Evonik has agreed to acquire 3M’s high-concentrates additive compounding business for an undisclosed sum. Evonik will include the acquired operations in its interface and performance business line, which produces and markets ...
Dow Performance Silicones has introduced new non-migrating silicone additive for bi-axially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film. The new Dow Corning HMB-6301 Masterbatch is a patent-pending solution, which will facilitate packaging ...
Tags: silicone additive, BOPP film
As 2016 comes to an end, there were many exciting and surprising technology breakthroughs, based on statistics complied by LEDinside there were at least 10 major technology advancements this year. American researchers make droop free LEDs ...
Clariant has introduced MEVOPUR-LQ, a family of color and additive solutions that combines the benefits of the MEVOPUR 'Controlled, Consistent and Compliant' formulation and manufacturing approach with Clariant's Hi Former liquid-vehicle ...
Germany-based rigid industrial packaging firm Mauser Group has unveiled new packaging solutions for industrial and dangerous goods. The company is exhibiting fire-resistant composite IBCs, ISO containers for loading, high-performance ...
Tags: Mauser, NCG, ISO containers
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool Co Ltd of Ritto City, Shiga, Japan (founded in October 2015), a group company of Tokyo-based machinery maker Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI), has agreed with D-process Inc of Yamato, Kanagawa, ...
Tags: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, D-process, room-temperature wafer bonding
Bluestar Silicones has announced an enhancement its distribution network in India and signed an agreement with Grasim Industries Ltd. for the distribution of its full range of silicone products. Grasim Industries Ltd. is a flagship company ...
Air Products Materials Technologies segment will introduce the latest addition to its innovative portfolio of molecular defoamers and dynamic wetting agents—Surfynol® 107L—at the Associação Brasileira dos ...
At ABRAFATI 2015, the WACKER Group is presenting a range of innovations for challenging coatings and sealants: Wood impregnated with the new silicone resin emulsion SILRES WH is protected against damp, moisture and damage caused by fungi ...
Tags: coatings, sealants, silicone resin emulsion, interior paint additive
Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, announced today that two of its lighting industry experts will speak at the LED Professional Symposium (LpS 2015), from September 22 to 24 in Bregenz, ...
Tags: Dow Corning, Optical Silicones, LED Professional Symposium
As an innovative response to meet the increasing demands (higher heat/brightness characteristics) of cutting-edge LED technologies, Shin-Etsu Silicones of America (SESA: A U.S. subsidiary of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd., Japan) has recently ...
Tags: Shin Etsu Silicone, LIMS Material, Exterior LED Lighting Application
World demand for silicones is forecast to rise 5.7 percent per year to $19.3 billion in 2019. The pace of growth in value terms will be in line with that seen over the 2009-2014 period, largely due to an improved outlook for silicone ...
Tags: Silicones, World Demand
Vermont-based GW Plastics is breaking into high-speed medical molding with the addition of two 240-ton injection molding machines, the company announced at the 30th annual MD&M West conference and trade show Feb. 10 in Anaheim. The twin ...
Munich-based chemicals group Wacker has reorganized its silicone distribution business in the Nordic countries. As of March 1, 2015, Lindberg & Lund Oy AB, a subsidiary of the Norwegian chemicals distributor Lindberg & Lund AS, will market ...
PT Hutchins, a KODA Distribution Group company, has announced the hiring of a new VP of Sales and the creation of a new, strategic technical manager position. J. Patrick Lancaster has been hired as the new VP of Sales for PT Hutchins. ...
Tags: management experience, industry knowledge, Construction