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10 Dec 2003
DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS OPENS FIRST RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL CENTER IN CHINA
DSM Engineering Plastics, a business group within DSM Performance Materials, is increasing its commitment to China with the opening of a new research and technology center in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province.
10 Dec 2003
Victrex® PEEK™ polymer meets unique challenges of saturated steam application
A revolutionary Guided Wave Radar (GWR) probe has been developed by Magnetrol International to meet the unique challenges posed by level measurement in saturated steam environments. The probe has been designed with a Victrex® PEEK™ polymer seal component, which reliably seals out high-temperature steam.
BERGEN OP ZOOM - October 2003 - Able to deliver sustainable, long-term performance in one of the toughest working environments, a unique Verton® composite was developed for Ezee-glider 2000 centralisers used in down-hole oil, gas and water well applications.
DSM Engineering Plastics brings a unique offering to the European multi-layer packaging film market: a pairing of Akulon® polyamide 6 (PA6) for barrier film with Yparex® olefin-based extrudable adhesive resins for film extrusion. No other European supplier can provide both PA6 barrier and adhesive. Yparex solves the problem of adhering non-polar PE layers to barrier materials like PA and EVOH.
Battenfeld Chen Extrusion Systems, SMS Plastics Technology Group's JV in China, sued Dongguan Weltec Machinery Ltd. in an action to protect its technology. Dong-guan Weltec, a unit of Cosmos Machinery Enterprises Ltd., a publicly traded com-pany in Hong Kong, is accused of violating intellectual property rights with respect to a single screw polyethylen pipe extrusion line. Dongguan Weltec Machinery is al-leged to have used confidential Battenfeld Chen Extrusion System information to make a copy of Battenfeld's technology, and offer it for sale to customers. In the le-gal action, the Foshan Middle Court seized the copied machinery, and issued a sub-poena to Dongguan Weltec on October 29, 2003. According to Battenfeld Chen, it was discovered that Dongguan Weltec Machinery approached Battenfeld's suppliers a year ago last September with drawings in an effort to build essentially exact copies of Battenfeld technology.
KINGSPORT, Tenn., Dec. 1, 2003 – Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) today announced the sale of its Accurate Dispersions’ colorants product lines and related assets to The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW). Terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. This transaction is expected to be neutral to Eastman’s ongoing operating earnings. 