10 May 2007
Rhodia Polyamide’s Engineering Plastics joins Omnexus (www.omnexus.com) to provide the global engineering plastics community with Innovations and Services
Lyon, France - May 10th, 2007 – Rhodia Polyamide’s Engineering Plastics activities and SpecialChem announce today their new partnership on the Omnexus Platform offering services to the plastics and elastomers engineering community.
The goal of this collaboration is to provide the plastics industry with business solutions and help OEMs and manufacturers face their ever-growing challenges. Based on its outstanding polyamide expertise, Rhodia EP will offer to project leaders and decision-makers, numerous proven Technyl® PA6.6 solutions and technical services.
Through Omnexus (www.omnexus.com), Rhodia will first of all offer access to its latest innovations.
The company will address a large amount of key manufacturers’ stakes in Automotive, Electrical & Electronics, and Consumer & Industrial Goods markets with applied information and solutions.
Last but not least, Rhodia EP’s ultimate goal is to help both plastics experts and project owners solve multi-area challenges (such as cost, technical or environmental to name a few) from the very early development stages until the serial production by offering specific support on:
• Design and Validation (part design, material and part testing expertise, key properties in-depth simulation and analysis)
• Product Development (from material up-grade to new formulations)
• Regulations (understanding, implementation and validations)
• Manufacturing (material processing but also OEM part assembly or handling steps)
This will be made through an entire section dedicated to technical and market services.
To visit already available Rhodia’s Solution DataSheets please go to:
“Weight saving opportunities and lower CO2 emissions in automotive oil systems”
or
“Material and concept solutions for safety management in automotive structural parts”
“Engineering Plastics community seeks technical services, Solution DataSheets and other expert technical information. By participating in Omnexus programs, we are able to support efficiently product development process and interact very rapidly with plastics community and OEMs” said Laurent Schmitt, President of Rhodia Polyamide. “Engineering plastics is a world of so many innovations and quick changes that being able to create partnerships to enhance information time-to-market is key”.
”This new partnership is of great importance to us as it contributes to completing the polyamide range of applications we support and focusing on Innovations and Solutions”, said Christophe Cabarry, SpecialChem COO and Founder. “PA6.6 is one of the most interesting polymer families when it comes to providing expert technical support to development engineers. We are really proud to serve this industry in collaboration with Rhodia, one of the leading engineering plastics players”, said Cabarry.
Reader enquiries
Rhodia Engineering Plastics
Avenue Ramboz
F-69192 Saint-Fons Cedex
France
Notes for editors
Rhodia Polyamide is an upstream integrated company providing intermediates for polyamide and other applications, polyamide polymers, as well as a complete downstream range of added value products including engineering plastics polyamide 6.6 and polyamide 6-based industrial polyamide yarns, technical and consumer polyamide fibers and textile yarns. With fourteen state-of-the art production facilities along with R&D and technical centers, Rhodia Polyamide serves customers on every continent, with the capability to develop products and technologies locally.
Rhodia is a global specialty chemicals company recognized for its strong technology positions in Performance Materials, Functional Chemicals and the Organics and Services clusters. Partnering with major players in the automotive, electronics, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, consumer care, tires, and paints and coatings markets, Rhodia offers tailor-made solutions combining original molecules and technologies to respond to customers’ needs. Rhodia subscribes to the principles of Sustainable Development communicating its commitments and performance openly with stakeholders. Rhodia generated sales of €4.8 billion in 2006 and employs around 16,000 people worldwide. Rhodia is listed on the Paris and New York stock exchange.
SpecialChem is an online Innovation & Solutions Accelerator focusing on Specialty Chemicals and Engineering Plastics. By a series of online services it helps industrials to develop new and innovative products much faster. Doing so, SpecialChem helps chemical companies to accelerate the marketing of their performance products. It is active in markets like Polymer Additives and Colors (www.specialchem4polymers.com), Plastics & Elastomers (www.omnexus.com), Adhesives and Sealants (www.specialchem4adhesives.com), Industrial Adhesives (www.omnexus4adhesives.com), Paints, Coatings and Inks (www.specialchem4coatings.com); and Cosmetics (www.specialchem4cosmetics.com). SpecialChem was created in 2000 and is based in Paris, France.
Editorial enquiries
Christine Bourguignon
Rhodia Engineering Plastics
christine.bourguignon@eu.rhodia.com
Alan Flower
EMG