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 ahora es Glavista

Guardian Automotive ahora es Glavista. 
(Foto Glavista, GLAPR001) Guardian Automotive, uno de los principales proveedores de soluciones de vidrio de automoción de primera calidad, ha cambiado su nombre por el de Glavista. La transición llega después de una planificación de casi un año y significa que la empresa, ahora independiente de Guardian, avanza hacia un futuro emocionante.

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.

Soluciones innovadoras de TPE para los retos actuales: desde la construcción ligera hasta la economía circular

KRAIBURG TPE se presenta en la feria Fakuma 2021 con un paquete temático multifacético. 
(Foto: © 2021 KRAIBURG TPE)En la edición 2021 de Fakuma (stand B5-5303), que se celebrará desde el 12 hasta el 16 de octubre en el recinto ferial de la ciudad alemana de Friedrichshafen, KRAIBURG TPE pondrá en primer plano varios desarrollos de TPE, que afrontan retos esenciales del mercado y reafirman el liderazgo de este fabricante de materiales en el segmento de los elastómeros termoplásticos (TPE).

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.