HONEYWELL TO BUILD REFRIGERANT MANUFACTURING PLANT IN CHINA

Richard Preziotti (center left), VP/GM Honeywell Chemicals, Dr. James Yuann (5th from right), President, Asia, Honeywell Specialty Materials, along with other Honeywell business leaders and Chinese officials, participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for the new manufacturing plant for non-ozone depleting refrigerant products in Qingpu, Shanghai, China. The Honeywell facility is expected to be operational in November 2004. MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today plans to build a manufacturing plant for non-ozone depleting refrigerant products in Qingpu, Shanghai, China. The new facility, expected to be operational in November 2004, was announced during a groundbreaking ceremony in Qingpu attended by Honeywell officials, key customers and Chinese dignitaries.

GREAT LAKES INCREASES CLEAR BRINE FLUIDS PRICES

Great LakesINDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) announced today it will increase list prices in all regions for calcium bromide, zinc bromide/calcium bromide solution, sodium bromide, dry calcium bromide and dry sodium bromide effective October 15, 2004.

GREAT LAKES INCREASES PRICE FOR DECABROMODIPHENYLOXIDE FLAME RETARDANT

Great LakesINDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA—Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced that it is increasing off list prices for Great Lakes DE-83™ (decabromodiphenyloxide) flame retardant by $0.20/kg worldwide with all shipments effective November 1, 2004, where contracts allow.

MRSA ‘superbug’ meets its match in new plastics moulding compound. Healthcare bathroom accessories now debuting in Perstorp’s Polygiene™

Celmac uses Polygiene, a plastics compound capable of killing off the MRSA superbug, for a range of toilet seats targeted at the healthcare market. A plastics compound that has already been shown to significantly reduce the risk of transmission of SARS is also effective against MRSA bacteria, medical tests have demonstrated. Products made from the compound, aimed at the healthcare sector, are now coming onto the market in the U.K.

NO-STICK, NO-SLIP NYLATRON MATERIAL FROM QUADRANT EPP LIFTS PERFORMANCE OF TRUCK CRANES FROM FASSI GROUP

NYLATRON 703 XL nylon plate from Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products is a lubrication-free material for applications requiring precise, efficient, and safe motion control. The Fassi Group, one of the foremost manufacturers of hydraulic cranes, selected the material for its excellent combination of high strength and stiffness, very low static and dynamic coefficients of friction, its high wear resistance, and NYLATRON 703 XL’s unique property of ZERO stick-slip, which helped Fassi eliminate vibration in the booms of its cranes. TIELT, BELGIUM – September, 2004 – A crane’s ability to efficiently and safely position its load requires a virtual absence of vibration during both fine and gross movements of the boom. Lubrication of moving parts helps to achieve this, but more and more, heavy equipment manufacturers are searching for lubrication-free materials that minimize or even eliminate stick-slip influences during operation. The Fassi Group, one of Europe’s foremost manufacturers of hydraulic cranes, found its material solution in NYLATRON® 703 XL plate from Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (QEPP).

AlphaSan® Antimicrobial Agent Awarded Food Safety Approval by EFSA

AlphaSan is used in a wide range of consumer goods, such as apparel and whirlpool tubs, as well as commercial applications and primarily food and beverage processing . The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), a scientific panel that reviews food additives, processing aids and materials, has issued a favorable opinion concerning the use of Milliken & Company’s AlphaSan antimicrobial agent in food contact applications.

Grande interesse na solução Dureal™ de Univar durante a IAA em Hannover

Muitos empresários do ramo de transportes que visitaram a IAA Nützfahrzeuge em Hannover procuraram o stand da Univar para se informarem sobre o abastecimento da AdBlue em tanques anti-fuga e livres de manutenção. Graças ao sistema interno de telemetria das unidades de armazenamento Dureal, os utilizadores deixaram de ter de se preocupar com a entrega atempada de novos fornecimentos.
 No decorrer da IAA Nützfahrzeuge (salão internacional de veículos industriais) que este ano se realizou entre 23 a 30 de Setembro en Hannover, Alemanha, a apresentação de Dureal, feita pela Univar, atraiu uma vasta audiência. Numa tenda, na área central da Feira, os transportadores e os concessionários de camiões procedentes de toda a Europa informaram-se sobre as normas de emissões de escapes Euro IV e Euro V, a técnica de conversor catalítico SCR e ainda sobre a solução do serviço da Dureal para o abastecimento com AdBlue.

EPOXY, ACRYLIC, AND URETHANE ADHESIVES

This EPDM rubber gasket is bonded to metal by 3M Scotch-Weld Instant
Adhesive B-20, a cyanoacrylate that enables a tight seal.
 From automotive bumpers to disk drive components, bicycle frames to air/fuel breather valves, plastic railings to refrigeration coils, structural adhesives are available for thousands of manufacturing applications. With ongoing advances in adhesive formulation, designers in every industry have diverse options for bonding metal, composites, plastics, rubber, glass, and more. A wide choice of epoxies, acrylics, and urethanes enable design engineers to more easily achieve the right balance of strength, heat resistance, and productivity. This article describes epoxy, acrylic, and urethane structural adhesives, including their strength, heat properties, creep resistance, and the most appropriate applications.