WM Thermoforming Machines partnering with Milliken at K 2016 to showcase NX UltraClear PP transparent thermoformed packaging

Milliken’s NX UltraClear PP resin offers thermoformers numerous benefits.
(Photo © 2016 Milliken & Company, all rights reserved, MKPR163)Ghent, Belgium – Switzerland-based WM Thermoforming Machines is exhibiting at the Oct. 19-26 K 2016 trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany, and will use a brand new model of machine to demonstrate the clarity that Milliken & Co.’s Millad® NX™ 8000 additive brings to thermoformed polypropylene.

SABIC addresses rising environmental and urbanization challenges with new solutions for transportation at K 2016

SABIC will be featuring prominently on its booth the latest-generation truck model of Sweden’s Scania AB. Ten years in development, this truck includes more than 30 applications with thermoplastic materials from SABIC, totalling up to about 140 kg per vehicle.By 2050, the United Nations estimates the global population will swell to 9.6 billion, and 70% of those people (up from 54% today) will live in urban areas1. The world’s fast-growing population, and this anticipated increase in urbanization, will drive the need for both more energy-efficient personal vehicles and for modern, affordable mass-transportation systems.

TE Connectivity, SAP, ifm y la OPC Foundation anuncian un nuevo banco de pruebas IIC de conectividad sensor-nube

TE Connectivity, SAP, ifm y la OPC Foundation anuncian un nuevo banco de pruebas IIC de conectividad sensor-nube. (Fuente: TE Connectivity, PR104)DARMSTADT, Alemania – 18 de noviembre de 2016 – TE Conectivity (TE), líder mundial en conexión y sensores, ha recibido la aprobación del Industrial Internet Consortium® (IIC) para un banco de pruebas IIC de conectividad sensor-nube llamado «Smart Manufacturing Connectivity for Brown-field Sensors Testbed». Este banco de pruebas es un proyecto encabezado por TE y realizado en asociación con SAP (también miembro del IIC), ifm y la OPC Foundation. La idea para el banco de pruebas ya se había dado a conocer públicamente en la Feria de Hannover en abril de este año.

SABIC to introduce first-ever synthetic rubber products manufactured in Saudi Arabia at K 2016

SABIC to introduce first-ever synthetic rubber products manufactured in Saudi Arabia at K 2016Sittard, The Netherlands, October 20, 2016 - SABIC will introduce its new range of synthetic rubber products, being manufactured for the first time in Saudi Arabia, at the K-Show Europe Exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany, from 19th to 26th October, 2016.

SONGWON wins Frost & Sullivan’s 2016 New Product Innovation Award

SONGWON wins Frost & Sullivan’s 2016 New Product Innovation Award.
(Photo: Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd.)Ulsan, Korea – October 20, 2016 – SONGWON Industrial Co., Ltd. (www.songwon.com) announced today that it has been honored with a 2016 New Product Innovation Award by Frost & Sullivan for its commitment to innovation in the polymer stabilizers market.

Clariant Announces VERITRAX™
First intelligent digital chemical management system for the oil and gas industry

Clariant Remote Tank Level Sensor with Pump Jack. (Photo: Clariant)Houston, TX, October 19, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, delivers the efficiency benefits of the digitized world to oil and gas chemical operations with its VERITRAX™ intelligent chemical management system.

ARLANXEO: Technological upgrade successfully implemented in Keltan® EPDM plant in Orange

Technological upgrade successfully implemented in Keltan® EPDM plant in Orange.
(Photo ARLANXEO, ARPR009)Düsseldorf - ARLANXEO, a joint venture between LANXESS and Saudi Aramco, a globally leading player in performance elastomers, has completed a technological upgrade at its Keltan® EPDM plant in Orange, TX. The update will lead to significant product improvements and an extension of the Keltan® product range of ARLANXEO. The company will have invested a total of $34 million over the last 3 years in its facility in Orange. “The Orange plant is of key importance for ARLANXEO in the US, and is a key element of our global network of production operations in four countries across North and South America, Europe, and China,” says Jim Francis, Manager Keltan® Manufacturing at ARLANXEO.

ARLANXEO introduces Krynac® XL 3375 VP NBR rubber with excellent dimensional stability for extruded and calendered parts

Hose compound based on standard NBR.
(Photo ARLANXEO, ARPR008)Düsseldorf - ARLANXEO, a leading player in synthetic elastomers, has launched a new nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) grade to meet the requirements of high-end customers.