B.I.G. acquires Australian B2B flooring wholesaler Signature Floors, strengthening its position in the Australian and New Zealand market

B.I.G. acquires Australian B2B flooring wholesaler Signature Floors, strengthening its position in the Australian and New Zealand market.
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With this statement, B.I.G. is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Australian B2B flooring wholesaler to acquire its complete range of activities. Through this acquisition, both companies will strengthen their growth opportunities in both soft, resilient and hard flooring in Australia and New Zealand.

SABIC to showcase SABIC PURECARES & TRUCIRCLE polymer solutions for hygiene products at INDEX23 in Geneva

SABIC to showcase SABIC PURECARES™ & TRUCIRCLE™ polymer solutions for hygiene products at INDEX™23 in Geneva.SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, will present its portfolio of SABIC PURECARES and TRUCIRCLE materials for the healthcare and hygiene market at INDEX23 from April 18 to 21 in Geneva, Switzerland, under the theme of ‘Collaborating for sustainability and innovative solutions’.

INEOS Styrolution awarded gold rating for its sustainability performance from EcoVadis

INEOS Styrolution’s sustainability targetsThe business sustainability ratings company, EcoVadis, has awarded INEOS Styrolution a gold rating for its progressive environmental, social, governance (ESG) performance.

Henkel offers comprehensive approach for assembly solutions

Henkel offers its customers a detailed survey of their manufacturing process to help identify potential cost savings and process improvements. (Photo: Henkel, PR101)Successful assembly tasks rely on several key aspects: the equipment, automation expertise the knowledge about adhesives and their application as well as on available professional support. Based on its longstanding expertise and its range of leading high-performance products and services under the well-known Loctite brand Henkel offers total assembly solutions that help customers to increase productivity, improve reliability and simplify design.

Por fin. Mondi y ATS-Tanner lanzan una banda de papel para paquetes y multipacks de alimentos

Por fin. Mondi y ATS-Tanner lanzan una banda de papel para paquetes y multipacks de alimentos. (Foto: Mondi, PR246)Mondi, líder mundial en embalaje sostenible y en papel, ha colaborado con el convertidor suizo ATS-Tanner para crear una innovadora banda de papel, que puede sujetar productos etiquetados individualmente o paquetes evitando el uso innecesario de plástico.

Clariant & Omya capitalize on the benefits of label-free innovation for SMP sealants

From left to right: Christopher Dobbins, Application Manager Adhesives & Sealants from Omya and Jean-Yves Desrats, Senior Technical Business Development Manager Coatings & Adhesives from Clariant.Clariant and Omya joined forces on a new project to tackle customers' concerns related to the yellowing of the increasingly popular SMP (silane modified polymers) sealants. The results of their collaboration addressed the yellowing issue whilst delivering a label-free solution with higher light and heat performance versus standard solutions in the market. The partners are proud to introduce AddWorks IBC 760 to ECS 2023 visitors.

Simplifying food safety: easily find food contact compliant additives with Clariant’s new offering

Simplifying food safety: easily find food contact compliant additives with Clariant’s new offering.To help customers fulfill the highest standards of safety and regulatory compliance, as well as ease ingredient selection, Clariant has launched a new package for the coatings sector that assists in the research of additives compliant with the most relevant food contact regulations.

SABIC’s ULTEM resin provides lightweight comfort for hearing-impaired and multi-language users of LLVision’s augmented reality eyeglasses

LEION Hey augmented reality (AR) eyeglasses from Beijing LLVision Technology Co., Ltd., display voice translations in text on the lenses in real time. The company’s glasses feature legs (or temples) molded from SABIC’s ULTEM™ 1000 resin. SABIC’s innovative material helped LLVision minimize the weight of the legs to give users all-day comfort, while providing high strength that enables key components to be integrated into the legs with maximum functionality.Hearing loss compensation and spoken language translation can now be provided using an unlikely yet elegant technology – augmented reality (AR) eyeglasses from Beijing LLVision Technology Co., Ltd., which display voice translations in text on the lenses in real time. The company’s LEION Hey glasses feature legs (or temples) molded from SABIC’s tough, lightweight and inherent, non-halogenated flame-retardant ULTEM 1000 resin. ULTEM resin enables thin-wall molding of the hollow legs, which contain both a lithium-ion battery and a computer chip to enable rapid, multi-language translations. SABIC’s innovative material helped LLVision minimize the weight of the legs to give users all-day comfort, while providing high strength that enables key components to be integrated into the legs with maximum functionality.