Discover Distrupol’s world of colours at Go Plast

At Go Plast 2007 Distrupol will launch its colour compounding service in the French market. Distrupol Colour is dedicated to supplying consistently high quality and tight colour tolerance engineering thermoplastic materials across Europe.At Go Plast 2007 (Angers, 12 - 15 June, stand no. C15) Distrupol will launch its colour compounding service in the French market. Distrupol Colour is dedicated to supplying consistently high quality and tight colour tolerance engineering thermoplastic materials across Europe. The latest computerised matching equipment and a dedicated Colour Laboratory are utilized for quick and efficient colour development, with production quantities starting from as little as 25 kilograms.

Cyclics annuncia un accordo di distribuzione con IMCD Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (già Interorgana)

CyclicsSchwarzheide, Germania - Cyclics Europe GmbH annuncia di aver concluso un accordo europeo di distribuzione con IMCD Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (già Interorgana), che distribuirà le resine CBT® Cyclics utilizzate come additivo o come supporto nel compounding e nei masterbatch.

CHEMTURA INCREASES AXION™ TIN CATALYST PRICES

ChemturaChemtura Corporation announces the following price increases for its Axion™ line of tin catalysts:

DBTO $2.40/kg (1.80 Euro/kg)
DOTO $2.30/kg (1.73 Euro/kg)
MBTO $2.50/kg (1.88 Euro/kg)

GE Plastics riconosce la partnership chiave con i provider di servizi logistici alla cerimonia annuale delle premiazioni

Fornitore di servizi logistici dell'anno di GE Plastics: Van Den Bosch, OlandaBERGEN OP ZOOM, OLANDA — 15 Maggio 2007 — Sottolineando il ruolo fondamentale dei suoi partner logistici nella fornitura di servizi eccellenti ai clienti durante il 2006, GE Plastics, rende omaggio a cinque società e due persone durante la cerimonia di premiazione e la cena tenutasi il 12 Aprile. Il programma di premiazione ora, al suo quarto anno, riconosce la qualità, il servizio e la puntuale consegna dei provider di servizi che hanno consentito a GE Plastics di soddisfare le commesse dei clienti.

Rhodia Polyamide opens its first Technical Centre in China
Dedicated facility provides close customer support for

Rhodia Engineering PlasticsLyon, France - May 14th, 2007 - Rhodia has reinforced its commitment to the Asian markets with the recent opening of a technical centre in Shanghai, consolidating Rhodia’s global technical centre network. The new facility brings the complete spectrum of engineering support to customers across the broad range of industries served by Rhodia Polyamide's engineering plastics materials in China and the wider Asian region.

BODY ARMOR WITH DYNEEMA® TO SERVE DURING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES IN BEIJING

DyneemaURMOND (NL), 14 May 2007 - Bullet-resistant vests and helmets made with ultra-strong, light weight Dyneema® unidirectional (UD) from DSM for personnel security will help China create a safer environment for the upcoming 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. A vest design manufactured by Zhong Tian Feng Protection Products Technology Company Ltd. (ZTF), which features Dyneema® SB21, won a highly competitive and prestigious tender from the Beijing Bureau of Public Security.

The 3rd ICIS Asian Polymer Conference held in Shanghai

ICISRising crude values and expanded domestic capacity could restrain China’s volume of polymer imports this year. This was the message from a senior China customs official speaking at the 3rd ICIS Asian Polymer Conference in Shanghai this month. Zhang Bingzheng, Deputy Director of the Statistical Department of General Administration of China Customs, told over 100 high-level delegates that the rising price of imported crude in 2006 had made polymer imports more expensive. In 2006, the average import price of crude in China was $457.4/tonne, which was a rise of 21.6% on an annual basis. This was exacerbated by the fact that last year the domestic capacity of polymers expanded and replaced some imports, he added.

Songwon inizia la produzione nel nuovo impianto di antiossidanti

SONGWONUlsan, Corea, 14 maggio 2007 – Il nuovo impianto di antiossidanti di Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd., situato nella città coreana di Maeam, è stato ultimato all'inizio di aprile 2007, in anticipo sulla tabella di marcia, e ha già avviato la produzione commerciale.