29 Jun 2005
GE Advanced Materials - Plastics
Press Kit Cycolac and Geloy Resins Business update - June 29, 2005
Beauvais, France
Press Releases
GE’s Recommitment to Cycolac* and Geloy* Resins Business Already Shows Positive Customer Benefits
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS – June 29, 2005 – Since announcing in February a refocus of resources on its Cycolac* and Geloy* resins business, GE Plastics, a unit of GE (NYSE:GE), has put in place a new organization dedicated to drive new growth opportunities for these materials globally. This reinvigorated approach to the market has excited interest as well as reaffirmed the company’s continuing commitment to play a leadership role in the development of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and acrylic-styrene-acrylonitrile (ASA) products and applications. Importantly, under the guidance of vice president and general manager, Charlie Crew, the organization is already delivering benefits to customers through more concentrated and coordinated services.
Roofing Tiles Made of GE’s Co-Extruded Geloy*/PVC Resin Introduce New Color & Style Choices to China’s Construction Market
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — June 29, 2005 — Chinese apartment buildings and other structures are beginning to sport colorful roofs tiled with tiles made from GE Advanced Materials’ Geloy* resin co-extruded with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) instead of clay and cement tiles, steel roofing sheet, or asphalt shingles. The tiles, which are fabricated from thermoformed decorative roofing sheet produced by molder FangXing Building Materials, not only offer many color and style options, but also help provide superior performance, lighter weight, and lower system cost vs. traditional roofing materials. These advantages led the Shanghai and other municipal governments to choose the roofing tiles for its “Plain to Pitch” project, which is replacing older flat roofs with pitched roofs that resist leaking.
Window Profiles Get a Colorful Outlook with Co-extruded Geloy*/PVC Resin from GE Advanced Materials
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS —June 29, 2005 — Chinese architects and designers, who until now have generally been limited to plain white PVC or aluminum window profiles for their buildings, can expand their creative options thanks to the broad color palette provided by GE Advanced Materials’s Geloy* acrylic-styrene-acrylonitrile (ASA) resin co-extruded with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin. The new Geloy resin product gives white PVC window profiles a colorful coat without the time and expense of painting, and helps deliver excellent thermo-insulation comparable to aluminum window profiles.
Case Studies
Georg Fischer withstands high pressures in the cooling market with Cycolac* resins
Cycolac* ABS X399 resins provide a unique combination of extreme durability and good extrudability that enables pipe systems to withstand extreme environments with an excellent life-span.
VIKO switches illuminate the market with Cycolac* Visualfx* resins
VIKO of Turkey selects Cycolac* Visualfx* aesthetic resins for their high-end wall-switch frames adding atmosphere to home and office.
Great Lakes Selects GE’s Geloy* XTW E290 Resin for New Hot Tub Shells
Great Lakes Picks GE’s Geloy* Resin for Enhanced Color, Aesthetics & Long-Term Weatherability on New Line of Hot Tubs
Geloy* XTW Resin & SIRENA SpA - A sound bite in a sound body.
SIRENA of Italy selects Geloy* XTW resin for its new SE 2 NDM model electronic siren.
Fagor’s Innova Refrigerators Look Metallic Cool in Cycolac* Visualfx* Resins
Fagor chose Cycolac* resin with Visualfx* resin aesthetic effects to create the metallic look for refrigerators at a cost effective value.
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Beauvais, France Backgrounder
GE Plastics (www.geadvancedmaterials.com) is a world leader in providing high-tech materials solutions through engineering thermoplastics.
Factsheet
GE Advanced Materials Fact Sheet
GE Advanced Materials is a world leader in providing materials solutions through engineering thermoplastics, silicone-based products and technology platforms, and fused quartz and ceramics. Headquartered in Pittsfield, Mass., GE Advanced Materials is the combination of GE’s former Plastics, Silicones, and Quartz businesses.
Reader enquiries
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4600 AC Bergen op Zoom
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Helen Vandebovenkamp
helen.vandebovenkamp@ge.com
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Fax: +31 164 29 10 66
Netherlands
Notes for editors
About GE Advanced Materials
GE Advanced Materials (www.geadvancedmaterials.com) is a world leader in providing high-technology material solutions. Headquartered in Pittsfield, Mass., its businesses include Plastics, Silicones, Quartz, Automotive, Specialty Film & Sheet, Polymershapes, and Sealants and Adhesives.
GE (NYSE: GE) is Imagination at Work – a diversified technology, media and financial services company focused on solving some of the world's toughest problems. With products and services ranging from aircraft engines, power generation, water processing and security technology to medical imaging, business and consumer financing, media content and advanced materials, GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.ge.com.
Editorial enquiries
Helen Vandebovenkamp
GE Plastics
Folke Markestein
Marketing Solutions NV
fmarkestein@marketingsolutions.be
Jim Allison
AH&M Marketing Communications