30-09-2014
DSM inaugurates Solar Technologies Demonstration Center in India
Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences Company, today inaugurated its Solar Technologies Demonstration Center at its DSM Engineering Plastics facility in Pune, India. This state-of-the-art solar technology center has been built to demonstrate and showcase the performance of DSM's innovations in solar technology and will also reduce the plant's CO2 footprint by using the renewable energy generated by the solar plant to meet 25% of the site's electricity needs.
30-09-2014
Belden Shortens Production Cycles for Industrial Robot Applications
St. Louis, Missouri - September 30, 2014 - Belden Inc., a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, will now offer a Quick Connect feature on its Lumberg Automation Input/Output Network-Ruggedized (LioN-R) EtherNet/IP modules. The new technology contributes to faster overall production cycles for industrial applications where robots drive the automation process.
29-09-2014
Clariant to acquire Chinese healthcare packaging specialist VitaPac
Muttenz, September 29, 2014 - Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced that it has signed a purchase agreement with VitaPac, a Chinese specialist for healthcare packaging. The owner-led company with 80 employees is based in Hong Kong with a production site in Dongguan, China. It had consolidated sales of about CHF 4. mio in 2013. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of the fourth quarter of 2014 and subject to regulatory approvals.
25-09-2014
Clariant successfully places CHF 150 million domestic bond
Muttenz, 25. September 2014 - Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today the issuance of a CHF 150 million domestic bond.
23-09-2014
INNOVATIEVE VISNETTEN MET DYNEEMA® VERLAGEN IMPACT OP HET MILIEU VANUIT PELAGISCHE VISSERIJ
Nederland, 23 september 2014 - Rederij Cornelis Vrolijk in IJmuiden en dochteronderneming Jaczon in Scheveningen zijn gespecialiseerd in de pelagische visserij. De visnetten aan boord van hun trawlers, die worden ingezet voor het vangen van pelagische (scholende) soorten, worden traditioneel van nylon gemaakt. Cornelis Vrolijk en Jaczon zijn nu bezig hun nylon netten te vervangen door netten met DSM’s lichte en supersterke UHMwPE-vezel (ultra high molecular weight polyethylene), bekend onder de merknaam Dyneema®.
23-09-2014
TE Connectivity puts power in the spotlight at InnoTrans 2014
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland - September 23, 2014 - TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity, is introducing its latest application-focused solutions for the railway industry at InnoTrans 2014. To help customers meet and/or exceed regulatory requirements, TE has added a number of new powerful products to its already broad EN45545 compliant product range.
23-09-2014
sunliquid® 20 shows what it can do in the fleet test with Mercedes-Benz series vehicles
Muttenz, September 23, 2014 – Clariant, Haltermann and Mercedes-Benz have tested a fuel of the future in a fleet test since January: Initial results prove the high quality and excellent properties of sunliquid® 20 fuel (contains 20% ethanol coming from straw). With its first-class combustion properties, sunliquid® 20 improves engine efficiency so that its 4% lesser energy content, as compared to E10, is more than compensated. For drivers, this means: with sunliquid® 20, the sustainability of the fuel (reduced CO2 emissions) is increased significantly whilst consumption remains the same.
22-09-2014
Clariant presents advanced all-natural TOXISORB® animal feed detoxifiers at EuroTier 2014
Munich, September 22, 2014 - Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, will present TOXISORB®, a 100% natural way to detoxify livestock feedstuff, at its EuroTier debut in Hannover, Germany, from November 11-14, 2014 (Booth 17B21).
