Solvay Partners with iCOMAT, Developers of Game Changing Composite Processing Technology

Wingbox demonstrator manufactured using iCOMAT’s Rapid Tape Shearing (RTS) process and Solvay’s CYCOM® EP2190 unidirectional prepreg. (Photo: Solvay, PR105)Solvay is partnering with Bristol, UK based start-up iCOMAT who has developed Rapid Tape Shearing (RTS), a truly disruptive material deposition technology that will revolutionize the design and manufacture of composite parts, answering the industry’s need for lighter and more cost efficient composite structures.

Clariant introduces TexCare® Gemini SG Terra: Game-changing soil release polymer for laundry applications with innovative rheology control

Clariant introduces TexCare Gemini SG Terra: Game-changing soil release polymer for laundry applications with innovative rheology 
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(copyright Clariant)Clariant has unveiled its latest innovation for laundry liquid applications, TexCare Gemini SG Terra, which provides formulators with “one product, double function”, offering a high-performing soil release polymer that keeps the rheology of the detergent under control.

ClearCorrect® Unveils Innovative Suite of New Products and Features Designed to Elevate Clinical Practices

ClearCorrect® | Practice Growth offering, patient brochure. (Photo: ClearCorrect®, PR006)ClearCorrect®, a leading provider of orthodontic solutions, has launched a series of new solutions and innovations to the global market.

Westfalia Fruit: Pioneering Resilience in Global Avocado Supply Chains

Westfalia Fruit GroupWestfalia Fruit - the leading year-round multinational supplier of avocados, and an array of fresh produce to international markets around the globe unveils their forward-looking approach in striving to ensure the security of avocado supply chains amidst the formidable challenges confronting industries worldwide.

Solvay Launches New SolvaLite® Grade for Superior Flame Retardancy in Battery Enclosures

UL 2596 flame test performed on a SolvaLite® 716 FR component - before and after. 
(Photo: Solvay, PR093)Solvay, a leading global supplier of specialty materials, has announced the launch of SolvaLite® 716 FR, an innovative fast-curing epoxy prepreg system designed for a wide range of structural parts and reinforcements in premium battery electric vehicles (BEVs).

eschbach Announces New Shiftconnector® Tier Collaboration Dashboard to Enhance Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

eschbachGlobal software developer eschbach, the provider of Shiftconnector® digital manufacturing software for the pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing sectors, announces that its Shiftconnector enterprise software now has developed a new collaboration dashboard specifically designed for pharmaceutical manufacturing. Announced at the AVEVA World Summit in San Francisco, the new interactive dashboard plugs communications gaps that often occurs between shifts and the protective multilayers in pharma manufacturing that are vulnerable to errors and deviations.

tonies selects sustainable styrenics from INEOS Styrolution for new audio product for children

Image: courtesy of toniestonies, the global provider of “smart” audio systems for children, selected INEOS Styrolution’s sustainable ECO polymer to reduce the environmental footprint of their new audio product “Clever Tonies”. The company decided for INEOS Styrolution’s ABS[1] material Novodur® ECO P2H-AT BC50, a material that is partly based on renewable feedstock.

Kink-resistant and tested in accordance with the KTW-BWGL standard

KRAIBURG TPE has launched the innovative new THERMOLAST® DW series, complying with the KTW-BWGL standard (mandatory from March 2025) for PVC-free sanitary and drinking water tubes and hoses made of thermoplastic elastomers. (Image: © 2023 KRAIBURG TPE)KRAIBURG TPE has launched a new series of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) for tubes and hoses used in sanitary and drinking water applications. These innovative products already meet the stricter evaluation criteria for plastics and other organic materials in contact with drinking water established by the German Environment Agency (KTW-BWGL standard), which will become binding for TPEs from March 2025. The compounds are characterized by easy processability and provide tubes and hoses with extremely smooth surfaces, considerably improved mechanical properties and excellent kink resistance. The new compounds will be presented at Fakuma 2023.