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29 Sept 2009
DSM DYNEEMA OUTLINES RIGOROUS MATERIAL TESTING FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AIR CARGO CONTAINERS AT IATA IULDUG ANNUAL MEETING
URMOND (NL), September 29th, 2009 - DSM Dyneema, inventor and manufacturer of Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™, together with DoKaSch Air Cargo Equipment GmbH, has recently delivered a presentation on extensive new air cargo container material testing at the IATA IULDUG (International Air Transport Association Interline Unit Load Device User Group) Annual Meeting in Sydney, Australia.
24 Sept 2009
Rhodia and its Polyamide 6.6 have been chosen for under-the-hood applications in biofuel engines
Lyon, France – 24 September 2009 – Magneti Marelli has chosen Rhodia’s Technyl® to produce the air intake manifold (AIM) and the fuel rail of the Citroën C4 and the C5 2l biofuel engines in Brazil. This choice is extended to Peugeot 407, 307 and 308 series.
Battice, Belgium – August 12, 2009 – 3B, a leading manufacturer of fibreglass products for the reinforcement of thermoplastics and thermosets, is going to exhibit for the first time at the China Composites Expo, Shanghai, September, 2nd - 4th. This latest move reflects the company’s strategic expansion beyond its core European market-base and in particular focusing on China as an important growth market for many of its key application areas.
BEIJING, July 8, 2009 – Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), a world leader in glass fiber reinforcements and residential and commercial building materials, announced today that the company is supporting its wind blade fabrication customers in Asia by expanding capacity to produce technical fabrics at its manufacturing facilities in Chanzhou and Doudian, China and Taloja, India.
Economic turbulence has made a more visible impact on the automotive industry than any other. One of the most recent effects is the decision by Nova Chemicals to discontinue production of its Dylark® styrene maleic anhydride (SMA) engineering resins, important materials for dashboard carriers and other car components. 