Textiles and Fibers
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31 Jan 2013
Clariant Launches ColorForward™ 2014
Muttenz, January 31, 2013 - Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has published its ColorForward™ color and trend forecasting guide for 2014. Designed specifically for the plastics industry by Clariant's ColorWorks™, ColorForward uses the language of color to express the trends that will attract people's attention and pave the hue palette for 2014.
2 Jan 2013
Thai Acrylic Fibre and SANITIZED AG form alliance for co-branding
Thai Acrylic Fibre Co. Ltd (TAF) and SANITIZED AG announce the signing of a co-branding agreement and licensing program for Amicor™ fibers. Presented under the slogan "Breathe easily and relax", Amicor will unveil its new Biocidals Product Directive (BPD) compliant fibers and yarns at Heimtextil 2013 in Frankfurt, January 9-12, 2013.
Muttenz, December 27, 2012 - Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has signed an agreement to divest its Textile Chemicals, Paper Specialties and Emulsions businesses to SK Capital. The total consideration of the sale amounts to approximately CHF 502 million, out of which approximately 460 million in cash, equivalent to 6.3 times the estimated full year 2012 recurring EBITDA of those businesses. The divestment has been approved by the Boards of both companies. Subject to regulatory approvals, the transaction is expected to close by the end of the second quarter of 2013. 
Outdoor clothing can be made waterproof and highly breathable with ultrathin membranes made from Arnitel® VT from DSM. Arnitel VT is a very flexible thermoplastic elastomer that, when made into membranes just a few microns thick, is 100% waterproof but also highly breathable and comfortable. The material contains no PFCs (perfluorinated chemicals) and is 100% recyclable.
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. 
The Netherlands, 19 November 2012 - At METS 2012 (Marine Equipment Trade Show) in Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre, DSM, producer of Dyneema®, the world's strongest fiber™, has introduced 