Milliken to offer portfolio of colorants and additives for polyurethane at UTECH Europe 2021

Reactint® colorants used in PU elastomer.
(Photo © 2021 Milliken & Company, all rights reserved, MKPR252)Milliken & Company plans to showcase a broad range of colorants and stabilizer technologies that are all designed to enhance polyurethane (PU) products when it exhibits at UTECH Europe 2021 (Booth #B20) in Maastricht, The Netherlands, from Nov. 16-18. One key focus of Milliken’s presence will be its Reactint® Color Studio, a valuable, web-based resource for PU foam producers and users.

Solvay announces groundbreaking solution for recycling PVDC

SolvaySolvay, a science company delivering high performance materials for safe and reliable food packaging, has conducted a proof of concept showing that polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) has the potential to be recycled. PVDC is used in food, beverage and healthcare multilayer barrier packaging across the world.

Clariant opens global Competence Center for Tailings Treatment in Brazil

Clariant opens new Competence Center for Tailings Treatment to develop solutions for the global mining industry. (Photos: Clariant)In order to support the mining industry’s efforts towards sustainability, Clariant announces a new technical facility in Brazil exclusively dedicated to developing solutions for tailings management. The Competence Center for Tailings Treatment (CCTT) opens today in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Nihonseiki Company deploys GE Additive laser technology to reimagine its business and the die casting industry

Masato Matsubara, Managing Director – Nihonseiki.
(Image courtesy of: Nihonseiki Co., Ltd)
Nihonseiki Co Limited, part of GMC Holdings Group, is a well-established die cast molds manufacturer with a 100-year history designing, manufacturing, and servicing die cast molds for more than 1,000 customers—primarily Japanese and international automakers, and other dedicated die-casting and die manufacturers. Today, GMC Holdings Group is the largest die manufacturer in Japan and enjoys an outstanding reputation worldwide as an industry leader, and one committed to innovation.  

Guardian Automotive is now Glavista

Guardian Automotive is now Glavista. 
(Photo Glavista, GLAPR001) Guardian Automotive, one of the leading premium autoglass solutions providers, has rebranded as Glavista. The transition follows almost a year’s planning and means that the company - now independent from Guardian – moves forward into an exciting future.

Edge Solutions and INEOS Styrolution collaborate to develop innovative protection for operational wind farms

INEOS StyrolutionINEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, and Edge Solutions, a Dundee-based innovator dedicated to the optimisation of wind energy generation, announce today the development of armourEDGE protection for wind turbine blades based on a customised version of INEOS Styrolution’s Luran® SC material.

Innovative TPE solutions for current challenges from lightweighting to circular economy

KRAIBURG TPE’s exhibit at Fakuma will cover a wide range of topical issues. 
(Image: © 2021 KRAIBURG TPE)At Fakuma 2021 (Booth B5-5303) from October 12 to 16 at Friedrichshafen Exhibition Center, Germany, KRAIBURG TPE will put the spot on several TPE developments targeting critical challenges in the market and highlighting the material manufacturer’s leading role in the thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) segment.

Avio Aero, BEAMIT Group and GE Additive sign letter of intent regarding a strategic technology collaboration agreement

Andrea Scanavini, general manager BEAMIT (back right) visits GE Additive Lichtenfels with Avio Aero’s Dario Mantegazza (front right) and Dario Mula (front left) – September 2021. 
(Image credit: Wilm Visuals for GE Additive, GEADPR052)Avio Aero and GE Additive have signed a non-binding letter of intent (the “LOI”) outlining a strategic technology collaboration agreement with BEAMIT Group (BEAMIT), partly owned by SANDVIK.