New Sales Manager appointment strengthens Distrupol team in France

DistrupolDistrupol, a member company of Univar and a leading European polymer distributor, technical service provider and application development partner, has appointed Véronique Reveille as Sales Manager for its business in France.

Plastipak and Husky cut cycle times, boost output

Plastipak and Husky cut cycle times, boost output BOLTON, Ontario — Plastipak, a leader in plastic packaging solutions, has seen dramatic cycle-time improvements with a challenging hot fill beverage application since switching to Husky’s new Index 600 preform system.

Uitbreiding van assortiment DVD opbergaccessoires van Case Logic

Case Logic DVB-40
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 Case Logic introduceert een nieuwe serie oplossingen voor het opbergen van DVD’s en draagbare DVD-spelers om de klant zowel thuis als onderweg te helpen bij het ordenen en terugvinden van DVD’s en bij het opbergen van de DVD-speler.

Borealis introduces new tougher, flame retardant Casico™ jacketing

Borealis, the leading supplier of polyethylene to the global wire and cable industry, has extended its Casico product range with FR4805.
 Borealis, the leading supplier of polyethylene to the global wire and cable industry, has extended its Casico product range with FR4805. This new stronger, flame retardant jacketing compound is designed to make cable installations more resistant to penetration and cut-through.

HONEYWELL APPOINTS RALF FINZEL PLANT MANAGER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SEELZE, GERMANY MANUFACTURING FACILITY

Ralf Finzel
Plant Manager
 MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., April 20, 2004 -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today the appointment of Ralf Finzel as plant manager and managing director of the company’s manufacturing facility in Seelze, Germany. The facility is one of Honeywell Specialty Materials’ largest chemical plants worldwide.

NEW CYCOLOY® CY8620 RESIN FROM GE ADVANCED MATERIALS BRINGS A HIGHER LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE TO AUTOMOTIVE INSTRUMENT PANELS

GE Advanced Materials has launched CYCOLOY® CY8620 PC/ABS high-impact amorphous resin. Developed specifically for automotive interior applications, CYCOLOY CY8620 resin has a particular fit in instrument panel components, bringing a new level of performance through key property improvements over earlier generation materials. CYCOLOY resin has proven itself to be one of the foremost materials in meeting automotive OEMs’ stringent specifications for instrument panel applications, and GE Advanced Materials has progressively fine-tuned the resin line to help ensure that these materials continue to deliver cost-effective solutions to the industry. BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – GE Advanced Materials, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), has launched CYCOLOY® CY8620 resin, adding a new and important grade to its family of CYCOLOY PC/ABS high-impact amorphous resins. Developed specifically for automotive interior applications, CYCOLOY CY8620 resin has a particular fit in instrument panel components, bringing a new level of performance over earlier generation materials.

SONOCO AND AHLSTROM TO COMBINE EUROPEAN TUBE/CORE AND COREBOARD OPERATIONS INTO JOINT VENTURE

SonocoHartsville, S.C. - Sonoco (NYSE: SON), the global packaging company, Hartsville, S.C., and Ahlstrom Corporation, Helsinki, Finland, have signed a definitive agreement to combine their respective European paper-based tube/core and coreboard operations into a joint venture that will operate under the name Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l. The joint venture will be held 64.5 percent by Sonoco and 35.5 percent by Ahlstrom, it was announced today by Harris E. DeLoach, Jr., Sonoco president and chief executive officer, and Juha Rantanen, president and chief executive officer, Ahlstrom Corporation.