Azelis Deutschland wins Bluestar award for Market Development

AzelisAzelis Deutschland has won the Bluestar Award for the best performance in market development in Germany for silicones and other specialities. The prestigious award covers all activities within the chemicals and coatings industries and reflects the hard work and commitment of the team in Germany since they began to work with Bluestar Silicones one year ago in these sectors.

Belden Press Kit SPS Nürnberg

Belden Presents New Hirschmann Brand Software Platform 8.0 
(Photo: Belden, PR254) At SPS 2012, Belden did showcase its range of networking, cabling and connectivity solutions for mission critical applications in alternative energy, safe railway transport systems and reliable energy-efficient data center management, as well as solutions for wireless networking and connectivity.

SABIC's commitment to sustainability reflected at Doha expo, led by CEO

From left to right: Dr. Dafer-Al Talaat, SABIC Vice President, Middle East and Africa receives Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, President of COP18/CMP8. (Photo SABIC, PR064)>SITTARD, The Netherlands, November 27, 2012 - The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) is participating in the Qatar Sustainability Expo, which coincides with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in Doha from November 26 to December 7.

Songwon Additive Technologies AG and Polysys Industries announce the location of their Middle East plant

From left to right: Khalid Al Hamdan, Managing Director of Pan Gulf Holding Company W.L.L. – Maurizio Butti, Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Songwon Industrial Group Executive Committee - Mohamed Al Muhairi, Chairman of the Board of Polysys Industries LLC. (Photo: Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd.)
Ulsan, Korea – November 27, 2012 – Today, Songwon Additive Technologies AG and Polysys Industries announced that they will establish a new company Polysys Additive Technologies ME, which will build an OPS (One Pack Systems) manufacturing plant in Kizad (Khalifa Industrial City of Abu Dhabi), Abu Dhabi. This follows the announcement of the establishment of Songwon Additive Technologies AG, a Joint Venture between Songwon Industrial Group (www.songwon.com), Pan Gulf Holding Company of Saudi Arabia and Polysys Industries of Abu Dhabi, for the manufacture and sale of Songnox® OPS. (Link to the press release).

Clariant Catalysis & Energy to Exhibit Exhaust After-treatment Catalysts at POWER-GEN 2012

ClariantMuttenz, 27 November 2012 –The Swiss specialty chemicals group Clariant, represented by its business line Air Purification, part of its Catalysis & Energy business unit, will exhibit industry-leading emissions reduction catalysts for internal combustion engines at POWER-GEN International 2012 in Orlando, Florida, on December 11-13, 2012. The Catalysis & Energy business became part of Clariant in 2011 through the acquisition of Süd-Chemie. Its extensive portfolio of oxidation catalysts, diesel particulate filters and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) blocks are manufactured in Needham, Mass., a former Süd-Chemie facility. This site, located outside Boston, is Clariant‘s North American center for all engine emission control catalysts. It comprises research and development, analytical labs and a diesel engine test lab and catalyst rejuvenation facilities.

Closing the loop: Purac promotes recyclability of biobased PLA

Purac – a leading company in lactic acid based bioplastics – has sponsored the Perpetual Plastic Project to highlight how easily Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) bioplastic can be recycled. 
(Photos: Purac, PR003)Purac - a leading company in lactic acid based bioplastics - has sponsored the Perpetual Plastic Project to highlight how easily Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) bioplastic can be recycled. PLA drinking cups were provided by Purac; intended for use at events where people can immediately recycle them into new products after use. The project is designed to educate people on the recyclability of bioplastic, in order to close the loop and promote a circular, biobased economy for future generations.

SABIC publiceert eerste Sustainability Report

SABIC publiceert vandaag onder de titel 'Sustainability+Performance' haar eerste duurzaamheidsverslag. Het verslag is een bevestiging van SABIC's wereldwijde inspanningen op het gebied van duurzaamheid en een systematische aanpak in de bedrijfsstrategie en richting. 
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  • Bevestiging van SABIC's mondiale inspanningen op het vlak van duurzaamheid
  • Weerspiegeling van systematische aanpak in de bedrijfsstrategie en richting
Riyad, 24 november 2012 - Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) publiceert vandaag onder de titel 'Sustainability+Performance' haar eerste duurzaamheidsverslag. Het verslag belicht de duurzaamheidsprestaties in 2011 en zal jaarlijks verschijnen. Het doel van het verslag is klanten, investeerders en belanghebbenden een waardevolle bron te bieden op basis waarvan zij inspanningen en prestaties op gebied van duurzame bedrijfsvoering kunnen evalueren.

DSM breaks ground on new Materials Sciences research building in Sittard-Geleen

Theo Bovens, governor of the Province of Limburg, Atzo Nicolaï, President DSM Netherlands, Nico Gerardu, member of the Board of Directors Royal DSM N.V. and Roelof Westerbeek, President DSM Engineering Plastics at the official groundbreaking event for construction of a new materials sciences research building on the Chemelot Campus in Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands. (Photo: DSM Engineering Plastics: DSMPR354)Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, today held the official groundbreaking event for construction of a new materials sciences research building on the Chemelot Campus in Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands. The new facility, which is scheduled to open in 2014, forms part of an investment of around €100 million that DSM is making in three new R&D facilities in Sittard-Geleen and in Delft (also in the Netherlands).