22 Oct 2003
New Website Compares High Tech, High Fashion Versus Traditional Packaging for Personal Care/Cosmetic Industry
KINGSPORT, TENN., - Design and creative marketing professionals now have access to a high-fashion and high-tech alternative to using glass as a packaging material. Eastman Chemical Company has launched www.TheGlassPolymer, a website dedicated to demonstrating the benefits of the company’s Eastar polymer over traditional glass. While glass has, in the past, been the packaging choice for the marketing of luxury in the personal care and cosmetics markets, designers at leading brand owners like Victoria’s Secret and Merle Norman have used Eastar polymer to develop luxurious custom packaging with the look and feel of glass. The website presents current commercial applications, as well as a challenge for the visitor to try and tell the difference between packaging made with glass and Eastar polymer. Visitors to the site can request a sample to compare the feel as well as the look for themselves.
22 Oct 2003
PACKAGING INNOVATION OFFERS CLEAR ADVANTAGE
To gain an edge in the highly competitive reusable beverage container market, Arrow Plastic Manufacturing Company teamed up with Eastman Chemical Company to develop an innovative product line. Using Eastman’s Eastar® copolyester GN046, Arrow pioneered a tough beverage container that’s as clear as glass and holds up to continual reuse.
21 Aug 2003
Eastman Announces Steps to Improve Profitability
KINGSPORT, Tennessee, Aug. 20, 2003 - Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) today announced steps to improve profitability by addressing under-performing businesses and product lines in one of its major segments.
6 Aug 2003
Keep an eye on the acid value
Precise gloss control of powder coatings is a major issue, especially since TGIC-free formulations have made this task more difficult. However, detailed structure-property analyses of blends of polyester-ß-hydroxyalkylamide systems bsed on different, incompatible resins reveal, that the difference in acid value between the two resins in the blends can serve as a very reliable gloss determinating property.
29 Apr 2003
Eastman Reaches Agreement to Close Its Manufacturing Site In Bury, England
KINGSPORT, Tennessee, April 29, 2003- Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN), through its subsidiary Eastman Company UK Limited, announced today that it has reached agreement with employees at its Bury, England, site to close the facility.
8 Apr 2003
About Eastman Coatings - Europe
Eastman Coatings has been a leading provider of high quality raw materials and services for the global paint and coatings industry for over 80 years. Today, Eastman offers a comprehensive product portfolio for use in conventional, high-solids, waterborne, radiation curable, and powder coatings for architectural, automotive, and industrial coatings.
8 Apr 2003
DAMON C. WARMACK
Vice President, Coatings
On March 1, 2003, Damon C. Warmack assumed the position of vice president, coatings where he is responsible for the organization’s entire global coatings operations. Additionally, he will continue to be responsible for the company’s business in the Asia Pacific region.
8 Apr 2003
Communications appointment for Eastman Chemical EMEA
Eastman Chemical Company has announced the appointment of Corinne van Iersel to the post of Manager Communications & Public Affairs for Eastman Chemical Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region. In this post Ms. Van Iersel will be based in The Hague, Netherlands and will report to Godefroy Motte, President Eastman Chemical EMEA.
8 Apr 2003
JURGEN VAN DER LINDEN
Marketing Manager Coatings
Jurgen van der Linden holds the post of Marketing Manager Coatings for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In this function he is responsible for the marketing activities of Eastman’s activities for the Coatings industry in the region.
