VICTREX® PEEK™-based powder coatings now available worldwide

VICTREX® PEEK™ Electrostatic Coatings’ Victrex announced that it has licensed a worldwide network of electrostatic spray and dispersion coating formulators with a patented base recipe and unique powders to produce both powder and aqueous-based coatings made from VICTREX® PEEK™ polymer. The formulators can modify the polyarletheretherketone-based recipe to enhance specific properties such as abrasion resistance, lubricity, release and color. Each formulator offers the necessary processing and customer service support, technical literature and pricing of the VICTREX PEEK-based coatings.

Acquisition of Raw Material Manufacturing Operations from Degussa

VictrexVictrex plc announces the purchase of the operations owned by a subsidiary of Degussa AG relating to the manufacture of BDF (the key raw material from which VICTREX® PEEK™ polymer is produced) for cash consideration of £16.3 million. The transaction further consolidates Victrex’s control of the BDF supply chain following the acquisition of the primary manufacturing stage of BDF in 1999.

Nanogel® Aerogel von Cabot Corporation bietet die richtige Chemie

Ihre Vielseitigkeit in Form, Farbe (Tönung) und Größe prädestiniert sie außerdem für den Spezialitäten-Objektbau. Bei der Erweiterung seiner Apotheke in Neuhausen, Schweiz, entschied sich der Chemiker Dr. Wiesman für Nanogel® gefüllte Isolierelemente.

GE auf der Überholspur mit bahnbrechenden Materiallösungen für kraftstoffsparende Fahrzeuge

GE auf der Überholspur mit bahnbrechenden Materiallösungen für kraftstoffsparende Fahrzeuge

Richtungsweisende Technologien von GE Advanced Materials habe wiederholt dazu beigetragen, Leistungsfähigkeit, Design, Sicherheit, Kosten, Gewicht und Abgasbilanz zahlloser Erfolgsmodelle der Automobilindustrie zu optimieren. Hinzu kommen signifikante Einsparungen beim Kraftstoffverbrauch durch das Potenzial dieser Materialtechnologien für leichtere, kraftstoffsparende Fahrzeuge. BERGEN OP ZOOM, DIE NIEDERLANDE — Seit Ende der 1960er Jahre haben richtungsweisende Technologien von GE Advanced Materials wiederholt dazu beigetragen, Leistungsfähigkeit, Design, Sicherheit, Kosten, Gewicht und Abgasbilanz zahlloser Erfolgsmodelle der Automobilindustrie zu optimieren. Hinzu kommen signifikante Einsparungen beim Kraftstoffverbrauch durch das Potenzial dieser Materialtechnologien für leichtere, kraftstoffsparende Fahrzeuge.

Maiden flight Airbus A380; DSM’s Stanyl® helps make it the quietest airplane ever built

Stanyl® 46HF4130, a 30-percent glass-fibre-reinforced compound, designed for highly demanding structural elements of aircraft jet engines as the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine. This morning 11.30am (CET), the Airbus A380 containing an aircraft engine component made from DSM’s Stanyl performed its maiden flight at Toulouse-Blagnac international airport in Toulouse with a six-member test flight crew on-board.

Distrupol launches a powerful new polymer search tool

Logo PIC Distrupol, a member company of Univar and a leading European polymer distributor, technical service and solutions provider, has introduced a significant, web-based customer service enhancement, designed to reduce the time needed for material selection and help cut product development time.

Upgrades to GE Advanced Materials’ High-Purity Quartz Tubing Spark Higher Levels of Performance for Projector Lamps

GE’s New Quartz Lamp Tubing for Projectors

GE Advanced Materials, Quartz, has extended the performance limits of quartz lamp tubing for short arc, ultra-high-pressure mercury lamps. Three newly upgraded products from GE – standard, low-alkali, and synthetic tubing – represent a significant improvement in high-purity quartz tubing. The products offer projector lamp manufacturers improved optical uniformity, excellent dimensional control, and increased lamp life. BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — April 29, 2005 — GE Advanced Materials, Quartz, once again, has extended the performance limits of quartz lamp tubing for short arc, ultra-high-pressure mercury lamps. Three newly upgraded products from GE represent a significant improvement in high-purity quartz tubing, offering projector lamp manufacturers the potential for improved optical uniformity, excellent dimensional control, and increased lamp life.

Univar appoints Patrick Lammers Managing Director of its Dureal business

Univar appoints Patrick Lammers Managing Director of its Dureal business. Univar N.V., one of the world’s leading independent distributors of industrial chemicals and providers of related specialty services, has announced the appointment of Patrick Lammers as Managing Director of its Dureal division based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.