21-05-2007
Borouge and Borealis’ Daplen achieves technological breakthrough in fully integrated fender
Borouge and Borealis, the leading providers of innovative, value creating plastics solutions in the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and Europe, have delivered the foundation for a technological breakthrough to the automotive industry with the development of Daplen™ EF341AE used in the world’s first fully integrated fender module. The material, a thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) compound, has been specifically tailored to meet BMW’s exacting specifications for the new BMW X5 regarding improved production cost, safety, high quality aesthetics and environmental performance. The resulting TPO fender is the most complex and highly integrated, class A body application to be seen in production to date.
18-05-2007
Discover Distrupol’s world of colours at Go Plast
At Go Plast 2007 (Angers, 12 - 15 June, stand no. C15) Distrupol will launch its colour compounding service in the French market. Distrupol Colour is dedicated to supplying consistently high quality and tight colour tolerance engineering thermoplastic materials across Europe. The latest computerised matching equipment and a dedicated Colour Laboratory are utilized for quick and efficient colour development, with production quantities starting from as little as 25 kilograms.
18-05-2007
Cyclics announces distribution agreement with IMCD Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (formerly Interorgana)
Schwarzheide, Germany – Cyclics Europe GmbH announces it has entered into a European distribution agreement with IMCD Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (formerly Interorgana) who will distribute Cyclics CBT® resin products used as an additive or carrier for compounding and masterbatch applications.
16-05-2007
CHEMTURA INCREASES AXION™ TIN CATALYST PRICES
Chemtura Corporation announces the following price increases for its Axion™ line of tin catalysts:
DBTO $2.40/kg (1.80 Euro/kg)
DOTO $2.30/kg (1.73 Euro/kg)
MBTO $2.50/kg (1.88 Euro/kg)
15-05-2007
GE Plastics honoreert de essentiële partnerschappen met Europese logistieke dienstverleners tijdens jaarlijkse prijsuitreiking
BERGEN OP ZOOM, 15 mei 2007 — Als blijk van de essentiële rol die deze logistieke partners in 2006 hebben gespeeld bij de levering van uitmuntende klantenservice heeft GE Plastics op 12 april vijf bedrijven en twee personen in het zonnetje gezet tijdens een prijsuitreiking en diner. Dit awards programma, dat nu vier jaar bestaat, beloont logistieke dienstverleners voor de door hen geboden kwaliteit, service en punctualiteit, die het GE Plastics mogelijk maken om de beloften aan klanten na te komen.
14-05-2007
Rhodia Polyamide opens its first Technical Centre in China
Dedicated facility provides close customer support for
Lyon, France - May 14th, 2007 - Rhodia has reinforced its commitment to the Asian markets with the recent opening of a technical centre in Shanghai, consolidating Rhodia’s global technical centre network. The new facility brings the complete spectrum of engineering support to customers across the broad range of industries served by Rhodia Polyamide's engineering plastics materials in China and the wider Asian region.
14-05-2007
BODY ARMOR WITH DYNEEMA® TO SERVE DURING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES IN BEIJING
URMOND (NL), 14 May 2007 - Bullet-resistant vests and helmets made with ultra-strong, light weight Dyneema® unidirectional (UD) from DSM for personnel security will help China create a safer environment for the upcoming 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. A vest design manufactured by Zhong Tian Feng Protection Products Technology Company Ltd. (ZTF), which features Dyneema® SB21, won a highly competitive and prestigious tender from the Beijing Bureau of Public Security.
14-05-2007
The 3rd ICIS Asian Polymer Conference held in Shanghai
Rising crude values and expanded domestic capacity could restrain China’s volume of polymer imports this year. This was the message from a senior China customs official speaking at the 3rd ICIS Asian Polymer Conference in Shanghai this month. Zhang Bingzheng, Deputy Director of the Statistical Department of General Administration of China Customs, told over 100 high-level delegates that the rising price of imported crude in 2006 had made polymer imports more expensive. In 2006, the average import price of crude in China was $457.4/tonne, which was a rise of 21.6% on an annual basis. This was exacerbated by the fact that last year the domestic capacity of polymers expanded and replaced some imports, he added.
