21 May 2013
DSM partners with ERDA on engineering plastics and application research for the Indian electrical industry
Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, announces that its subsidiary DSM India Pvt. Ltd, in Pune, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ERDA, the Electrical Research & Development Association, covering basic research in the field of electrical applications. ERDA, a cooperative research institution created by the Indian electrical industry and utilities with support from the governments of India and the state of Gujarat, has its main office in Vadodara.
14 May 2013
DSM’s Stanyl and EcoPaXX used in electric concept car
The latest prototype car from SIM-Drive Corporation, a pioneering electric vehicle developer in Japan, features DSM’s Stanyl® and EcoPaXX® based parts that make the car lighter and more sustainable.
2 Apr 2013
MF-Folien introduces first film made from DSM’s EcoPaXX
Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, announced today that its development partner MF Folien GmbH in Kempten, Southern Germany, successfully introduced a new polyamide film, which is based on DSM’s bio-based EcoPaXX® polyamide 410.
26 Mar 2013
DSM Opens Application Development Technical Center in Yokohama Japan
DSM will open its first application development technical center for engineering plastics in Japan on 26 March 2013 at the Yokohama Business Park in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
27 Feb 2013
Mercedes-Benz A-Class engine cover in bio-based polyamide from DSM
Mercedes-Benz has chosen a high performance polyamide largely made from renewable resources for the engine beauty cover of the brand-new Mercedes-Benz A-Class. Around 70% of the raw materials used to make the polyamide 410 in DSM’s EcoPaXX® Q-HGM24 reinforced compound are derived from the castor plant (Ricinus communis).
30 Jan 2013
DSM launches Stanyl ForTii LED LX solution for LED packages
DSM has introduced Stanyl® ForTii™ LED LX, an LED (Light Emitting Diode)-specific grade of Stanyl ForTii high temperature polyamide with halogen-free flame retardant grades as a material solution for LED packages.
28 Jan 2013
DSM delivers 10 years of success with Akulon Ultraflow solutions
DSM is celebrating a decade of customer successes with its Akulon® Ultraflow extra-high flow polyamide 6 in a wide range of applications. Akulon Ultraflow polyamide 6 flows up to 80% faster than standard grades and enables injection molding cycle times to be cut by up to 25%, all with no significant loss of mechanical properties in the finished part. Processors and users can benefit from reductions in the weight of their parts and in the energy it takes to mold them.
22 Jan 2013
DSM reduces water footprint in Engineering Plastics site in Pune, India
As global life sciences & materials sciences company DSM continues to support its customers´ drive to achieve increasingly ambitious sustainability targets, the company continues to set important benchmarks in lowering its own environmental footprint.
17 Jan 2013
DSM announces Akulon price increases
As a result of unprecedented and continuing increases in the costs of its raw materials, DSM Engineering Plastics is required to increase prices for its Akulon® PA6 polymers and compounds in Europe. It will also increase prices for Akulon PA6 compounds in North America.
17 Jan 2013
DSM´s Arnitel Eco delivers “human touch” for consumer electronics
Arnitel© Eco thermoplastic copolyester from DSM has been used successfully in soft touch surfaces by a world leading manufacturer of consumer electronics. Applied to the surface using a 2K molding technique, enabling cost efficient mass production, Arnitel Eco helps to create an almost skin-like feeling to the surfaces of electronic devices, like notebooks and tablets. The application represents the first use in consumer electronics of this breakthrough material.
8 Jan 2013
DSM introduces Stanyl Diablo OCD 2305 BM, the first high temperature polyamide for blow-molded ducts
DSM, the inventor of the Diablo technology, has launched Stanyl® Diablo OCD 2305 BM, a special heat stabilized blow molding grade of Stanyl polyamide 4.6, developed specifically for hot charge air ducts. It is the first high temperature polyamide suitable for processing by extrusion-blow molding and with a significant cost benefit compared to PPS, thanks to its lower weight and scrap rate.
13 Dec 2012
DSM's Arnitel VT provides PFC-free alternative for breathable membranes in outdoor clothing
Outdoor clothing can be made waterproof and highly breathable with ultrathin membranes made from Arnitel® VT from DSM. Arnitel VT is a very flexible thermoplastic elastomer that, when made into membranes just a few microns thick, is 100% waterproof but also highly breathable and comfortable. The material contains no PFCs (perfluorinated chemicals) and is 100% recyclable.
