protective surface with a durable, high-gloss finish, potentially extending the life of these components. BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — April 26, 2005 — Automotive customers who choose to differentiate their product offerings with plastic designs versus metal should not have to sacrifice durable aesthetics and performance. Now, with help from an outstanding new silicone-based weatherable hardcoat system from GE Advanced Materials, they may not have to.

Upgraded Borflow™ provides an improved liquid barrier solution for hygiene and medical applications

The new products, designated Borflow HL604FB, HL608FB and HL612FB, answer a growing demand from meltblown producers for more process-friendly plastics and from consumers with young infants, for diaper products that provide better liquid barrier (hydrohead) properties. With the introduction of an upgraded range of its Borflow™ low viscosity polypropylene (PP) homopolymers, Borealis has set a new standard in barrier performance for meltblown, nonwoven applications such as diapers and medical gowns.