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18 Jan 2013
Sustainable Innovations in Coatings: Clariant at the Coatings 2020 Conference, India
Mumbai, January 18, 2013 - Clariant's Pigments Business showcased its sustainable innovations in the Coatings segment at the Coatings 2020 - the 26th Indian Paint Conference in Mumbai from 18-20 January 2013.
17 Jan 2013
DSM announces Akulon price increases
As a result of unprecedented and continuing increases in the costs of its raw materials, DSM Engineering Plastics is required to increase prices for its Akulon® PA6 polymers and compounds in Europe. It will also increase prices for Akulon PA6 compounds in North America.
The Netherlands, 11 January 2013 - DSM Dyneema, the inventor and manufacturer of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber branded as Dyneema®, officially opened its new Asia Pacific Technical Center in Singapore today.
Litvinov, Czech Republic - Unipetrol RPA is passing on the clear benefits of collaboration to its packaging sector customers with a new low melt flow rate HPP grade based on Hyperform® HPN-600ei. The new development, Mosten FT005, significantly ups the aesthetics and processing performance of thermoformed rigid packaging, such as beverage cups, yoghurt pots and trays.
Reverdia, the joint venture between life sciences and materials sciences company DSM and Roquette Frères, a global producer of starch and starch-derivatives, has begun operations in Cassano Spinola, Italy, at a commercial-scale plant producing Biosuccinium™ sustainable succinic acid. The plant, which has a capacity of about 10,000 tonnes/yr, is unique in its kind, being the world’s first dedicated large-scale plant for the production of succinic acid from renewable resources. It is also the only commercial facility to benefit from experience gained using low-pH yeast technology on a demonstration plant scale; Reverdia regards this as essential to be able to promise further improvements in product quality. 
Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (EPP) delivers a step-change in durability and longevity to seals, bearings and washers used in fluid processing with the launch of advanced Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Fluorosint® 135. The new material grade's unique combination of lowest coefficient of friction (COF), lowest coefficient of linear thermal expansion (CLTE) and lowest wear rate outperforms typical filled PTFE compounds to offer machines the best protection against wear and breakdown, even at extreme temperatures and pressures.