Clariant Oil Services to Launch VeriTrax® at CORROSION 2011

ClariantHouston, Texas (USA), 02 March 2011 – Specialty chemicals expert Clariant’s Oil Services business will introduce its VeriTrax® Automated Data Exchange system, an integrated chemical delivery and data management system for providing production chemicals to the oil and gas industry, at NACE CORROSION 2011 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, March 13-17, 2011.

RHODIA INVESTIT DANS LA PRODUCTION DE CYCLOPENTANONE SUR SON SITE DE MELLE

Rhodia Aroma PerformanceLyon, France, 2 mars 2011 ---- Rhodia investit dans son unité de production de Cyclopentanone* et confirme sa position de leader sur les marchés de la parfumerie.

Pallmann hires Peter Roth to strengthen sales in process technology sectors

Peter Roth has been appointed head of Pallmann Group’s new Process Technology business unit.
(Photo The Pallmann Group, PLMPR002)Zweibrücken, Germany (March 1, 2011) – Peter Roth has been appointed head of Pallmann Group’s new Process Technology business unit, effective January 1. In recent years, Pallmann has experienced an increasing number of enquiries and orders from the pharmaceutical, food technology, chemicals and related industries for its high-efficiency size reduction technologies. Orders for new plant, as well as extensive crushing and grinding tests in the company’s technical laboratory, together with calls for custom grinding, have all been rising sharply. Pallmann intends to develop this busines globally with a strengthened organization, headed by Roth (53).

Packaging producers save time and energy making better products with Milliken nucleating and clarifying agents

Food container made of Millad NX 8000 
(Photos Milliken, MKPR073, Copyright© 2010 Milliken & Company, All rights reserved)Visit Milliken at Hall 10 Stand C32
Interpack, May 12-18, Düsseldorf, Germany

Ghent, Belgium – Plastics additives producer Milliken will be at Interpack to demonstrate how its market-leading Millad® clarifying agents and Hyperform® HPN nucleating agents can make major contributions to converters’ process economics while ensuring improved product performance.

RHODIA EXPOSE AU SALON IME 2011 (DUBAÏ) SUR LE STAND ORKILA

Rhodia Aroma PerformanceLyon, France, 25 février 2011 ---- Du 27 février au 2 mars 2011, Aroma Performance, entreprise du pôle « consumer chemicals» de Rhodia, sera présent au salon Ingredients Middle East (IME) qui se tiendra au Dubaï International Convention and Exhibition Centre, conjointement avec son partenaire ORKILA.

FLOATING OIL PLATFORM IS HELD FIRM BY BACK-UP LINES MADE WITH DYNEEMA®

ConocoPhillips FPSO NanHai KaiTuo secured by back-up lines with Dyneema®The Netherlands, February 24, 2011 - Ropes made with Dyneema®, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), are being successfully used to secure rigs, Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs), Buoyant Turret Mooring (BTM) systems and similar constructions in the offshore oil and gas industry. Users are finding them invaluable when original equipment steel wire rope (SWR) and chains that secure mooring legs break or suffer damage. The back-up lines made with Dyneema® are installed as a safety feature until regular maintenance can be carried out.

DSM marks its transformation with new brand

DSM Engineering MaterialsRoyal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company today introduces a new company brand: Bright Science. Brighter Living™. The new brand is symbolic of the transition to the ‘new’ DSM.

SABIC Dossier Presse Pharmapack

SABICSABIC, l’un des principaux acteurs mondiaux de l’industrie des matières plastiques, a élargi son portefeuille de polymères destinés aux applications des soins de santé par le lancement de deux copolymères statistiques de polypropylène (PP) à haute pureté au Pharmapack.