26 May 2005
GE’s Conductive, Powder-Coatable Noryl GTX* Resins Help Eliminate Paint, Open Vast, New Design Options for Furniture Makers
BERGEN OP ZOOM, NETHERLANDS — May 18, 2005 — GE’s Noryl GTX* resins, a family of widely used conductive grades originally developed for European automotive manufacturers, are becoming equally successful in a new industry – office furniture. Specifically, Noryl GTX conductive resin is being used in powder-coated moulded plastic furniture, providing a host of design, aesthetic, environmental, and cost benefits compared to moulded-in colour, wet-painted parts, and even powder-coated metal. Among these are greater design freedom that helps enable part consolidation, lower weight than metal, and the elimination of paint solvents that can negatively impact the environment.
23 May 2005
GE Opens First Automotive Center of Excellence for Unique Full-Service Solutions to the Automotive Industry
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — May 16, 2005 — GE (NYSE:GE) today announced the opening of its GE Automotive Center of Excellence, dedicated to providing value-added services, technologies, and solutions to the automotive industry of the future. Located at Two Towne Square in Southfield, Michigan, the state-of-the-art facility will spotlight GE’s ability to serve a demanding and evolving industry with GE values in this modern setting. The new Center of Excellence was designed around GE's portfolio of automotive-related businesses, including GE Advanced Materials, GE Infrastructure, GE Energy, GE Commercial Finance, and GE Fleet. By housing all its businesses with an automotive focus in the same area, GE has created a cultural revolution in an environment that allows information to flow seamlessly across the different organizations.
18 May 2005
Severn Trent Metering Services Ltd. Chose Lexan* SLX Resin to Make State-of-the-Art Water Metering Devices.
Severn Trent Metering Services Ltd. is a world leader in water metering technology, with products ranging from solid-state water meters, water meter reading systems, and water meter chambers to installation solutions. With Lexan* SLX EXRL0086 resin, the SmartMeter SM150 translates into a state-of-the-art device in flow measurement, which remains accurate in water metering measurement over its lifetime.
18 May 2005
Weatherability was key in Beko’s choosing Lexan* EXL and Xylex* resins to make their first outdoor cash register for gas stations.
Lexan EXL and Xylex were used to develop Beko’s first outdoor product, cash registers for gas stations. Engineered by GE - Plastics, Lexan EXL 9330 resin was chosen by Beko for its best fit to outdoor enclosure applications, and Xylex X7200 resin was preferred for its excellent chemical resistance. Beko Elektronik, a subsidiary of the Koç Group, aims to become the European leader in the electronics sector, and they chose GE – Plastics to help them get there.
18 May 2005
Trelec Chooses X Gen* Starflam* Resins to Make High Quality Fuse Holders for PCBs
Based in France, Trelec specializes in conception / connectics processing and precision cutting sub-contracting. The company’s over 50 years of know-how was gained by continuously investing in new technologies and, thereby, increasing its capacities of production. Trelec sustains a wide product offering by creating products that add value - and which are dynamically able - to meet customer needs. They chose GE - Plastics’ X Gen Starflam resin to match its innovation requirements in the design of top quality fuse holders for Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs).
12 May 2005
GE’s New Anti-Static, Impact-Resistant LNP* Stat-Loy* Compounds Help Enhance Security for Plasmon UDO™ Optical Media
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — May 12, 2005 — Plasmon, a market leader for professional data archival solutions, designed its cutting-edge UDO™ (Ultra Density Optical) media to be a highly secure archival storage medium for its customers’ valuable electronic data. Part of that security solution stems from Plasmon’s use of new D Series LNP* Stat-Loy* resins from GE Advanced Materials. Used to form the shell of Plasmon’s SLMD2005 UDO media, the Lexan* resin-based LNP compounds contribute an excellent balance of impact performance and resistance to static build-up.
3 May 2005
Bernhardt Design Picks GE Advanced Materials’ LNP* Verton* PCA Compound for New Orbit Stacking Chair
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — May 3, 2005 — Bernhardt Design, a leading innovator in residential and business furniture design based in Lenoir, N.C., has selected GE Advanced Materials, Plastics’ new LNP* Verton* PCA-F-7004 EM compound to create a lower cost alternative to the currently offered ash and zebrawood veneers on the company’s new satin gloss-painted Orbit stacking chair.
2 May 2005
GE Drives Full Speed Ahead with Breakthrough Material Solutions for More Fuel-Efficient Cars
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — Since the late 1960s, groundbreaking technologies from GE Advanced Materials have helped the automotive industry build best-selling vehicles offering world-class performance, style, safety, reduced costs, weight, and emissions. These GE technologies have also contributed to significant fuel savings for the consumer. Through science, GE has helped automotive manufacturers build lighter and more fuel-conserving vehicles.
28 Apr 2005
GE Advanced Materials, Automotive Revs Up Its Instrument Panel Program Featuring Two New Best-in-Class Resins
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — April 28, 2005 — Demonstrating another example of its commitment to provide technically advanced material solutions to automotive customers across the globe, GE Advanced Materials, Automotive has introduced a reinvigorated Instrument Panel (IP) program, featuring several new high-performance acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and polycarbonate (PC) grades, as well as an expanded range of world-class technical resources and support.
12 Apr 2005
GE’s Revolutionary New Technologies Help Offer Lightweight Automotive Body Panels
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — Two new revolutionary thermoplastic technology platforms in the works at GE Advanced Materials introduce a new chapter in the company’s tradition of enabling automotive exterior body panels that offer a balance of lightweight performance, reliable properties against impact, and competitive cost. High Modulus Ductile (HMD) and High Performance ThermoPlastic Composites (HPPC) may signal two advanced materials solutions for automotive engineers who require weight reduction, design flexibility, improved moldability, and impact protection for large body panels. These technologies were developed to help respond to the growing demand from consumers to produce more stylish automobiles with greater interior space, higher speed, and optimized performance.
11 Apr 2005
Great Lakes Picks GE’s GELOY* Resin for Enhanced Color, Aesthetics & Long-Term Weatherability on New Line of Hot Tubs
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — Great Lakes Home & Resort, manufacturer of Great Lakes Hot Tubs™, today announced a new line of hot tub shells in vibrant, highly weatherable colors for which it has selected GE Advanced Materials’ GELOY* XTW E290 resin, a new extrusion grade of acrylic-styrene-acrylonitrile (ASA) resin for large-part thermoforming. GE developed the material for Great Lakes to help enable the hot tubs to withstand the rigors of prolonged outdoor abuse while retaining their outstanding aesthetic appeal and functionality.
7 Apr 2005
GE Positions New LNP* VERTON* Compounds as Alternatives to Short-Glass Products and Metals in Demanding Applications
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — GE Advanced Materials, Plastics today introduced two new grades of its glass-reinforced LNP* VERTON* polybutylene-terephthalate (PBT) compound as alternatives to competitive short-fiber glass-filled PBT, polypropylene (PP) and nylon resins. LNP VERTON WF-7007 compound, with a 35% long glass-fiber loading, and LNP VERTON WF-700-10 compound, with a 50% loading, deliver enhanced toughness, strength, and stiffness at wide temperature extremes. These properties, combined with light weight and exceptional UV and corrosion resistance, make the two new compounds excellent candidates for metal replacement in an array of outdoor applications, as well as for a variety of automotive, electrical, and consumer components where exceptional toughness and durability are required.
