DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS LEADS THE WAY IN DELIVERING GREEN SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS

As the European Union marks Green Week 2009, which continues to support the drive for climate change, DSM Engineering Plastics announces that the Company will continue to focus on the development of a “Green Portfolio” of engineering materials to meet customer requirements and in line with DSM’s sustainability policy (People, Planet, Profit). (Photo: DSM Engineering Plastics: DSMPR249)
As the European Union marks Green Week 2009, which continues to support the drive for climate change, DSM Engineering Plastics announces that the Company will continue to focus on the development of a “Green Portfolio” of engineering materials to meet customer requirements and in line with DSM’s sustainability policy (People, Planet, Profit).

QUADRANT PORTA ON LINE LA PROGETTAZIONE DI MATERIE PLASTICHE AD ELEVATO RENDIMENTO E IL KNOW-HOW DEL MATERIALE

Homepage del nuovo sito interattivo di Quadrant www.designwithtorlon.com.Quadrant EPP ha realizzato e presentato www.designwithtorlon.com, un sito multimediale costruito appositamente per assistere ed aiutare ingegneri, progettisti e, chiunque si occupi di progettazione meccanica, fornendo informazioni meccaniche avanzate, sulle proprietà e sui molti vantaggi che il Torlon® PAI di Quadrant, è in grado di offrire. Il sito web è per ora disponibile in lingua inglese. Oltre alle informazioni standard sui materiali, quali specifiche tecniche, informazioni applicative di base e documentazione scaricabile, il nuovo sito contiene anche video appositamente creati per aumentare l’interesse e l’utilità del sito agli occhi della comunità di progettazione, il tutto con una estrema facilità di utilizzo.

Songwon annuncia l’avvio del suo nuovo impianto di isobutilene

L’impianto Songwon di IBL (Isobutylene) presso il sito di Maeam nella Corea del Sud, con una capacità di 30.000 tonnellate, basato sulla tecnologia di cracking catalitico del TBA (t-butanol)Ulsan, Korea – 18 giugno 2009 – Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd. è lieta di annunciare che il suo nuovo impianto produttivo di isobutilene (IBL), del valore di 20 milioni di dollari, e situato presso il sito di Maeam nella Corea del Sud, è stato avviato con successo ed è ora completamente produttivo.

New Clariant products give technological and ecological edge to technical textile sector

New Clariant products provide ecological benefits, resistancy and repellency for long-term performance in mobiltech applications.June 16, 2009 - Clariant’s Textile Business, the leading supplier of chemicals and dyes for the textile industry, is taking visitors to its Techtextil 2009 stand on a voyage of discovery. The company is launching new products that give the technological and ecological edge to technical textiles customers. Fast-moving sectors such as mobiltech©, buildtech©/hometech© and medtech©/ indutech© are the focus and customers will benefit from solution-based and sector-specific offerings.

EPA Honors Clariant’s Exolit® OP 560 flame-retardant’s pollution prevention potential

ClariantCHARLOTTE, N.C., June 10, 2009 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Clariant its New Chemicals Program P2 Recognition Project Award for the company’s Exolit® OP 560, a new-generation non-halogenated flame-retardant. The product, is made by Clariant’s Pigments & Additives Division for polyurethane foams in automotive, furniture and consumer applications.

Clavister tire la sonnette d’alarme: Les réseaux d’entreprises sont menacés par la crise actuelle qui ne faiblit pas

Clavister9 juin 2009 – Clavister, leader de la sécurité IP et des appliances UTM, alerte que la baisse des investissements en informatique et les réductions massives de personnel rendent les réseaux beaucoup plus vulnérables aux menaces externes et internes.

MAINSTREAM EXTENDS RELIANCE ON MØRENOT NETS MADE WITH DYNEEMA®

Cage nets in aquaculture industry.
(Photo DSM Dyneema, DYNPR139)URMOND (NL), June 8, 2009 - Mainstream Group, the Norwegian based global leader in salmon farming, has placed an order for an additional 28 PLEXUS® nets made of Dyneema® - the world’s strongest fiber™. The new order follows a three year trial period of using Dyneema® based cage nets from major Norwegian manufacturer and official DSM Dyneema licensee MøreNot AS, which has yielded a range of performance, economic and environmental benefits.

SABIC Innovative Plastics Wins Dutch Responsible Care Award for Innovative Valox* and Xenoy iQ* Resins Product Portfolio

The Association of the Dutch Chemical Industry (VNCI), presented SABIC Innovative Plastics with the Responsible Care Award 2009 yesterday, during the VNCI annual meeting in The Hague.>BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – June 5, 2009 – The Association of the Dutch Chemical Industry (VNCI), presented SABIC Innovative Plastics with the Responsible Care Award 2009 yesterday, during the VNCI annual meeting in The Hague. The company was honored for its efforts in developing a polybutylene terephtalate (PBT) based product portfolio using discarded polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, usually found in disposable materials like drinking bottles. The material, using a proprietary process, consumes less energy and yields less carbon dioxide (CO2) through its entire manufacturing process compared to traditional resins.