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24 Oct 2007
SABIC Innovative Plastics Advances Solar Panel Technology with New Energy Center of Excellence
Düsseldorf, Germany – Oct. 24, 2007 – As part of SABIC Innovative Plastics’ accelerating investments in new application and market development, the company today announced the creation of a new Energy Center of Excellence at the company’s European headquarters in Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands. The new facility, an expansion of SABIC Innovative Plastics’ existing Fluid Engineering Center of Excellence and part of the company’s Global Application Technology (GApT) organization, aims to help customers use lightweight, high-performance thermoplastics to replace heavy and increasingly costly copper, aluminum, steel, and glass in thermal and photovoltaic solar panels. The center is equipped with leading edge design, molding, and testing equipment, and is staffed by engineers, materials scientists, and application development experts, to help customers utilize the latest in advanced thermoplastic technologies for the mass production of solar panels. SABIC Innovative Plastics’ goal is to be a major contributor in making solar energy for heating and electricity a practical and continuously more affordable option.
5 Jul 2007
SKYMARK USES NEW ARNITEL® VT THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS
IN SKYAIR® AND SKYAIR® XT BREATHABLE MEMBRANES
Skymark Performance Films Limited (Scunthorpe, U.K.), employs Arnitel® VT thermoplastic ether ester block copolymer elastomer (TEE-E) film technology materials from DSM Engineering Plastics, in Skymark’s breathable SKYAIR® and SKYAIR® XT membranes. SKYAIR® and SKYAIR® XT membranes offer different levels of moisture vapour transmission rate and when laminated to fabric can be used in recreational, sports, medical and construction applications which are waterproof and windproof, yet remain “breathable”.
DSM Engineering Plastics has introduced Arnitel VT for the manufacture of breathable films. Arnitel Vapor Transmission films are ideally suited for roofing applications, textile applications and plasters and for medical gowns and drapes.
Schwarzheide, Germany – Cyclics Europe GmbH announces it has entered into a European distribution agreement with IMCD Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (formerly Interorgana) who will distribute Cyclics CBT® resin products used as an additive or carrier for compounding and masterbatch applications.
Het Nederlandse technologiebedrijf Waleli, gespecialiseerd in draadloze toepassingen, brengt de ‘GSM-deurbel’ nu internationaal op de markt. Het bedrijf is in gesprek met distributeurs in onder andere Engeland, Frankrijk, Spanje en de Scandinavische landen, om het systeem ook daar actief in de markt zetten. De GSM-deurbel is een Nederlandse uitvinding en hier al enige tijd op de markt. 
(August 18, 2006 Shanghai)Recently, PPG Industries Inc., the world’s leading diversified manufacturer headquartered in Pittsburgh, reported record sales and earnings for the second quarter of fiscal year 2006. The company realized net income of USD280 million on sales revenue of USD2.8 billion for the quarter, a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth of 21% and 6% respectively. During the quarter, in addition to the strong sales earnings growth, PPG was able to achieve higher margins of 14.5% from 14.1% despite an environment in which the chlor-alkali cycle, home building and North American auto manufacturing are approaching declines and higher raw material costs.