19-05-2005
New UV9200* Silicone from GE Raises the Bar for Low-Viscosity UV-Cure Polymers Used in Converting Applications
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — May 19, 2005 — GE Advanced Materials has added a new and unique grade – UV9200* epoxysilicone – to its growing family of UV-cure products, targeting applications in the converting industry. GE’s UV9200 material is among the lowest viscosity reactive silicones available for radiation-cure coating applications.
19-05-2005
L’AZIENDA DI PROGETTAZIONE E STAMPI QUADRANT CMS HA SCELTO AKULON® ULTRAFLOW® PER LE CERNIERE ALTAMENTE RESISTENTI DEI SOLARIUM
La belga Quadrant CMS, una delle principali società europee di progettazione, stampaggio, assemblaggio e logistica, ha scelto la poliammide 6 (PA6) Akulon® UltraFlow® K-FG12 di DSM Engineering Plastics per lo stampaggio dei gruppi cerniera di un solarium per abbronzatura integrale di largo consumo della Philips. Con Akulon PA6 lo stampaggio è molto più rapido, la superficie presenta una rifinitura migliore ed è possibile lavorare con una gamma di colori più ampia rispetto al tradizionale grado PA6 con fibra di vetro a cui si sostituisce.
19-05-2005
ClearTint® di Milliken scelto da Bormioli Rocco per nuove chiusure colorate in PP trasparente
I coloranti polimerici ClearTint® per polipropilene (PP) di Milliken apportano un vantaggio competitivo e distintivo all’imballaggio nell’industria delle bevande. La tecnologia ClearTint mostra come i tappi per bevande, tradizionalmente considerati elementi “commodities”, possano divenire una componente a valore aggiunto nell’estetica delle bottiglie, riproducendo o il colore della bevanda o il colore del marchio nel PP trasparente per migliorare l’effetto sul consumatore e l’immagine della marca.
13-05-2005
Upgraded Web-based support underlines Distrupol’s customer service orientation
Distrupol, a member company of Univar and a leading European polymer distributor, technical service and solutions provider, has redesigned, revitalised and re-launched its Web site (www.distrupol.com) with more content, more functionality and more user-value.
13-05-2005
Milliken & Company to Exhibit at ChinaPlas 2005
The United States based market leader in additives for plastics Milliken & Company recently announced their participation at Chinaplas 2005, the largest plastics & rubber industry trade show in China, which will be held in Guangzhou from June 21st- 24th. Milliken will use this important trade platform to showcase their product range and highlight key new products for the Chinese market such as their Millad® 3988 clarifying agent for polypropylene (PP) and Hyperform® HPN-68L nucleating agent.
13-05-2005
Univar UK awarded Supplier of the Year by U-POL
13 May, 2005 – U-POL, an international manufacturer and marketer of automotive refinish products, has given its 2004 Premier Supplier award to Univar UK’s Performance Chemicals business unit, based in Cheadle, Manchester.
12-05-2005
GE’s New Anti-Static, Impact-Resistant LNP* Stat-Loy* Compounds Help Enhance Security for Plasmon UDO™ Optical Media
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — May 12, 2005 — Plasmon, a market leader for professional data archival solutions, designed its cutting-edge UDO™ (Ultra Density Optical) media to be a highly secure archival storage medium for its customers’ valuable electronic data. Part of that security solution stems from Plasmon’s use of new D Series LNP* Stat-Loy* resins from GE Advanced Materials. Used to form the shell of Plasmon’s SLMD2005 UDO media, the Lexan* resin-based LNP compounds contribute an excellent balance of impact performance and resistance to static build-up.
12-05-2005
Borealis reports steadily improving results in first quarter 2005
Borealis continues to build on the successful implementation of its value creation strategy posting an operating profit of EUR 110 million for the first quarter of 2005. This compares favourably to the EUR 56 million achieved in the same quarter last year.
