Washington State University researcher Shyam Sablani has received a $450,000 grant to develop plastic packaging that will extend the shelf life of prepared food up to five years. The packaging would be used for commercial purposes, ...
Kuraray America, Inc. was honored for the second time by being named a National Best and Brightest Company to Work For by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR). “We are honored to receive this award in 2014. It ...
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Acrylic resins, manufactured by the polymerization of acrylates or methacrylates, find use in several applications ranging from paints and coatings to automotive and construction. Demand for acrylic resins is dependent on the health of the ...
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DuPont and Kuraray today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for DuPont to sell its Glass Laminating Solutions/Vinyls (GLS/Vinyls), a part of DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, to Kuraray for $543 million (U.S. ...
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MonoSol LLC, a Kuraray Company, the world leader in environmentally friendly, water-soluble delivery systems, is pleased to announce the expansion of its Hartlebury, UK production facility. This production facility manufactures many ...
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Water-soluble polymer-based films producer MonoSol has expanded its manufacturing plant located at Hartlebury in the UK. The company's Hartlebury facility manufactures products including MonoDose films, which are used in Aquafilm ...
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At the end of August, the last of the total of four production plants for TROSIFOL polyvinyl butyral (PVB) film were linked up to the new Mowital raw materials warehouse (PVB resin). The first plant has been supplied from there since the ...
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Kuraray's Trosifol PVB films have been approved by PPG Industries as a Certified Interlayer for Sungate and Solarban Architectural Flat Laminated Glass, according to an Aug. 27 Trosifol release. PPG Industries offers accredited ...
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Japanese chemical products manufacturer Kuraray is all set to expand its production facilities of Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) Film in LaPorte, Indiana, US with an investment of $35m. The facilities expansion comes in response to the ...
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Conventional polyvinyl butyral (PVB) in laminated safety glass blocks out almost all ultraviolet (UV) radiation up to a wavelength of about 400 nanometres (nm). In other words, the penetration of UV-A light is almost entirely prevented by ...
Kuraray will break ground on a greenfield Kuraray Poval (PVOH) plant located in La Porte, Texas. This new plant will add to Kuraray's vast portfolio of manufacturing in the United States, including EVAL (ethylene vinyl acetate) and SEPTON ...
Tags: Textile, Chemicals, ethylene vinyl acetate, co-block thermo-elastomers
Kuraray America Inc. aims to highlight the TROSIFOL brand in the North American market by joining the Glass Association of North America (GANA). The manufacturer of PVB films for laminated safety glass expects to learn more about their ...
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New production plant for special TROSIFOL automotive glazing films to be ready for operation at the end of 2013 At its Troisdorf location, Kuraray Europe GmbH is investing some EUR 20 million in a new production line for TROSIFOL films ...
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Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets released a new report on display materials:"Markets for Optically Functional Films and Coatings in Displays–2012."This report analyzes the opportunities for display films/coatings over the next eight ...
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At its Troisdorf location,Kuraray Europe GmbH is investing some EUR 20 million in a new production line for TROSIFOL films and a new warehouse.The construction of this fifth production line in Troisdorf will increase capacity in the ...
Tags: automotive film, Kuraray Europe, TROSIFOL, PVB film