Press Kit GE - Plastics, Specialty Film & Sheet
International Horti Fair 2005

Press Releases:

GE - Plastics’ innovative materials deliver excellent energy and light efficiency for greenhouses

BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — November 2, 2005 — Dutch horticulturists industry will see how new material solutions from GE’s Plastics business are bringing growers new flexibility to create greenhouses with greater energy and light efficiency at this week’s International Horti Fair Expo. Visitors to booth 405 in Hall 5 can experience hands-on how GE is helping companies develop greenhouses with greater thermal and light efficiency through the use of high-performance Lexan* ZigZag* and Lexan Thermoclear* sheet materials.

GE’s ecomagination* Initiative and Lexan* ZigZag* Sheet Roofing Help the Dutch Greenhouse Industry Move Toward Energy Independence

BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — November 15, 2005 — To support a strategic shift away from consuming large amounts of fossil fuel, the greenhouse industry in the Netherlands is turning to GE’s ecomagination* initiative for innovative environmental solutions. Using GE’s new Lexan* ZigZag* sheet polycarbonate (PC) roofing material, Hydro Huisman, a leading hydroculture company in Huissen, is constructing the first greenhouse that will produce more energy than it uses. Lexan ZigZag sheet double-wall roofing panels provide higher light transmission than single glass, and insulation similar to multiwall glass or PC sheet. These energy-efficient properties will enable approximately two-thirds of the heat generated in the greenhouse to be sold as surplus.

Reader enquiries

GE Plastics
Plasticslaan 1
4600 AC Bergen op Zoom
Netherlands

Helen Vandebovenkamp
helen.vandebovenkamp@ge.com

Tel: +31 164 29 20 97
Fax: +31 164 29 10 66
Netherlands

+31 164 29 20 97

helen.vandebovenkamp@​ge.com

www.geplastics.com