Three new coating technologies resulting in patents will streamline the coating process and reduce manufacturing costs within the automotive industry. Dr. Jamil Baghdachi, a professor who specializes in polymers and coatings in the School ...
BASF will increase the price for all medium solids styrene butadiene emulsion polymers by $0.05 per wet pound in North America, effective March 29, 2013 or as contracts allow. This price increase involves BASF products under the tradename ...
Australia's $9 billion polymers industry will be boosted by a national cooperative research initiative. The launch featured a novel degradable plastic film that Greening Australia and the Birchip Cropping Group have shown can dramatically ...
Tags: Chemicals, plastic film, Packaging, Printing
ExxonMobil Chemical's affiliate ExxonMobil Chemical Technology Licensing has signed an agreement to license its tubular process technology to Sasol North America for a low density polyethylene (LDPE) plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana, US. ...
INVISTA, owner of LYCRA fiber brand and one of the world's largest integrated producers of polymers and fibers, is all set to add on to the Indian textile innovation landscape as it showcases its 3 premier global innovations, LYCRA dualFX ...
Bulletproof glass (also known as ballistic glass, transparent armor or bullet-resistant glass) is a type of strong but optically transparent material that is particularly resistant to being penetrated when struck by bullets, but like all ...
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Sasol North America plans to build a new low density polyethylene plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and will use ExxonMobil Chemical's tubular process technology for its operations, the companies said. The 420,000 my/year plant is ...
Pixelligent Technologies, a manufacturer of nanocrystal additives for the electronics and semiconductor markets, last week announced the launch of its PixClear Zirconia nanocrystals. When incorporated into existing products, the ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, OLEDs, HB-LEDs, semiconductor
PolyOne Corporation, a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, unveiled new Wilflex Epic Top Score inks, available in a series of premixed colors that serve the changing demands of the athletic ...
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Specialty Polymers Inc., has hired Paul Harris to be the company’s new technical director. In his role as technical director, Harris will manage, direct and coordinate polymer development and applications labs for the company. He will ...
DKSH Business Unit Performance Materials, a specialty chemicals distributor and provider of market expansion services for performance materials and Synthomer, a leading suppliers of emulsion polymers for coatings, construction chemicals, ...
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Huntsman Textile Effects, a division of Huntsman Corporation and a leading global provider of high quality dyes and chemicals to the textile and related industries, launched the PHOBOTEX range of fluorine-free rain protection and stain ...
Tags: Textile Effects, Textile, textile industries
In recognition of World Water Day, INVISTA, producer of LYCRA fiber, highlights its commitment to sustainability The success of a company no longer refers exclusively to profits and market share. Currently, companies holding leading ...
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Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG) is a commodity product and used as feedstock in polyester industries and PET bottle industry. As such, the market for MEG generally moves in line with the polyester industry, especially in China where the need ...
German specialty chemicals company LANXESS has announced strong figures for the past fiscal year, with improvements in key reported numbers. “2012 was the best year in our growth story so far. Our business model proved itself once ...
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