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26 Nov 2003
SPE PRESENTS GRAND AWARD TO SMART™ ROADSTER FOR INNOVATIVE ROOF MODULE MADE WITH LEXAN® SLX FILM
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – Nov. 19, 2003 – Smart GmbH, a business unit of Daimler Chrysler AG, received the Grand Award for the LEXAN® SLX film roof module on their new Smart™ Roadster at the 33rd Annual Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) International Innovation Awards Program held on Monday, Nov. 17, in Livonia, Mich. In addition, the module earned First Place for Body Exterior Innovation. The SPE Innovation Awards Program is the largest, and most prestigious, engineering awards event of its kind, and is considered to be the auto industry’s premier recognition event.
24 Nov 2003
Univar to improve the working environment at the European Commission’s Berlaymont building
Univar N.V., one of the world’s leading independent distributors of industrial chemicals and providers of related specialty services, is supplying the secondary heat transfer fluid (HTF) for the HVAC system in one of the best known and most frequently featured structures in Europe, the Berlaymont building which previously housed the European Commission in Brussels.
* Great Lakes Chemical Corporation will replace Penta-PBDE with a new product called Firemaster® 550. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed preliminary studies of the penta replacement and determined that it does not meet the standards that would necessitate categorizing it as a PBT. This means that the new product is not Persistent in the environment, Bioaccumulative in organisms or Eco-Toxic.
KINGSPORT, Tenn., Nov. 17, 2003 – U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands Clifford M. Sobel, will dedicate Eastman Chemical Company’s (NYSE: EMN) new regional headquarters in Capelle aan den IJssel, in ceremonies to be held this Thursday, Nov. 20, at the new facility near Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The facility manages and supports Eastman’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA—In a move that represents a significant commitment to the Near and Middle East region, global specialty chemicals producer Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced the establishment of an EVP of sales and marketing position at Gulf Stabilizers Industries, the company’s joint venture, formed in 1999, with A.H. Al Zamil Group for the production of antioxidants in Saudi Arabia. 