Belden introduces two new multiple-port firewalls from its Hirschmann™ product range

Belden has introduced Hirschmann™ EAGLE20-0400 and EAGLE30-0402 firewalls which deliver significant cost savings whilst achieving greater link speeds. 
(Photo: Belden, PR209) Belden has introduced Hirschmann™ EAGLE20-0400 and EAGLE30-0402 firewalls which deliver significant cost savings whilst achieving greater link speeds.

New DSM Akulon grade delivers halogen free solution for Nova Elektrik

DSM offers a new Eco+ halogen free solution for white goods. (Photo: DSM Engineering Plastics: DSMPR308)To meet the needs of Nova Elektrik, a leading Turkish producer of electromechanical components for the white goods industry, DSM Engineering Plastics offered a halogen free grade of Akulon® PA6, K225 KV, which is able to pass glow wire test on end product and to meet challenging design. Akulon K225 KV is the first halogen free material of its kind.

Gli stabilimenti di SABIC in Brasile e in Argentina ottengono la certificazione per produrre resine biocompatibili e conformi alle direttive della FDA per il fiorente mercato medicale dell'America del Sud

lo stabilimento produttivo di SABIC presso Campinas, in Brasile>BERGEN OP ZOOM, Paesi Bassi – 12 gennaio 2012 – L'unità Innovative Plastics di SABIC ha annunciato oggi che i suoi impianti produttivi di Campinas, in Brasile, e di Tortuguitas, in Argentina, hanno ottenuto la certificazione necessaria per poter produrre resine biocompatibili e conformi alle direttive della U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) per il crescente mercato medicale dell'America del Sud e sono quindi in grado di contribuire ad abbattere i tempi di consegna, ridurre i costi di inventario ed accrescere la flessibilità nell'acquisto dei materiali. Ci si aspetta che i mercati medicali di otto paesi dell'America del Sud - Brasile, Messico, Argentina, Cile, Venezuela, Perù, Colombia e Cuba - mostrino un tasso di crescita annuo composto (CAGR) pari al 4,6 percento tra il 2008 e il 2013, raggiungendo i 9,2 miliardi di dollari USA, secondo le notizie dell’agenzia Espicom Health Intelligence sul settore medicale. Per soddisfare questa crescente domanda, SABIC si impegna a fornire ai clienti locali un accesso rapido e agevole ai suoi materiali ad alte prestazioni - come ad esempio le resine biocompatibili policarbonato (PC) Lexan* HP - e alle risorse tecniche di cui hanno bisogno per portare sul mercato una nuova generazione di applicazioni medicali.

EasyWhite Tan – ICIS Innovation Award Honors Clariant's Revolutionary Tanning Process

EasyWhite Tan – ICIS Innovation Award Honors Clariant's Revolutionary Tanning Process. (Photo: Clariant )Muttenz, January 12, 2012 - Clariant's new EasyWhite Tan tanning process has been honored at this year's Innovation Awards organized by ICIS. The leading international information provider for the chemical industry recognises EasyWhite Tan for being especially environmentally friendlier. The new EasyWhite Tan method is considered the first fundamental advance in tanning for 125 years.

Clariant introduces performance and productivity advantages to the leather sector at IILF 2012

Sense the Difference. With upgrading solutions from Clariant, maintaining and enhancing Leather’s elegance. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz/Mumbai, January 12, 2012 - Clariant invites visitors to IILF, the Indian International Leather Fair, to “Sense the Difference” in performance and productivity possibilities created by its revolutionary new products and systems for the leather and footwear sectors. During the last six months, Clariant has launched an unprecedented number of innovations, which it will showcase alongside eye-catching leathers and other exciting advances at Booth 3-17-B, hall 2/3 from February 1-3, 2012 at the Chennai Trade Centre.

Clariant is named Pigment Supplier of the Year by Sitivesp

ClariantMuttenz/ São Paulo, December 23, 2011 - Sitivesp, the Union of Paints & Coatings producers of the State of São Paulo, has named Clariant “Supplier of the Year” in the Pigment category of its annual award scheme. This is the 17th time, in the 20 year history of the award, that Clariant has been chosen as the best Pigment supplier.

CLOSURE OF FLAACH TAPE DEVELOPMENT & MANUFACTURING FACILITY

DyneemaThe Netherlands, December 21, 2011 - DSM Dyneema has announced its decision to close its facility in Flaach, Switzerland. The site was acquired in 2007 as part of the acquisition of Pamako A.G., and currently develops and produces Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMwPE) tape. Approx. 25 people are affected by this decision.

Top Leaders From Across the Middle East Come Together To Discuss Potential Next Steps For Patient Safety

GE Healthcare Performance SolutionsRIYADH, KINGDOM of SAUDI ARABIA – December 21, 2011 – GE Healthcare Performance Solutions, a division of GE Healthcare, recently co-hosted a Patient Safety Summit together with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s National Guard Health Affairs in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Top leaders from across the industry including speakers from the Saudi Ministry of Health, National Guard Health Affairs, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, GE Healthcare Performance Solutions and other international organizations came together to discuss the current challenges of patient safety. This seminar focused on addressing the current challenges for leadership, front line staff and clinicians in the areas of reporting, culture change, and interventions.