Plastics
The companies featured on PressReleaseFinder are active in several industries.
10 Feb 2006
Borealis promotes innovation in Italy’s utilities sector
The importance of reliable infrastructure in the supply and distribution of essential goods such as water and gas took centre stage at a workshop for the Italian pipe industry organised by Borealis in Genoa, Italy on February 3, 2006. In many European countries water loss due to leakage in the distribution network remains a significant problem. In the last few years the rate of loss has risen from 10 to 35 percent of the total volume of distributed water, the European Environment Agency reports.
9 Feb 2006
CHEMTURA RAISES ORGANOTIN INTERMEDIATES PRICES
Middlebury, CT- Chemtura (NYSE:CEM) will increase the price for Organotin Intermediates by 20 percent, effective February 15, 2006 or as contracts allow.
CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, THE NETHERLANDS - Eastman Chemical Company's DuraStar copolyester has been selected by La Metaltecnica srl F.lli Venelli, a well established manufacturer of stadium and sports arena seating systems, for use in the manufacture of stadium seats for the Palasport Olimpico stadium in Torino.
Borealis brings a new polypropylene Borpact™ grade to film converters and product manufacturers which offers solutions to the packaging industry due to a unique combination of good low temperature resistance, high stiffness, high heat resistance plus excellent optical properties. Food packaging, pouches, peelable lidding film and film bottle labels are among the application areas set to benefit from Borpact BC914TF. With this development, polypropylene can be used in a number of new sectors, such as in labelling and modified atmospheric packaging (MAP) trays for meat and fruit.
In an extraordinary Board meeting in Borealis AS today, it was decided to inform the Borealis AS Supervisory Board in an extraordinary meeting February 13 about the ongoing evaluation of the future of the Borealis high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant in Bamble, Norway. A potential closure of the plant in 2006 is one of the options being considered.
Urmond (NL), January 31 – DSM Dyneema, the inventor and manufacturer of Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber, today announced its Dyneema® Purity operations have been certified under the international ISO 13485:2003 standard. Dyneema® Purity, an ultra-high-molecularweight polyethylene fiber that is, weight for weight, 15 times stronger than steel, is used in high-performance medical applications such as orthopedic surgery sutures. Supplementing the ISO 9001 standard, ISO 13485 provides certification of a quality management system dedicated to medical devices.