DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS INCREASES PRICES IN NORTH AMERICA

DSM Engineering MaterialsEVANSVILLE, Ind. (June 12, 2006) – DSM Engineering Plastics, Inc. announces a price increase across the following product families in North America, effective for all shipments on or after July 10, 2006, based on the continuing escalation of raw material , higher energy costs and transportation:

Leger des Heils kiest DNV voor HKZ-certificering

Mevrouw Voorham, directeur van de Stichting Leger des Heils Welzijns- en Gezondheidszorg (links) en Richard Stolk, managing director van DNV Certification (rechts) ondertekenen op 1 juni het contract voor drie jaar samenwerking.Rotterdam, 19 juni 2006 – De Stichting Leger des Heils Welzijns- en Gezondheidszorg werkt sinds eind 2004 hard aan een op HKZ gestoeld kwaliteitsmanagementsysteem. Zij hoopt begin 2007 voor vijf HKZ-schema’s en het ISO-9001:2000 schema gecertificeerd te worden. DNV Certification BV zal als onafhankelijke certificatie-instelling de externe toetsing ervan uitvoeren.

PPG Honors Developers Of Breakthrough Low-E Glass

PPG Industries(June 19, 2006--Shanghai China)PITTSBURGH, June 6, 2006 – Developers of the industry’s highest-performing and most fabricator-friendly low-emissivity glass were honored today at a PPG Industries research and development conference here.

多腔模具的新型熱流道技術

Synventive2006年06月19日--當前以大中型熱流道系統(主要用於汽車工業)而聞名於世的聖萬提注塑工業有限公司,將向下游擴充其產品範圍,使注射量最低可達0.1克。用於汽車、電氣和包裝工業和醫療技術中元件製造的大量多腔模具,大多已作為包括溫度控制器在內的熱半模交貨。

NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR AT QUADRANT CMS

Peter van Damme, new Managing Director, Quadrant CMSTIELT, BELGIUM – June 13th, 2006 – Effective 1st June 2006, Peter van Damme (51) has assumed the role of Managing Director/CEO and becomes a Member of the Board of Directors at Quadrant CMS (Creative Moulding Systems), the Injection Moulding Division of the Quadrant Group. He succeeds Fernand Vandaele (61), who will remain as President of the Board of Directors at the company before retiring on 1 April 2007. Over the course of 35 years, Vandaele has held a number of senior management positions at the formerly family owned business ERTA, which was acquired by DSM in 1977 and has been part of Quadrant AG Holding since 2001. Over the next year Vandaele will focus largely on Quadrant CMS’s recently established subsidiary in Hungary. After his retirement in 2007 he will remain active as consultant.

Il nuovo servizio colore in piccoli lotti Custom Xpress di GE - Plastics garantisce la consegna in sei giorni o anche meno

Il nuovo servizio colore Custom Xpress di GE - Plastics>BERGEN OP ZOOM, PAESI BASSI — 16 giugno 2006 — Prodotti realizzati su richiesta e velocità di consegna si sono sempre esclusi a vicenda. Ora con il nuovo servizio colore Custom Xpress di GE -Plastics, i clienti possono richiedere un colore specifico di resina GE Lexan* o Cycoloy* ed ottenere la consegna in sei giorni o anche meno. Questa particolare offerta permette ai clienti di evitare gli svantaggi dell’auto-colorazione che comporta notevoli investimenti in costose apparecchiature di produzione, sfruttando invece le capacità di color-matching uniche al mondo di GE - Plastics. Il sistema di ordinazione online offre ai clienti sufficiente flessibilità per effettuare cambiamenti fino ad otto ore prima della produzione. Il database di colori globale interamente digitale GE garantisce in tutto il mondo la massima costanza da lotto a lotto.

Borouge to provide Borealis’ new Bormed TD109CF sealing film for medical industry in the Middle East

Bormed TD109CF fulfils the need of the medical industry for pure polymers>Borealis, a leading provider of innovative plastics solutions, has launched the Bormed TD109CF, its latest high quality film for the healthcare industry in the region. The film will be made available exclusively through Borouge, sole distributor for Borealis' speciality polyolefins in the Middle East and Asia Pacific.

AS THREATS INCREASE, PROTECTIVE INSERTS MADE WITH DYNEEMA® HELP KEEP BRITISH SOLDIERS SAFER

DyneemaUrmond (NL), June 12, 2006 - To provide its soldiers with a higher level of protection, the UK Ministry of Defence is incorporating super-strong, lightweight Dyneema® unidirectional sheet material (UD) from DSM into the new inserts for the new Osprey body armor. Until now, it has been difficult to balance the need for higher protection with light weight needed by soldiers for optimal agility and speed in combat. Advances in weapons and ammunition, which pose new threats to soldiers, have increased the challenge facing the military services. However, Dyneema® High Performance Polyethylene (HPPE) makes it possible to raise the effectiveness of personal protection for troops at the lowest possible weight.