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13 Nov 2007
SABIC Innovative Plastics Exits Schwarzheide JV to Develop Newer High-Performance PBT Resins for Customers
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS – Nov. 13, 2007 – SABIC Innovative Plastics today announced it has signed an agreement, subject to regulatory approvals, to divest itself of its share in a 12-year joint venture with BASF Aktiengesellschaft, which produces polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin in Schwarzheide, Germany. As part of this divestiture, SABIC Innovative Plastics will ensure continuity of supply for European customers through a contract to purchase PBT resin from BASF for a defined period of time. The transfer is expected by December 31st, 2007.
9 Nov 2007
GLS INTRODUCES NEW FAMILY OF TPES BASED ON THE DOW CHEMICAL CO.’S OLEFIN BLOCK COPOLYMER TECHNOLOGY
DUSSELDORF, GERMANY – Oct. 24, 2007 – Here at Kunstoffe 2007, Germany, GLS Corp., a global leader in the development, manufacture and supply of high-performance, custom-formulated thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), today introduced a new family of TPEs based on INFUSE™ olefin block copolymers (OBC) from The Dow Chemical Company. The new DYNALLOY® OBC injection-molding and blow-molding grades allow GLS to offer customers a broad array of standard and customized TPE alloys for a wide range of applications. With the new DYNALLOY line, GLS has expanded the existing property and application range of OBC technology with exceptional softness, unique feels, a wider range of flow characteristics in injection molding, and introduced a new blow-moldable grade range. DYNALLOY OBCs offer a silky soft touch feel, excellent colorability, isotropic shrinkage, and flow characteristics enabling use in complex molds with long flow paths.
Milliken’s Tegris™ composite is riding the waves of success as the material behind one of the lightest, toughest personal watercraft available on the kayak market. The use of Tegris to produce Legacy Paddlesports’ Ultimate™ Kayak results from significant product and process developments for Milliken’s 100% polypropylene (PP) composite and close collaboration between Milliken and Legacy Paddlesports of Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
Düsseldorf, Germany – October 24, 2007 – At K 2007, Rhodia Polyamide is presenting its TECHNYL® XCell 6.6 and 6 polyamide grades optimised for the MuCell® Process. These new grades are the first technology deliverables from Rhodia as part of its recently signed global co-marketing and development agreement with Trexel Inc. As partners to the agreement, Rhodia actively develops and commercialises new material technology optimised for the MuCell® Process, and Trexel works exclusively with Rhodia for polyamide applications. 
Huntsman Pigments is coming to K 2007 with a revolutionary low dust titanium dioxide pigment that has handling properties far superior to any TiO2 currently available for plastics compounders.
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. 