Milliken & Company guida gradualmente i propri clienti nelle applicazioni a protezione antimicrobica

Colonie formate da batteri vivi dopo esposizione a polimero trattato con AlphaSan. Un importante produttore di vasche idromassaggio si è posto l'obiettivo di ridurre i lavori di pulizia ai consumatori proteggendo dalla crescita di pellicola organica i tubi della vasca. Un produttore di macchine per il ghiaccio ad uso commerciale ha voluto rassicurare i ristoratori che è stato fatto tutto il possibile per inibire la crescita di microbi. Un'azienda tessile ha creato un nuovo tipo di tessuto che riduce gli odori nelle calze.

Avebe signs agreement with Fiske Food Ingredients for starch products distribution in Denmark

. Fiske Food Denmark, a Univar company and leading specialist distributor of food and beverage ingredients, is now distributing starches for the food industry produced by the Dutch farming co-operative Avebe. The move follows the recent signing of a distribution agreement for Denmark between the two companies.

HONEYWELL TO BUILD REFRIGERANT MANUFACTURING PLANT IN CHINA

Richard Preziotti (center left), VP/GM Honeywell Chemicals, Dr. James Yuann (5th from right), President, Asia, Honeywell Specialty Materials, along with other Honeywell business leaders and Chinese officials, participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for the new manufacturing plant for non-ozone depleting refrigerant products in Qingpu, Shanghai, China. The Honeywell facility is expected to be operational in November 2004. MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today plans to build a manufacturing plant for non-ozone depleting refrigerant products in Qingpu, Shanghai, China. The new facility, expected to be operational in November 2004, was announced during a groundbreaking ceremony in Qingpu attended by Honeywell officials, key customers and Chinese dignitaries.

GREAT LAKES INCREASES CLEAR BRINE FLUIDS PRICES

Great LakesINDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) announced today it will increase list prices in all regions for calcium bromide, zinc bromide/calcium bromide solution, sodium bromide, dry calcium bromide and dry sodium bromide effective October 15, 2004.

GREAT LAKES INCREASES PRICE FOR DECABROMODIPHENYLOXIDE FLAME RETARDANT

Great LakesINDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA—Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced that it is increasing off list prices for Great Lakes DE-83™ (decabromodiphenyloxide) flame retardant by $0.20/kg worldwide with all shipments effective November 1, 2004, where contracts allow.

MRSA ‘superbug’ meets its match in new plastics moulding compound. Healthcare bathroom accessories now debuting in Perstorp’s Polygiene™

Celmac uses Polygiene, a plastics compound capable of killing off the MRSA superbug, for a range of toilet seats targeted at the healthcare market. A plastics compound that has already been shown to significantly reduce the risk of transmission of SARS is also effective against MRSA bacteria, medical tests have demonstrated. Products made from the compound, aimed at the healthcare sector, are now coming onto the market in the U.K.

NO-STICK, NO-SLIP NYLATRON MATERIAL FROM QUADRANT EPP LIFTS PERFORMANCE OF TRUCK CRANES FROM FASSI GROUP

NYLATRON 703 XL nylon plate from Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products is a lubrication-free material for applications requiring precise, efficient, and safe motion control. The Fassi Group, one of the foremost manufacturers of hydraulic cranes, selected the material for its excellent combination of high strength and stiffness, very low static and dynamic coefficients of friction, its high wear resistance, and NYLATRON 703 XL’s unique property of ZERO stick-slip, which helped Fassi eliminate vibration in the booms of its cranes. TIELT, BELGIUM – September, 2004 – A crane’s ability to efficiently and safely position its load requires a virtual absence of vibration during both fine and gross movements of the boom. Lubrication of moving parts helps to achieve this, but more and more, heavy equipment manufacturers are searching for lubrication-free materials that minimize or even eliminate stick-slip influences during operation. The Fassi Group, one of Europe’s foremost manufacturers of hydraulic cranes, found its material solution in NYLATRON® 703 XL plate from Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (QEPP).

Agente antimicrobico AlphaSan® riceve da EFSA l'approvazione per la sicurezza alimentare

AlphaSan è utilizzato in un'ampia gamma di prodotti per il consumatore, come i capi di abbigliamento e le vasche idromassaggio, ma anche in applicazioni commerciali, principalmente nelle apparecchiature per la lavorazione di bevande Il panel di scienziati dell'Autorità Europea per la Sicurezza Alimentare (EFSA, European Food Safety Authority), che si occupa di visionare additivi, coadiuvanti di processo e materiali destinati al settore alimentare, ha rilasciato parere favorevole riguardo all'utilizzo dell'agente antimicrobico AlphaSan di Milliken & Company nelle applicazioni a contatto con i cibi.