28-04-2006
Rhodia Polyamide announces price rise for its TECHNYL® Polyamide compounds
Paris, France: April 28, 2006 – Rhodia Polyamide announces a price increase of 200 € / MT for its TECHNYL® Polyamide compounds in Europe effective May 15th, 2006. This necessary price adjustment falls in line with the pricing policy led by Rhodia to compensate for the recurring rise in raw materials, energy and transport costs.
28-04-2006
Borealis announces Vienna head office location
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions will move its head office to Vienna this summer. The office in Copenhagen will close June 30, 2006 and the new office in Vienna will be operational as of July 10, 2006.
28-04-2006
NatureWorks LLC Introduces Smart Care
In the past three years, NatureWorks LLC has seen a dramatic increase in the number of commercial successes of NatureWorks® PLA in packaging, serviceware and consumer goods products. Many companies working with NatureWorks, through best practices of processing, shipping and storage of their NatureWorks PLA-based products, have successfully, and profitably, managed their NatureWorks product lines, through the supply chain, to secure brand owners globally. To continue to promote such successes, NatureWorks has documented and compiled the best practices of partners such as these who have profited from managing their brands and product made from NatureWorks PLA through proper care and handling, from the converting lines to the store shelves.
27-04-2006
DSM to double capacity for engineering plastics in China
Royal DSM N.V. today announces the opening of its new compounding site for engineering plastics at Jiangyin in the Jiangsu province of China on April 26, 2006. This project will double the total capacity for the product lines Stanyl® PA46, Akulon® PA6 and Arnite® PBT. These materials are used in manufacturing key molded components for the automotive, electrical and electronics, consumer and industrial segments.
27-04-2006
DSM’s Akulon® partners with Omnexus to Provide Part Designers with Innovative Ideas and Solutions Offered by Polyamide 6
DSM Engineering Plastics and Omnexus are pleased to announce that Akulon® Polyamide 6 is joining the Omnexus platform to accelerate its business development and offer Designers and parts purchasers Innovative and cost effective solutions.
26-04-2006
Synventive kondigt aan haar productie in Europa samen te voegen
‘s GRAVENDEEL, NEDERLAND – 26 April, 2006 - Synventive Molding Solutions, toonaangevende producent van hotrunner-systemen en bijbehorende componenten, is met de Ondernemingsraad en vakbond tot overeenstemming gekomen om de productie in Europa in één locatie onder te brengen, namelijk in Bensheim, Duitsland. Tevens is met de vakbond een akkoord bereikt over een sociaal plan voor het personeel dat als gevolg van de reorganisatie zal afvloeien.
Interkama+24-04-2006
FROM DELICATE TO TOUGH, ULTRA-PRECISE STANYL® PA46 GEARS HELP KEEP JOYSTEER® POINTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
Precision gears made of Stanyl®, a high-performance polyamide 46 (PA46) resin from DSM Engineering Plastics, help a new joystick-based drive-by-wire system translate a driver’s steering movements into vehicle control. Called Joysteer®, the new system was designed to enable drivers with arm muscle disabilities get behind the wheel – or in this case, joystick – and drive by themselves. Joysteer will be demonstrated at Hannover Messe 2006, 24-28 April, a leading showplace for mechanical and plant engineering, electrical engineering, electronics and the automotive sector.
