The large majority of TV sets manufactured in Europe come in housings produced by the privately owned firm of Jász Plasztik. Currently equipped with over 150 injection moulding machines, Jász Plasztik leads the field in Hungary - only 20 years after Lajos Kasza started it up in his garage at home. The 110 injection moulding machines from Engel have had an important part to play in this story.
Teknor Apex Company has signed a licensing agreement with Cerestech Inc. on a unique method for blending relatively low-cost thermoplastic starch (TPS) with synthetic polymers or other bioplastics while retaining high levels of key performance properties, the companies announced jointly today.
DuPont Engineering Polymers and the materials handling department of the Technical University of Chemnitz have agreed a three-year joint development program which will commence in October 2008.
Ashland Performance Materials, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc, has acquired the SmartTrac impedance monitoring technology from Denver-based Signature Control Systems (SCS). With this acquisition, Ashland becomes the exclusive provider of this technology to the global composite market.
Borealis AG has selected LyondellBasell`s Lupotech T technology for a new 350 KT per year low density polyethylene (LDPE) plant; start-up is expected in 2013.
Brenntag enters the Asia Pacific region and substantially extends its global distribution network.
Rhodia and KCI have signed a global partnership agreement for marketing KCI`s polymers for conditioning performance in shampoo and shower gel formulations. KCI's recognized high quality Polyquaternium-10 product range will be marketed by Rhodia under the trade namePolycare.
Miroglio becomes the latest NatureWorks partner to sign a Master License Agreement (MLA) to supply fiber and yarns in Europe and beyond.
Ineos Bamble AS and Puralube Nordic AS (a joint venture between Norsk Spesialolje AS (NSO) and Puralube GmbH) have announced an agreement to locate a new environmentally friendly lubricant oil production plant on the Ineos site at Ronningen, Bamble, Norway.
Borealis and MCC agree to improve PP compound supply for the automotive industry.
Rhodia and Lyondell sign definitive agreements for the sale of their isocyanates businesses to Perstorp.
Sun Chemical and EskoArtwork announced at drupa 2008 unveiled details of a new strategic partnership in color and workflow to bring further benefits to new and existing customers of these two world leaders in graphic arts.
