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Nov 8th, 2010

Offshore Wind, Wave and Tidal Can Meet Europe’s Electricity Demand

Offshore wind, wave and tidal energy could technically provide all of Europe’s future electricity demand, according to a group of industry experts and scientists under the EU ORECCA project. Today offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of around 2.8 GW, are feeding energy into the European grids. Most of the wind farms are installed less...

May 27th, 2010

Europe Wants to Move Beyond 20% Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions

The European Commission has presented an analysis of the costs, benefits and options for moving beyond the EU’s greenhouse gas reduction target for 2020 from 20% below 1990 levels to 30% once the conditions are met. At present these conditions have not been met. This communication follows the Commission’s Communication on “How to reinvigorate international...

May 19th, 2010

Digital Europe: New Action Plan Aimed At Delivering Inclusive Digital Society Launched By European Commission

The European Digital Agenda is one of the seven flagship European initiatives to deliver sustainable and inclusive growth. Today, the European Commission released an action plan to reach specific targets within seven broad areas including creating a digital Single Market, greater interoperability, boosting internet trust and security, much faster internet access, more investment in...

Nov 18th, 2008

Wrapped Around Sonoco’s New Stealth Core™ Film Cores, New Saturn™ Handheld Film from Berry Plastics Offers Many Layers of Environmental Sustainability

To enhance the environmentally sustainable qualities of its new Saturn™ handheld film line, Berry Plastics has chosen to manufacture the film using Sonoco’s new Stealth Core™ film cores, the latest innovation in film packaging. Berry introduced its patent-pending Saturn film line throughout North America earlier this month. Compared to a traditional .65 gauge of handheld film,...

Nov 14th, 2008

Merz Consumer Care Uses Permanent Antistatic Additive from DuPont: Entira™ AS for Enduring Dust-Free, Shimmering-White Surfaces

MONACO — Men who use “Boss Pure” apply themselves with a woody aquatic fragrance inspired by the crash and thunder of falling water. The bottle represents a modern twist on the urban water wall. It has a rugged square shape with flat surfaces and pronounced edges, uniting the transparency of glass with the strength of...

Nov 13th, 2008

EDI Working to Produce Next Generation Solar Panels and Reduce Fossil Fuel Demands

Extrusion Dies Industries, LLC (EDI) is working with solar industry innovators to help develop next-generation products that will enable solar-generated electricity to be cost-competitive with energy from fossil fuel-burning power plants, the company announced at CPP Expo (Booth E-9414). While EDI dies are already used in producing components for traditional rigid solar panels, the company has...

Oct 15th, 2008

Arnite® XG From DSM Engineering Plastics - First Halogen Free PBT to Meet Both GWT & GWIT on End Products

Arnite® T-XG 510 PBT Halogen Free (HF) PBT grade has received VDE Approval for electrical insulating materials. This new grade, produced by DSM Engineering Plastics is particularly suited for components like connectors in white goods applications, such as washing machines, dryers and dishwashers. Arnite T-XG 510 is revolutionary because it is the first unfilled PBT which...

Oct 14th, 2008

Merquinsa Announces New Bio TPU grades at Fakuma 2008

BARCELONA, Spain — Merquinsa is pleased to announce the launch of new Bio TPU grades at FAKUMA 2008 (International trade fair for plastics processing, on 14-18 October at Friedrichshafen, Germany). The new Pearlthane® ECO thermoplastic polyurethane grades of 85A, 90A, 95A, 98 shore A, and 60 shore D hardness complete the range of Bio TPU...

Oct 14th, 2008

DSM Invests in Incubator to Strengthen Position in Biomedical Materials

HEERLEN, NETHERLANDS — DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., announces that it has made an investment in the new business incubator in the field of medical devices Accelerated Technologies II, L.P. (ATP). The investment further strengthens DSM’s position in the biomedical materials market, one of the Emerging Business Areas defined in...

Oct 10th, 2008

Rexam Prescription Launches 100% Post-Consumer Recycled PET Resin Liquid Oval Containers

PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Consumers are increasingly looking for ways to “go green” and reduce their environmental impact. To help meet this demand, Rexam Prescription Products has become the first packaging company to develop and market a liquid prescription oval made with 100 percent post-consumer recycled PET resin. This package — available in two, three, four, six,...

Oct 8th, 2008

Ticona: Construction of the New Hostaform Polyacetal and Celstran Plant Begins

Today’s cornerstone-laying ceremony in Hochst Industrial Park marked the official start of construction of Ticona’s new polymer works. Representatives from politics and industry took part in the ceremony, where the speakers included the Hessian ministerpresident, Roland Koch, and Frankfurt’s mayor, Petra Roth. The plant will replace the existing polymer production unit in Kelsterbach in 2011. “The...

Oct 8th, 2008

WACKER Showcases Improved Silicone Sealants

MUNICH — To supplement its existing construction sealants range for window construction, door seals and sanitary applications, WACKER has developed three novel silicone sealants: ELASTOSIL® 7000 N, ELASTOSIL® 8000 N and ELASTOSIL® 9000 N. These novel silicone rubber compounds have special properties that meet customer demands for improved curing, cracking resistance and processing times. The...

Oct 7th, 2008

Eastman™ Copolyester Helps Meet Infant Care Product Demands

KINGSPORT, Tenn. — Eastman Chemical Company announced that brand owners, product designers and molders in the infant care market can now achieve greater design flexibility and provide consumers with enhanced product performance by using Eastman Tritan™ copolyester for products like baby bottles, pacifiers and sippy cups. Consumer demand is growing for clear, plastic infant care...

Oct 6th, 2008

Solvay Solexis Enters Joint Development Agreement with Strategic Polymer Sciences to Develop Ultra-High-Energy Density Capacitator Materials

EMBARGO — Solvay announces that its affiliate for fluorinated speciality polymers, Solvay Solexis, has struck a joint development agreement with Strategic Polymer Sciences (SPS), specialised in polymeric electronic materials. The agreement is about large-scale production of ultra-high-energy density capacitator dielectric materials based on biaxially-oriented Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF). PVDF-capacitators can achieve about ten times higher energy...

Oct 3rd, 2008

Shiner International Announces Launch of Innovative Coated Film Product for Food Industries, with an Expected Revenue of 70 Million US Dollars

HAIKOU, China — Shiner International, Inc., a market leader in China’s packaging and anti-counterfeiting plastic films industry, announced Shiner has finished development of a new coated film product and will launch it into the market in half a year, supplying clients from the global market. With the full popularization of the product, Shiner’s new coated...

Oct 3rd, 2008

Braskem Announces the Production and Certification of the First Polypropylene from a 100% Renewable Source

Braskem took another important step towards consolidating its leadership in the development of green plastics by producing the first samples of polypropylene from 100% renewable raw material with international certification. The samples were first obtained on laboratory scale and then in a pilot plant, where homopolymers and copolymers were produced. This innovation creates very promising...

Sep 30th, 2008

DSM Invests in Intelligent Medication Packaging

DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., announces that it has made an equity investment in The Compliers Group International B.V. (TCG). The Netherlands-based company focuses on the development of smart pharmaceutical packaging solutions that contain microchips which enable the monitoring of a patient’s therapy compliance. Financial details of the investment will...

Sep 29th, 2008

Hybrid Plastics Achieves a Milestone with Nanoscopic Materials for Suppression of Tin Whiskers from Lead-free Solders

Hattiesburg, MS — Hybrid Plastics under sponsorship from The National Science Foundation, Electronics Division, has reached a milestone by producing the first conformal coating capable of suppressing tin whiskers. Lead-free electronics are ubiquitous. Consequently, so is the potential of electronic short circuits from conductive tin whiskers which grow from lead-free solder joints and interconnects. The POSS®...

Sep 25th, 2008

Amcor PowerFlex™ for New Product Introduction

Amcor PET Packaging helps Let’s Mongo, Inc., Moorpark, CA launch a line of Hispanic-inspired ready-to-drink (RTD) teas. The company has selected Amcor’s 16-ounce, long-neck PowerFlex™ polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle to introduce its Tomandote™ brand beverages. About a year ago, company director Frank Ruvalcaba came to the realization that there weren’t any commercially-available RTD teas in...