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To meet the needs of Nova Elektrik, a leading Turkish producer of electromechanical components for the white goods industry, DSM Engineering Plastics offered a halogen free grade of Akulon PA6, K225 KV, which is able to pass glow wire test on end product and to meet challenging design. Akulon K225 KV is the first halogen free material of its kind.
Sports clubs, trams, public toilets: there is a risk of infection at any of the places that thousands of people frequent day in, day out.
Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, is taking transparency in extrusion blow moulded polypropylene (PP) bottles to new heights with the launch of next generation high performance grade Borclear RC737MO.
Objects made of plastic are constant features of our everyday lives; we are literally surrounded by them. Synthetic materials (polymers) really have proved to be all-round solutions for products from files to toothbrushes and are in the meantime essential elements of our working, living and leisure environments.
More and more vehicle manufacturers are looking at alternative materials to metal for their cars. But will a 100% plastic auto ever hit the road?
What will the future automobile be like? Will factors like energy saving, eco-friendliness, advance safety level overpower the routine selection criteria such as speed or design?
While producing 21.5% of the world’s total volume of plastics material, the European plastics industry also provides jobs to 1.6 million Europeans - informs PlasticsEurope in his own annual report.
Impact resistant, low-emission DuPont Delrin POM extends scope of use in automotive interiors.
SABIC’s lightweight Xenoy and Lexan resins deliver all-day comfort to the new 3M Versaflo M-Series safety headgear.
Teknor Apex Company has developed three systems for bonding tubing made from its Medalist medical elastomers to traditional connectors, it was announced by the company’s Thermoplastic Elastomer Division.
Thanks to crash mats with a core of Neopolen E providing greater safety on ski slopes and downhill runs, skiers and snowboarders will be sure of a soft landing both on and off the snow this winter season.
BASF will build a new plant to produce Ultrason polyethersulfone (PESU), one of BASF’s high-performance thermoplastics, at the company’s site in Yeosu, Korea.
SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business announced that two automotive applications molded from its broad portfolio of thermoplastic materials received top honors at the 2011 Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Automotive Innovation Awards competition – including the coveted Hall of Fame award and the overall Grand Award.
DSM announces that its entire Arnitel Eco family has been awarded Cradle to Cradle certification by the internationally renowned sustainable design firm, McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC).
SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business introduced two new breakthrough Lexan* polycarbonate (PC) film technologies for identification (ID) cards that help simplify integration of additional security features needed to combat identity theft and counterfeiting. New Lexan SDCX co-extruded film and Lexan SC92E flexible hard-coated film provide solutions to the challenges of constructing ID cards and security documents with more and thinner layers and complex manufacturing.
In October, Borealis, a leading supplier of innovative solutions in the areas of base chemicals and plastics, celebrated an important anniversary with the 50th anniversary of polypropylene (PP) production at its Schwechat location.
The report on the plastics industry in India has been written by Stephen Hunt, Business Development Manager in British Plastics Federation.
Organized by PlasticsEurope and the International plastics value chain, Identiplast 2011 was held at the Royal Tapestry Factory in Madrid.
Eastman Chemical Company announced it will expand its portfolio of Eastman Medical Polymers with the launch of Eastman Tritan copolyester MP100 for rigid medical packaging in the European market.
According to AMI's recently published European Plastics Industry Report 2011, 2010 saw a recovery in demand for most thermoplastics, after two of the worst years the industry has seen since the oil shocks of the 1970s.
Recent Life Cycle Assessment brings to light environmental advantages for Infuse Olefin Block Copolymers by Dow.
We publish an article written by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Bastian, who is managing director of the Southern German Plastics Centre. His text is related with the current situation in the plastics market.
A new application of polycarbonate-ABS blends (PC+ABS) is premiering together with the new Mercedes SLK.
A new meat tray from a well-known European packaging thermoforming company is 20% lighter than its predecessor, thanks in part to a high performance polypropylene from SABIC.
For the reflector used in an automotive interior lighting application, the international automotive supplier Delphi has recently started to employ a high-performance plastic from BASF.
In a special show at the Fakuma 2011, material producer BASF and machine manufacturer Arburg will present the multi-faceted subject of energy efficiency.
Russian exports of most polymers, especially to China, fell significantly during the first half of 2011 against the same period last year as domestic demand picked up strongly.
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) announced in Berlin few days ago that it has entered into an agreement to purchase an equity stake in INPRO, a joint venture dedicated to collaborative innovation in automotive production.
Global offerings for plastics technology in top form - more than 1500 exhibitors from 34 countries (over 1000 from Germany) have already registered to participate at the 21st Fakuma.
Borealis and value chain Partners show innovative, value creating solutions at Fakuma 2011.
Xenoy iQ resin from SABIC’s Innovative Plastics strategic business unit – chosen by Ford for the pedestrian safety system of its 2011 C-MAX multipurpose vehicle (MPV) – has helped the automaker earn a five-star rating from the independent safety organization Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Program).
Dow Plastics Additives, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), has introduced Surecel 445 foam cell promoter as its newest addition to the award-winning Surecel family of additives for foam PVC applications.
The 2011 Frost & Sullivan European Customer Value Enhancement Award in the Smart E-Meter Market is presented to Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics (MEP).
Over the past decades, structural adhesives have evolved into effective and dependable alternatives to conventional joining techniques such as bolting, riveting and welding.
RōG Sports Medicine Inc., an environmentally-focused start-up company which produces affordable, high-quality implants, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for its new RōG Suture Anchor made of Zeniva polyetheretherketone (PEEK) resin from Solvay Advanced Polymers, LLC, a Solvay Specialty Polymers company.
Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics, the global leader in high performance Laser Direct Structuring (LDS) materials, meets the rapidly-changing design and functional requirements of the portable electronics market with the first-time availability of full-color Xantar LDS grades, including newly-introduced full-color high practical impact strength, and chlorine- and bromine-free innovations.