31-10-2007
Milliken’s Tegris™ composite rides the waves of success
Milliken’s Tegris™ composite is riding the waves of success as the material behind one of the lightest, toughest personal watercraft available on the kayak market. The use of Tegris to produce Legacy Paddlesports’ Ultimate™ Kayak results from significant product and process developments for Milliken’s 100% polypropylene (PP) composite and close collaboration between Milliken and Legacy Paddlesports of Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
30-10-2007
DUPONT PERFORMANCE ELASTOMERS ANNOUNCES THAT VITON® AND VAMAC® WILL JOIN TO FORM “V SOLUTIONS”
DuPont Performance Elastomers (DPE) has announced that effective January 1, 2008, in order to serve its customers more effectively, DuPont™ Vamac® ethylene acrylic elastomers and Viton® fluoroelastomers will be combined within DPE. The new market-facing group, called V Solutions, will provide customers with a broader range of solutions, greater flexibility and improved efficiency when evaluating materials and developing solutions for sealing and hose applications.
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Latest Borpact innovation for robust transparent packaging film
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, has developed the first polypropylene (PP) heterophasic copolymer packaging film grade that offers outstanding ductility together with excellent transparency. The grade is characterised by unique stiffness, heat and impact resistance combined with high gloss and low haze. This provides the high clarity of PP homopolymers together with the tough, non-brittle performance of heterophasic copolymers. New Borpact™ BC918CF will create opportunities for converters and end-product manufacturers of cast-, blown film and thermoformed applications such as pouches, label and lidding films.
29-10-2007
Rohm and Haas Participates “2007 China Responsible Care Conference”, Actively Promoting
October 29, 2007, Shanghai, China - Rohm and Haas, the leading global specialty material company, announced its participation in the “2007 China Responsible Care Conference”, held by The Association of International Chemical Manufacturers Ltd. (AICM) and China Petroleum and the Chemical Industry Association (CPCIA) from October 30 to November 1, 2007, in Shanghai. During the conference, Rohm and Haas shared its experience in promoting and executing ‘Responsible Care’ in China.
29-10-2007
SABIC Innovative Plastics schroeft productiecapaciteit Lexan* platen op om aan toenemende vraag te voldoen
Bergen op Zoom – 15 november 2007 – SABIC Innovative Plastics investeert aanzienlijk in de vergroting van de productiecapaciteit van Lexan* polycarbonaat meerwandige- en massieve platen voor de constructie- en industriemarkten in Europa, het Midden-Oosten en Afrika. De onderneming voegt productielijnen toe op drie locaties – Wenen, Milaan en Bergen op Zoom – om tegemoet te komen aan de toenemende vraag naar Lexan voor toepassing als beglazing, dakbedekking, promotie en informatie borden en andere toepassingen in Oost-Europa, Rusland en andere landen. De voltooiing van de nieuwe productielijnen is gepland in het derde kwartaal van 2008. De productuitbreiding betreft onder meer Lexan Thermoclick*, Thermoroof* en Thermopanel* speciale plaatsystemen, evenals Lexan Thermoclear* meerwandige plaat en Lexan massieve platen.
• Next generation of industry leaders discuss sustainability issues
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