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Clariant is delighted to announce that Dr. Nihal Obeyesekere, Head of Global Innovation Integrity Management for Business Unit Oil and Mining Services, has won the 2021 NACE Fellow Honor from the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP). 
(Photo: Clariant)Clariant is delighted to announce that Dr. Nihal Obeyesekere, Head of Global Innovation Integrity Management for Business Unit Oil and Mining Services, has won the 2021 NACE Fellow Honor from the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP). This honor recognizes the field’s most distinguished contributors to the understanding and prevention of corrosion. Nihal will now join the forum of technical and professional leaders that serve as AMPP advisers.

SONGWON establishes new entity in China

SONGWONSongwon Industrial Co., Ltd., announces the establishment of its new business entity in China, SONGWON International-Qingdao Co., Ltd. The new organization will ensure that SONGWON remains well-positioned to continue providing customers in this important strategic region with high quality products and service.

DSM launches new engineering materials to improve medical care

DSM Launches New Engineering Materials to Improve Medical Care.
(Photo: DSM Engineering Materials: DSMPR527)
Royal DSM, a purpose-led, global science-based company active in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, is launching a new portfolio of engineering materials designed to help global medical device manufacturers improve the quality of care for patients around the world.

Beiersdorf selects SABIC certified renewable polypropylene for new NIVEA packaging

Beiersdorf will globally phase in an innovative packaging of its world-leading NIVEA Naturally Good range of day and night face creams with jars and molded in bio-based polypropylene (PP) resin from SABIC’s TRUCIRCLE™ portfolio of certified renewable polymers. The new NIVEA packaging will be phased in on the market world-wide from June 2021 onwards and make a major contribution to help Beiersdorf reduce its use of fossil-based virgin plastics. 
(Photo: Beiersdorf)SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, today announced that Beiersdorf will innovate the packaging of its world-leading ‘NIVEA Naturally Good’ range of face creams using SABIC’s certified renewable polymers. SABIC’s bio-based polypropylene (PP) resin, part of its TRUCIRCLE portfolio, will be used for producing the jars of Beiersdorf’s NIVEA Naturally Good day and night face creams. The new NIVEA packaging will be phased in at point-of-sale outlets worldwide from June 2021 onwards and make a major contribution to help Beiersdorf reduce its use of fossil-based virgin PP.

Airnov innovations help maximize oxygen protection in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products

Airnov innovations help maximize oxygen protection in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products. 
(Photo: Airnov)Airnov Healthcare Packaging, a global leader in controlled atmosphere packaging, is enabling manufacturers of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products to optimize their product development cycles through its series of oxygen protection and simulation solutions.

Moog extends its Electrohydrostatic Actuation Systems family with the compact version

Compact EAS – linear. 
(Photo Moog, MGPR2101)Moog Industrial Systems Segment, a division of Moog Inc., (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B), is adding a new system to the Electrohydrostatic Actuation System (EAS) product family for industrial machinery The latest model is the Compact EAS, intended for applications requiring high dynamics and power density, which use programmable cycles and demand high levels of accuracy and repeatability. Testing machines for automobile components are one target application. In metalworking, examples include metal pressing, cutting, forming, and bending. Operations involving pressing, punching and cutting other materials, including glass, ceramics, plastics, and leather, will also benefit from its high level of performance.

SABIC’s new ELCRES HTV150 dielectric film performs at 150°C, improving the efficiency of inverter modules for electric vehicles

SABIC introduced today its new 5-micron ELCRES™ HTV150 dielectric film for high-temperature, high-voltage, professional-grade capacitor applications, such as traction inverters for hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles (xEV).SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, introduced today its new 5-micron ELCRES HTV150 dielectric film for high-temperature, high-voltage, professional-grade capacitor applications, such as traction inverters for hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles (xEV). This new film, featuring high-heat performance up to 150°C, surpasses the temperature and voltage capabilities of incumbent products. ELCRES HTV150 film can help support the transition from conventional semiconductors based on silicon (Si) to next-generation, wide-band-gap technologies based on silicon carbide (SiC), improving the efficiency of inverter modules.

SOCAR Polymer launches two new impact copolymer polypropylene grades ideal for rigid, thin-wall packaging

SOCAR Polymer launches two new impact copolymer polypropylene grades ideal for rigid, thin-wall packaging. 
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SOCAR Polymer has introduced two new grades of impact copolymer polypropylene (ICP) resins that are the first in its portfolio to incorporate Milliken Chemical’s Hyperform® HPN® performance additive for polypropylene (PP). The two firms have been working collaboratively to develop these materials for the past year.