03-07-2007
New coaxial cable insulation supports increased bandwidth demand
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, introduces Borcell HE1106, a cutting-edge high density polyethylene (HDPE) insulation material for the coaxial cable market. It allows the cost-effective production of cables with increased and more reliable data transmission at higher frequencies. As a result, network providers can minimise signal loss, raise performance quality and use wider bandwidth to offer a variety of services to customers over the same network, such as internet, telephony, voice-over IP and cable television.
03-07-2007
GE Plastics’ ecomagination* Materials for Auto Body Panels Pump Up Excitement, Not Fuel Bills
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — July 03, 2007 — GE Plastics today announced the company’s newest products to join the GE ecomagination* portfolio, offering the environmental and economic advantages of replacing traditional steel with Noryl GTX* resins in automotive body panels. Complementing recently launched ecomagination products including Xenoy iQ* and Valox iQ* resins, Noryl GTX resins not only reduce weight to help lower fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, but also are potentially recyclable. Further, they give designers greater creative latitude.
02-07-2007
SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM COST REDUCTIONS IN RUBBER REPLACEMENT
In a recent clean air duct application where Arnitel® PB 582-H from DSM Engineering Plastics replaced rubber, the move yielded for a a weight reduction of 50% and cycle time reduction of 50% compared to rubber, which resulted in 0.6 Euro/part processing saving and a 0.8 Euro/part fuel saving (a total annual saving of 70.000 Euro for 50.000 parts).
28-06-2007
Nobilas Desk Engineering Services Raise Efficiency and Lower Costs of Vehicle Repairs
Hoofddorp, the Netherlands, June 28, 2007 – Nobilas Claims and Fleet solutions, the Akzo Nobel company specialising in accident management, applies its desk engineering expertise to increase the efficiency of vehicle repairs and reduce costs by as much as 60% in certain cases. The extensive collision repair experience and a proactive approach of the Nobilas desk engineers, combined with Nobilas’ ability to implement repair solutions across an entire fleet, delivers a fast, cost-effective result and can reduce the cost of future damages for its clients.
28-06-2007
AKULON XP FOR IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY IN PACKAGING FILMS
DSM Engineering Plastics has introduced Akulon XP, a high productivity grade of PA6 for film applications. Akulon XP offers a broader processing window leading to more flexibility and more uniform thickness distribution in cast film, more melt strength and better parison stability leading to optimized LDPE/LLDPE ratio in multi-layer films without sacrificing the mechanical properties, more shear thinning than with standard PA6 enabling thus higher coating velocities possible and still absolutely gel free.
28-06-2007
I nuovi materiali compositi LNP* Verton* Xtreme di GE Plastics offrono soluzioni esclusive già incorporate nel granulo per ottenere effetti migliori
BERGEN OP ZOOM, PAESI BASSI — 28 giungo 2007 — GE Plastics ha presentato oggi una nuova piattaforma di prodotti che aiuta a risolvere gli inconvenienti dovuti alla miscelazione a secco di coloranti, ritardanti di fiamma, additivi e altre sostanze nei materiali compositi a fibra lunga di vetro. Il portafoglio di materiali compositi LNP* Verton* Xtreme di GE ha aperto nuove strade fornendo soluzioni esclusive già incorporate nel granulo che migliorano la colorabilità, l’autoestinguenza (FR) e la resistenza agli agenti atmosferici. Questa tecnologia, in attesa di brevetto, migliora l'uniformità tra lotto e lotto e tra i singoli pezzi, eliminando la necessità di miscelare due diversi tipi di granulo, cosa che può provocare problemi di separazione, depositi ed altri difetti qualitativi. I gradi del materiale composito LNP Verton Xtreme – XC per colore estremo, FR per ritardanza di fiamma estrema e XW resistenza estrema agli agenti atmosferici – consente ai clienti di sfruttare le eccellenti proprietà meccaniche del rinforzo in fibra lunga di vetro, migliorando nel contempo la qualità e l'uniformità dei prodotti, con conseguente riduzione dei costi di sistema generali.
27-06-2007
ROHM AND HAAS EXPANDS THE IC1000™ PAD LINE – OFFERING A RANGE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FEATURES FOR VOLUME PRODUCTION
Shanghai, China, June 27, 2007 — Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials, CMP Technologies, a leader and innovator in chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) technology for the global semiconductor industry, today announced two additions to its IC1000 pad line that offer reduced defect levels and improved cost of ownership in existing high volume manufacturing processes through advanced groove technology.
26-06-2007
L’esclusiva soluzione Borealis, un monomateriale che soddisfa gli standard di qualità degli interni della nuova Mercedes Classe C
La soluzione del monomateriale di Borealis, azienda leader nella fornitura di soluzioni plastiche innovative e ad elevato valore aggiunto, ha consentito a Daimler Chrysler di creare interni di elevata qualità per la nuova Mercedes Classe C. Il Daplen™ EE188HP, un compound termoplastico a base olefinica (TPO), è stato utilizzato su tutti gli interni visibili stampati ad iniezione della Classe C, invece di utilizzare diversi polimeri per ottenere le prestazioni desiderate. Sviluppo e produzione semplificati grazie alla soluzione a materiale unico offrono chiari vantaggi.
