TE Connectivity Releases New Ethernet Pin-Out Recommendations for Its Industrial Mini I/O Connectors for Ensured Interoperability

TE Connectivity releases new Ethernet pin-out recommendations for its industrial Mini I/O connectors for ensured interoperability. (Source: TE Connectivity, PR037)DARMSTADT, Germany – January 19, 2016 – TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity, has released Ethernet pin-out recommendations for its range of Industrial Mini I/O connectors. This will ensure equipment interoperability, while meeting the needs of Ethernet users.

Clariant and CB&I to design world's largest single-train dehydrogenation unit in China

ClariantMunich, January 19, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co. Ltd to develop an extensive propane and butane dehydrogenation unit in cooperation with CB&I. The project includes the license and engineering design of the co-processing unit, which is to be built in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China.

Hirschmann and Secomea Sign Partnership Agreement for Innovative Remote Access Solutions

Hirschmann and Secomea sign partnership agreement for innovative remote access solutions.
(Photo: Belden, PR413) Neckartenzlingen - January 18, 2016 - Belden Inc, a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, has announced that its Hirschmann Automation and Control business has signed a formal partnership agreement with Secomea A/S, a leading provider of Remote Access Solutions for the automation and machine industry. The two companies have agreed to work together to develop new, easy to use Secure Remote Access Solutions – which will enable users to remotely access their sites for programming, diagnostics and troubleshooting.

Archroma appoints head of sustainability for Textile Specialties and releases its latest list of compliant products to the new ZDHC MRSL V 1.1

James Carnahan, Global Sustainability Manager for Textile Specialties at Archroma. 
(Photo: Archroma)Reinach, 13 January 2016 – Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, today announced that it has appointed a Sustainability Officer for its Textile Specialties business and released its list of products compliant with the new version 1.1 of its list of Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Manufacturing Restricted Substance List (MRSL) published in December 2015(1).

TE Connectivity Launches Range of Rectangular Heavy Duty Connectors

TE Connectivity launches range of rectangular Heavy Duty Connectors. (Source: TE Connectivity, PR031)DARMSTADT, Germany – January 13, 2016 – TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity, has launched a new range of rectangular Heavy Duty Connectors (HDC), suitable for a wide range of applications in harsh environments within machinery, robotics, railway, wind energy and conventional energy generation and distribution, during the SPS/IPC/Drives 2015 in Nuremberg.

Guardian Llodio celebrates its 80-year history

Javier Garcia (left), plant manager of Llodio Flat Glass, and Enrique Martinez, plant manager of Llodio Automotive, show off the custom-made T-shirt marking their plant’s 80th anniversary, during the Oct. 29 celebration at the facility. (Photo Guardian Industries Corp., GRDPR030)Bertrange, Luxembourg, January 13, 2016 – The Guardian Industries Corp. plant in Llodio, Spain, just south of Bilbao, recently marked 29,200 days – or 80 years – of operation, and company officials gathered all the site’s employees to celebrate the plant’s long and storied history.

DSM Dyneema’s Dyneema® fiber to be featured as go-to ingredient for advanced, new ballistic armor solutions at SHOT Show 2016

DyneemaStanley, N.C., Jan. 12, 2016 - Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber, manufactured by DSM Dyneema, is the key component in a number of new ballistic armor solutions that will be introduced next week at SHOT Show 2016, Jan. 19-22 at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nev.

Hello Niaga®, Goodbye waste

Circular economy breakthrough: Niaga® Technology enables the elimination of carpet waste. (Photos DSM-Niaga, DSMNGPR001) DSM-Niaga has developed a portfolio of new, proprietary and patent-protected technologies to fully close the loop on carpet materials, allowing them to be ‘alive, again and again’, a real circular economy breakthrough. DSM-Niaga is a joint venture between DSM, a global science based company active in health, nutrition and materials, and Niaga, a Dutch provider of sustainable materials solutions. The Niaga® technology is now commercially available to the industry enabling the elimination of carpet waste, based on well-defined pure materials without compromising quality of the carpet - on the contrary. These materials can be recovered in an economically sound way based on industrial-scale processes and turned into valuable materials that can be reused again to make carpets, and also other products such as automotive textiles.