Wilhelm Schröder joins SMS Plastics Technology

SMS PlasticsEffective January 12, 2004, Wilhelm Schröder, former Managing Director of Krauss Maffei Kunststofftechnik GmbH, has been appointed to the Management Board of SMS GmbH.

Eastman Chemical Company Glass Polymer™

Eastman has introduced The Glass Polymer™, a value-based alternative to glass. Glass Polymer looks and feels like glass and it offers differentiation on the shop shelf because of its extended design possibilities. Eastman Chemical Company provides a choice for design and creative marketing professionals in the luxury packaging market.

Great Lakes increases antimony trioxide flame retardant prices

Great LakesINDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA—Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced that effective for shipments after January 23, 2004, where contracts allow, the company will increase the price for all grades of antimony trioxide by $0.25/lb in the Americas and by $550/mt in Europe and the Asia Pacific region. The price for other antimony derivatives will also increase dependent upon antimony content.

PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN SCEGLIE LA PA6 AKULON® DI DSM

La PSA Peugeot Citroën ha scelto la PA6 AKULON® di DSM Engineering Plastics per la produzione di due nuovi collettori. Per la produzione di due collettori, la PSA Peugeot Citroën ha scelto la PA6 AKULON® che offre migliori caratteristiche di resistenza all’invecchiamento termico, saldabilità e processabilità rispetto alla PA66.

Borealis prepares for new Borstar® polyethylene plant and new products

BorealisToday Borealis broke ground for its new 350,000 tonnes per year polyethylene plant at its petrochemical site at Schwechat, Austria. Scheduled to come onstream towards the end of 2005, the new plant, to be built by Tecnimont, will utilise Borealis’ proprietary Borstar technology. It will replace two old LDPE lines and a HDPE line, and will focus on LLDPE.

IL TEE-E ARNITEL® PB582-H OFFRE IL GIUSTO MIX DI FLESSIBILITÀ E RESISTENZA PER I MANICOTTI DELL’ARIA SOGGETTI A PRESSIONI POSITIVE E NEGATIVE NEL VANO MOTORE DELLE AUTO

Arnitel PB582-H offre il giusto mix di caratteristiche per rispondere ai requisiti dei manicotti aria utilizzati nel vano motore delle auto: oltre ad offrire eccellente resistenza termica, resistenza meccanica e flessibilità. Ultimo arrivato nel portafoglio di elastomeri termoplastici costituiti da copolimeri a blocchi etere-estere (TEEE) Arnitel® di DSM Engineering Plastics, Arnitel PB582-H offre il giusto mix di caratteristiche per rispondere ai requisiti dei manicotti aria utilizzati nel vano motore delle auto: oltre ad offrire eccellente resistenza termica, resistenza meccanica e flessibilità, questo materiale permette infatti di ridurre gli spessori di parete e risparmiare materiale e/o spazio, o viceversa di ottenere prestazioni più elevate a parità di spessore.

Significant enhancements for CD and CD-ROM storage wallets

Significant enhancements for CD and CD-ROM storage wallets To meet the demands of the more sophisticated consumers and professional users, Case Logic has introduced new features to its core line of wallets, designed for the safe keeping and retrieval of optical discs such as CDs and CD-ROMs. The new Fast-File™ and Quick-Lock™ features will be available as standard on a range of models. Case Logic will launch these at the Paperworld trade fair, 31/01/04 to 04/02/04 in Frankfurt a.M., Germany, stand B31 in Hall 1.2.

KEY APPOINTMENT FOR DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS

Peter van Paridon new Business Manager Akulon®. DSM Engineering Plastics has announced the appointment of Peter van Paridon to the post of Business Manager Akulon®.