FLOATING OIL PLATFORM IS HELD FIRM BY BACK-UP LINES MADE WITH DYNEEMA®

ConocoPhillips FPSO NanHai KaiTuo secured by back-up lines with Dyneema®The Netherlands, February 24, 2011 - Ropes made with Dyneema®, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), are being successfully used to secure rigs, Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs), Buoyant Turret Mooring (BTM) systems and similar constructions in the offshore oil and gas industry. Users are finding them invaluable when original equipment steel wire rope (SWR) and chains that secure mooring legs break or suffer damage. The back-up lines made with Dyneema® are installed as a safety feature until regular maintenance can be carried out.

DSM marks its transformation with new brand

DSM Engineering MaterialsRoyal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company today introduces a new company brand: Bright Science. Brighter Living™. The new brand is symbolic of the transition to the ‘new’ DSM.

SABIC Cartella Stampa Pharmapack

SABICSABIC, leader globale di settore per le materie plastiche sta ampliando il suo portafoglio prodotti per applicazioni nella sanità, con il lancio di due gradi di copolimeri polipropilenici (PP) random a Pharmapack.

SABIC dimostra il suo forte impegno nel settore della sanità con il lancio di due gradi di copolimero PP random a Pharmapack 2011

Fiale di materiale SABIC® PCG (Foto SABIC, PR024)Sittard, Olanda – 23 febbraio 2011 – SABIC, leader globale di settore per le materie plastiche sta ampliando il suo portafoglio prodotti per applicazioni nella sanità, con il lancio di due gradi di copolimeri polipropilenici (PP) random. Entrambi i nuovi gradi di PP sono stati sviluppati specificamente per applicazioni per sanità, a testimonianza del notevole impegno nel settore. SABIC esporrà i due nuovi gradi, uno per una vasta gamma di applicazioni in soffiaggio, e l’altro, per pezzi stampati ad iniezione, a Pharmapack 2011, a Parigi, il 23 e 24 febbraio

Clariant Masterbatches Establishes Dedicated Medical and Pharmaceutical Global Segment

Clariant’s dedicated medical/pharmaceutical team supports customers in meeting the increasingly strict regulations governing end-product ingredients and manufacturers’ need to minimize risk at every stage of design, production and product approval. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, 23 February 2011 – Clariant has established a global Medical and Pharmaceutical segment within its Masterbatches Business Unit to further strengthen its dedicated support for customers in these highly-demanding markets.

Clariant’s Masterbatches Business increases prices

ClariantMuttenz, 23 February 2011 – The Masterbatches Business Unit of Clariant, a leading masterbatches player globally, announces global price increases for most of its products.

Pallmann doubles orders - International and national growth progressing swiftly

Mr. Hartmut Pallmann, Managing Partner. (Photo The Pallmann Group, PLMPR003)Zweibrücken, Germany (21 February 2011) – Size reduction technology specialist Pallmann Group reports very strong growth for 2010. Incoming and booked orders were twice the level of 2009, and incoming orders were even up by around ten percent over 2008, the company’s previous record year. The company has laid a solid foundation for further growth in the current business year, says Managing Partner Hartmut Pallmann.

Clariant’s Pigments Business increases prices

ClariantMuttenz, 21 February 2011 – Clariant's Business Unit Pigments, a world leader in organic pigments and dyes, announces price increases across its product portfolio.