Germany-based Henkel has announced the global launch of its new hotmelt packaging adhesives for packaging production. The new Technomelt Supra 1000 has bonding performance and compatibility with a wide range of materials. According to the ...
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Wacker in Germany has developed a vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymers (VAE)-based dispersion suited for bonding various surfaces in the paper and packaging industry, specifically. The new VINNAPAS EP 8010 with good heat resistance, ...
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BASF inaugurated its new dispersions plant in Daya Bay Petrochemical Industrial Park in Huizhou, China. The new plant will produce styrene butadiene (XSB) dispersions and styrene acrylic (SA) dispersions. XSB dispersions are mainly used as ...
University of Virginia(U.Va)is partnering with global packaging provider,MeadWestvaco(MWV)to improve resealable product packaging. MWV is backing the development of a new material for its potential to transform packaging adhesives,which ...
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One of the most exciting aspects of the advent of LED lighting has been the chance for companies to take unique approaches to how they want to solve the challenges presented by the shift in technology. Switch Lighting, for example, has ...
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Huntsman Corporation reported third quarter 2012 results with revenues of $2,741 million and adjusted EBITDA of $401 million. Peter R. Huntsman, our President and CEO, commented: "Our third quarter 2012 Adjusted EBITDA of $401 million ...
Tags: Huntsman, polyurethanes, EBITDA, chemicals
Ross has introduced a new Planetary Disperser and Discharge System Turnkey Package designed for high-viscosity, multi-stage mixing requirements. The Ross PowerMix (U.S. Patent No. 4,697,929) consists of a stirrer blade and a saw-tooth ...
Tags: planetary disperser and discharge system, Package, mixing requirements
Huber Engineered Materials, a division of J.M. Huber Corporation, announces a price increase for its industrial calcium carbonate products. The price increase does not apply to Huber's food and USP calcium carbonate grades. The increase ...
Tags: calcium carbonate, adhesives, caulks and sealants, paints, coatings
BASF opened its first Russian applications technology center for polyurethane systems in Vsevolozhsk, near St. Petersburg. Like the System House in Nishnekamsk, which went into operation in 2000, this site will also be a part of the BASF ...
Tags: BASF, polyurethane systems, Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants, Elastomers
DKSH's Business Unit Performance Materials has expanded the partnership in the field of coatings and additives with Evonik Industries. DKSH has been appointed to distribute Evonik's Tego products in Indonesia and Thailand. DKSH will also ...
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The US-based firm reported earnings of $51m, or 28 cents per share for the three months that ended 30 September. This is down from $117m, or 67 cents per share, a year ago. Adjusted for restructuring charges and income from discontinued ...
Tags: solid volume growth, corrugated packaging, health care packaging
World sales to climb 5.2% annually through 2016 Global sales of industrial fasteners are expected to climb 5.2 percent per year to $82.9 billion in 2016, accelerating from the 2006-2011 rate of market expansion. The economies of many ...
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BASF's Construction Chemicals division announced the grand opening of its new Construction Center in Toronto,Ontario,Canada.A celebratory event was hosted at the site for more than 100 construction contractors,distributors,architects and ...
Tags: BASF, construction center, EIFS systems, Chemicals business
A three-year European project to research solution-processable materials for OLEDs has concluded,with newly developed materials that can be integrated into large-surface OLED components and are suited for printing processes. The ...
Tags: Europe OLEDs, The NEMO Project, Merck, BMBF
BASF, The Chemical Company, says it has made a game-changing breakthrough toward sustainable snack packaging that can help companies and communities everywhere get closer to their goal of zero waste. Earlier this month, BASF partnered with ...
Tags: market view, packing, package