HPI leads home organizer industry with brighter, clearer storage totes featuring Milliken’s Millad® NX8000 clarifier

Left: Polypropylene Totes Utilizing a Traditional Clarifier Appearing Dingy and Yellowed
Right: Home Products International “Clears” Storage Totes Clarified With Milliken’s Millad® NX8000. (Photo Milliken, MKPR064 - Copyright© 2010 Milliken & Company, All rights reserved)Ghent, Belgium – 13 October 2010 – Home Products International (HPI), a major home organizer manufacturer, has taken the lead in meeting consumer demand for containers with an attractive, high-quality appearance. By upgrading to polypropylene (PP) clarified with Millad® NX8000 technology from Milliken, HPI created a successful new line of “Clears” storage totes featuring a bright, clean look. By utilizing clarified PP, an easily recycled, environmentally friendly plastic, HPI also addressed strong consumer interest in sustainable materials. Further, the company, which moulds the storage totes at its facility in Chicago, Ill., benefits from lower energy consumption and shorter cycle times made possible by Millad NX8000’s wider processing window.

SABIC Innovative Plastics Expands Specialty Polypropylene Compounding to Meet Rising Auto OEM Call for Leading-Edge Materials Technologies

SABICBERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – October 13, 2010 – SABIC Innovative Plastics today announced that it is adding state-of-the-art specialty polypropylene (PP) compounding to its Bay St. Louis, Miss. site in the first quarter of 2011. The site will use its existing infrastructure and adopt new processes to produce SABIC® PP compounds and SABIC STAMAX® long glass fiber-reinforced PP composites. Adding specialty PP to the site’s compounding capabilities enables the company to provide a broader range of high-performance materials to its customers in North America and to help satisfy demand for specialty compounds – which is a market recovering fast from the recent downturn. Investment in this highly automated and technologically sophisticated process supports SABIC Innovative Plastics’ commitment to meeting both automotive OEM needs for lightweight, high-performance materials that can significantly reduce fuel consumption and emissions vs. competitive products, and non-automotive needs in key segments such as fluid handling and appliance.

Songwon è stata selezionata per entrare nell’indice Kospi 200 ed ha ricevuto una rivalutazione del suo credit rating

SONGWONUlsan, Corea – 13 ottobre 2010 – Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd ha annunciato che il suo credit rating è stato rivalutato ad A-, con efficacia dal 6 settembre 2010.

MOOG TO UNVEIL HIGH SPEED, HIGH EFFICIENCY MOTION CONTROL SOLUTIONS FOR PLASTICS MACHINERY AT K 2010

MoogBÖBLINGEN, 11 October 2010 – Moog’s Industrial Group, a leading global designer and manufacturer of high performance motion control solutions combining electric, hydraulic and hybrid technologies for plastics processing machinery, will unveil a range of new products and innovative systems at K 2010, all designed for faster and more efficient machine performance.

L’ ampliata gamma di resine PC/ASA di SABIC Innovative Plastics offre nuove possibilità grazie a gradi speciali straordinariamente resistenti a urti e intemperie

Le telecamere di sicurezza possono esser realizzate con le miscele di resine Geloy* di SABIC Innovative Plastics>BERGEN OP ZOOM, Paesi Bassi – 11 ottobre 2010 – Il primato di SABIC Innovative Plastics nello sviluppo di materiali capaci di ridurre i costi di sistema e soddisfare le esigenze di sostenibilità dei clienti ha prodotto un ulteriore risultato storico: l'ampliamento della gamma delle miscele di resine in policarbonato/acrilonitrile-stirene-acrilato (PC/ASA) Geloy*, aprendo nuove opportunità in settori strategici del mercato. Sviluppate originariamente per il settore automobilistico, al fine di offrire migliori prestazioni meccaniche e un'estrema resistenza agli agenti atmosferici, le miscele Geloy ad alte prestazioni di SABIC Innovative Plastics includono oggi nuovi gradi speciali destinati a un largo impiego nelle applicazioni sanitarie, elettriche e dell'elettronica di consumo. Questa nuova avanzata miscelazione è un'ulteriore riprova dei 75 anni di lavoro pionieristico della società nei termoplastici tecnici più all'avanguardia, in modo da poter soddisfare le sempre mutevoli esigenze dei clienti e dei mercati.

High-frequency measurements up to 40 GHz

High-frequency measurements up to 40 GHz. (Photo: Belden, PR167) In mid-September 2010, Belden put a new test laboratory for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) into operation at the company's site in Neckartenzlingen. At the new facility, frequencies of up to 40 GHz can be measured, something that only very few test labs in Germany are capable of currently.

SABIC estende la gamma di copolimeri Random PP per pellicola cast film di eccellente estetica e super-prestazioni

SABIC Expands Random Copolymer PP Grades for Excellent Aesthetics and Enhanced High Performance in Cast Film. (Foto SABIC, PR008)>Sittard, Olanda – 8 ottobre 2010 – SABIC, leader globale del settore materie plastiche, annuncia una importante estensione della gamma di resine polipropileniche (PP) con due nuovi tipi di copolimeri random PP per pellicola cast film e polipropilenica BOPP a orientamento biassiale. I nuovi prodotti, denominati rispettivamente SABIC® PP 622L e SABIC® PP 621P, sono stati concepiti per venire incontro alle crescenti esigenze degli utilizzatori di pellicole a tecnologia avanzata come le multistrato e per ottimizzare sia l'estetica che la versatilità. Si tratta di un significativo passo avanti rispetto agli omopolimeri per una grande varietà di applicazioni di confezionamento. Questi materiali consentono infatti agli specialisti della trasformazione di produrre pellicole di elevata trasparenza abbinata a prestazioni eccezionali per sigillatura e resistenza alla perforazione. Le applicazioni potenziali interessano il settore del confezionamento degli alimenti, delle pellicole laminari, delle confezioni igieniche, film da cartoleria e confezionamento delle farine e dei prodotti tessili.

Clear identification of interfaces

Clear identification of interfaces with the proven CA series from Hirschmann™
(Photo Belden, BLDPR170)The renowned circular connectors from the Hirschmann™ CA series that were previously only available in black can now be ordered from Belden in red, white and blue. This makes it possible to clearly label power supply, measurement and control interfaces, even when they all use the same basic connector. The CA circular connectors are all UL- and VDE-approved, and thanks to their compact construction they are currently the smallest connectors on the market. Other features include a temperature range from 40 to +90°C and – provided they are correctly mounted and screwed together – protection category IP67. Meaning that these connectors can be used wherever maximum reliability is critical, for instance in machine building, traffic engineering and renewable energy applications.