Toledo, Ohio, May 7, 2003 – Owens Corning and Saint-Gobain today announced plans to form a joint venture to construct a state-of-the-art, innovative manufacturing facility to deliver high-quality glass fiber reinforcements to the growing composites marketplace. The 50/50 joint venture will produce reinforcements to be sold in equal shares through Saint-Gobain Vetrotex and Owens Corning international sales networks. Production and delivery of product is planned for late 2004.
I compositi rinforzati con fibre di vetro lunghe sono apprezzati per le loro doti di resistenza, rigidità e leggerezza, non certo per il loro aspetto. Ma le cose stanno cambiando: la LNP Engineering Plastics, società del gruppo GE Plastics (sigla alla Borsa di New York: GE), ha introdotto una nuova serie di compositi Verton® in nylon 6 rinforzato con fibre di vetro lunghe, che offrono un insieme unico di resistenza, rigidità, colorabilità e qualità della finitura superficiale. Ad oggi, la LNP è l'unico produttore in grado di offrire compositi "strutturali estetici" rinforzati con fibre di vetro lunghe.
Attending its first Scanplast exhibition since integrating the business of MBS Plastics in 2001, Distrupol confirmed its position as a leading European polymer distributor, technical service and solutions provider.
Launching a raft of new product advances to a broad industrial audience at the Hanover Fair in April, confirmed Tsubakimoto’s leadership position in the chain and power transmission market.
KINGSPORT, Tennessee, April 29, 2003- Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN), through its subsidiary Eastman Company UK Limited, announced today that it has reached agreement with employees at its Bury, England, site to close the facility.