Plastics
The companies featured on PressReleaseFinder are active in several industries.
The companies featured on PressReleaseFinder are active in several industries.
6 Nov 2007
Smart® fortwo has become the first commercialised car to have full body panels manufactured from polypropylene (PP). Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, has developed Daplen™ ED230HP, a thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) compound, for this pioneering development to meet the cost-effective production targets and aesthetic, safety and environmental requirements of the latest Smart fortwo vehicle.
6 Nov 2007
Milliken Chemical, a division of Milliken & Company, is continuing to expand the performance horizons of polyolefins with its pioneering nucleation technology. To be introduced to a broad audience for the first time at K 2007, Hyperform® HPN-20E makes cost-effective property modification of polyethylene (PE) a first-time reality for converters, resin and master batch producers, while providing a versatile, one-stop optimising solution for polypropylene (PP).
1 Nov 2007
SHANGHAI, CHINA, November 1, 2007 -- Rohm and Haas was pleased to accept a grant in the amount of $752,000 through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Program. The grant supports Rohm and Haas's development of a newly commercial polymeric catalyst technology, AMBERLYST™ BD20 specialty catalyst. The AMBERLYST™ BD20 technology allows the production of biodiesel from inexpensive low-quality feed stocks without sacrificing the purity needed in the end product.
31 Oct 2007
SAN MATEO, Calif. – Oct. 31, 2007 – At the BioInterface 2007 Workshop and Symposium, Aylvin Dias, Ph.D, R&D program manager for DSM Biomedical, will chair a double session on antimicrobial surfaces with emphasis on biofilms, biofouling and biocidal approaches. This session will be attended by a number of industrial and academic opinion leaders to discuss the latest developments on and challenges to medical device associated infections. During the session, Dr. Dias will introduce ComfortCoat™, DSM’s new coating that addresses catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI).
31 Oct 2007
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.
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