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10. Dez. 2015 | 07:02 Uhr
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Sabic and ExxonMobil will start elastomers plant in 2016

According to a recent report of IHS Chemicak Week Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Sabic) and Exxonmobil Chemical will inaugurate their joint venture elastomers plant at Al-Jubail in the first quarter of 2016.Weiterlesen...

07. Dez. 2015 | 11:56 Uhr
Bluestar Silicones offers a new generation of fire resistant HCR silicones for safety cables designed to meet the highest dielectric, heat stability and fire resistance requirements of the market (Source: KVDP/Wikipedia Commons)
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Bluestar Silicones increased custom compounding capacity in Spain

Bluestar Silicones headquartered in Lyon, France. has expanded its elastomer capabilities in Barcelona, Spain adding capacity for silicone custom compounding and enhancing its manufacturing technology to strengthen its offering in ready to use silcone elastomers.Weiterlesen...

07. Dez. 2015 | 07:08 Uhr
The 12th Fall Rubber Colloquium (KHK) organized by the German Institute of Rubber Technology takes place from 22th to 24th of November 2016 in Hanover (Germany). Picture is taken from the last KHK 2014 (Source: KGK)
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German Fall Rubber Colloquium: Invitation and Call for Papers

The 12th Fall Rubber Colloquium organized by the German Institute of Rubber Technology (Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie, DIK) takes place from 22th to 24th of November 2016 in Hanover (Germany). Delegates are encouraged to register both from outside and within Germany.Weiterlesen...

03. Dez. 2015 | 07:07 Uhr
The new injection moulding machine is equipped with an injection unit designed to handle paste silicone and is furnished with the necessary mould handling equipment to produce a range of insulators (Source: TRP Sealing Systems)
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UK silicone moulder TRP adds Desma machine to production line

TRP Sealing Systems Ltd., Hereford, has recently taken delivery of a new 400 ton Desma injection moulding machine for the production of high voltage silicone insulatorsWeiterlesen...

01. Dez. 2015 | 12:48 Uhr
This limited edition, state-of-the-art running shoe will launch first in Boston in April 2016 and then in select New Balance retail locations around the globe. (Source: New Balance)
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New Balance to launch production of 3D-printed midsoles from TPU powder

Shoe maker New Balance from Boston, USA, will be launching the first high performance running shoe with a 3D-printed midsole, the company reports. The development depends on an exclusive collaboration with 3D Systems and their newly developed elastomeric powder, Duraform Flex TPU.Weiterlesen...

30. Nov. 2015 | 10:33 Uhr
Edison Agrosciences is to develop a sunflower rubber crop that will serve to diversify global rubber production and provide the U.S. with an alternative source for this strategically important commodity. (Source: Uwe H. Friese, Germany)
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Edison Agrosciences to develop alternative rubber crops from sunflower

Agricultural technology accelerator Ag Techinventures (AgTI), Durham, USA, has licensed a Purdue University innovation that could increase natural rubber production and expand production to new geographies. AgTI‘s first startup, Edison Agrosciences in Chapel Hill is the company developing this technology.Weiterlesen...

25. Nov. 2015 | 07:00 Uhr
The new FKM plant located in Jiangsu Changshu Advanced Materials Industrial Park, China, is the third fluorelastomer unit that Solvay Specialty Polymers operates in the world. (Source: Jiangsu Changshu Advanced Materials Industrial Park)
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Solvay celebrates inauguration of its new fluorelastomers plant

Solvay Specialty Polymers, a global supplier of high-performance polymers has celebrated the inauguration of its fluorelastomers brand Tecnoflon plant in Changshu, China. More than 120 distinguished guests attended the ceremony.Weiterlesen...

23. Nov. 2015 | 07:07 Uhr
Mol Group will start the construction groundwork of the new synthetic rubber (SSBR) plant in November 2015 at the site of Mol Petrochemicals in Tiszaújváros, Hungary. (Source: Mol Group)
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Mol Group starts construction of new synthetic rubber plant

Mol Group based in Budapest, Hungary, will start construction groundwork of the new synthetic rubber (SSBR) plant with 60 kt/year capacity in November 2015 at the site of Mol Petrochemicals in Tiszaújváros, Hungary. A new butadiene extraction unit has been inaugurated in Hungary too.Weiterlesen...

19. Nov. 2015 | 07:08 Uhr
Elasto Sweden, part of the Hexpol TPE family, continues to grow their medical capabilities with the start-up of a new medical line for Medprene TPE. (Source: Hexpol TPE)
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Elasto Sweden started up new medical TPE line

Elasto Sweden, part of the Hexpol TPE family, continues to grow their medical capabilities with the start-up of a new medical line for Mediprene TPE and expansion to the technical centre at their facility in Åmål, Sweden.Weiterlesen...

17. Nov. 2015 | 07:07 Uhr
"I feel very honored and flattered to receive the Dreyfus Prize for making molecules and materials“, said Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, the winner oft the 2015 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences. He developed the process of atom transfer radical polymerization (Source: Carnegie Mellon University)
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Krzysztof Matyjaszewski awarded 2015 Dreyfus Prize

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, the J. C. Warner University Professor of Natural Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, has won the 2015 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences, conferred this year in Making Molecules and Materials. Matyjaszewski developed the process of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP).Weiterlesen...