17.12.2007
CHEMTURA NAMES DR. ROBERT WEDINGER CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER
Chemtura Corporation(NYSE:CEM) has appointed Robert S. Wedinger, PhD as chief business officer, reporting directly to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Wood. Dr. Wedinger is now responsible for Chemtura's commercial organization and its four businesses: Polymer Additives, Performance Specialties, Crop and Consumer Products. Dr. Wedinger, who was serving as group president of Performance Specialties, will retain his Performance Specialties role in addition to his new responsibilities. He joined Chemtura in 2006 as vice president and general manager of Process Chemicals and Polymers.
14.12.2007
Solutia® Announces Vydyne® and Ascend® Price Increase in Asia
ST. LOUIS – December 14, 2007 -- Solutia Inc. (OTCBB: SOLUQ) has announced a price increase of $150 per metric ton across its Ascend® and Vydyne® polyamide 66 resins in the Asia Pacific market. This increase applies to orders shipped on or after December 15, 2007, and will be applied across the Ascend and Vydyne product families. Sustained increases in both energy and raw materials costs, along with strong global demand, have made this price increase imperative.
13.12.2007
Car Design News Contest 2008 ist der erste internationale digitale Fahrzeugdesign Wettbewerb der Welt
LONDON – 4. Januar 2008 – Car Design News hat heute den weltweit größten volldigitalen Fahrzeugdesign Wettbewerb, in Zusammenarbeit mit SABIC Innovative Plastics und gesponsert von Autodesk, bekannt gegeben. Der Car Design News Contest 2008 wird von Seniordirektoren für Fahrzeugdesign führender Fahrzeughersteller beurteilt , einschließlich Martin Smith, geschäftsführender Vizepräsident für Design bei Ford Europa, Asien Pazifik und Afrika, und Shiro Nakamura, Senior Vizepräsident und Designchef von Nissan. Dieser Wettbewerb ist einzigartig, da sämtliche Designs als virtuelle Computermodelle erstellt werden. Es gibt zwei Wettbewerbskategorien – professionelle Designer und Designestudenten –die Hauptgewinne, wie Bargeld und eine Softwarelizenz für Alias DesignStudio Software umfassen.
12.12.2007
Honeywell’s Enovate® Blowing Agent Helps Insulate China’S National Olympic Stadium
BEIJING, China, Dec. 12, 2007 – Honeywell (NYSE:HON) announced today that closed-cell polyurethane foam insulation using its Enovate® blowing agent is helping to insulate China’s National Olympic Stadium, the first such use for a major public building in the region.
12.12.2007
Borealis to showcase latest innovations at Interplastica
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, invites plastics processors, product manufacturers and designers to learn more about the benefits of polyethylene and polypropylene materials at Interplastica 2008, which takes place in Moscow from January 29 until February 1, 2008. Visitors can experience first-hand how Borealis is providing solutions that deliver improved production efficiency and end-product benefits to a wide range of industries and applications.
12.12.2007
ARNITE® XG FÜR STECKVERBINDER IN ‚WEISSER WARE‘
DSM Engineering Plastics hat ein halogenfreies Material eingeführt, das speziell für Steckverbinder in unbeaufsichtigt arbeitenden Haushaltsgeräten entwickelt wurde: Arnite® XG, ein Polybutylenterephthalat (PBT), das die Vorgaben der IEC 60335-1 erfüllt.
11.12.2007
CHEMTURA ANNOUNCES PRICE INCREASES FOR CERTAIN BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS, MARK® TIN PVC HEAT STABILIZERS AND EPOXIDIZED SOYBEAN OIL PVC PLASTICIZERS
In response to significant raw material cost inflation and mounting regulatory expenses, Chemtura Corporation (NYSE:CEM) will increase prices on a range of polymer additives used primarily in the Building & Construction and Consumer Products industries. Specific product lines affected are:
11.12.2007
PPG加入“能源之星”計畫，全面實施能源管理計畫
PPG工業集團（紐約證交所代碼：PPG）日前剛剛加入了“能源之星（ENERGY STAR）”計畫，該計畫由美國環境保護署和美國能源部聯合啟動，旨在通過推行節能產品和實踐，實現節約成本和保護環境的目標。
