SpecialChem4polymers.com Industry NewsBe up-to-date with our news selected specifically for the polymer additives & colors professionalsRTP Company Expands Its Color Compounding Capacity To Ensure 5-Day Lead Time- June 13, 2008 The Color Division of specialty compounder RTP Company announced that it has expanded its capacity on a number of fronts for the production of masterbatches and precolored resins. "Additional capacity allows us to meet customer needs more effectively and increases our delivery flexibility," said Jean Sirois, General Manager - RTP Color.http://www.specialchem4polymers.com/resources/latest/displaynews.aspx?id=3218&lr=rss Top Healthcare Manufacturer Selects PolyOne's Trilliant&3153; HC PbF Compound to Replace Lead Shielding for "Greener" CT Scanner- June 12, 2008 To help medical device manufacturers stay ahead of tightening environmental restrictions on the use of toxic lead, PolyOne Corporation, a leading global provider of specialized polymer materials, services, and solutions, developed Trilliant&153; HC PbF compounds as lead-free alternatives for radiation shielding. The success of these new materials is highlighted here at MD&M East with PolyOne's announcement that a leading global manufacturer of computed tomography (CT) scanners chose Trilliant...http://www.specialchem4polymers.com/resources/latest/displaynews.aspx?id=3216&lr=rss Class VI Colors for Purell Medical Resins Join Clariant Masterbatches REMAFIN Line- June 11, 2008 Plastics processors and developers of medical and pharmaceutical products can now specify color masterbatches that have been specially formulated for use with medical-grade polyolefins made by LyondellBasell under the Purell brand name. Clariant Masterbatches is introducing the new concentrates to the North American market in Booth 1244 at the MD&M-East show being held in New York City, June 3 - 5, 2008.http://www.specialchem4polymers.com/resources/latest/displaynews.aspx?id=3215&lr=rss Polyolefins Benefit from Slip with High Stability- June 10, 2008 Incroslip G is the latest addition to Croda's range of speciality slip agents, offering manufacturers of automotive parts, food packaging films and containers a smart combination of high slip and high stability effects.http://www.specialchem4polymers.com/resources/latest/displaynews.aspx?id=3214&lr=rss Cabot Corporation to Build Masterbatch Facility in Dubai- June 9, 2008 Cabot Corporation announced that it intends to build a carbon black masterbatch manufacturing facility in the Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai. The plant will have an initial production capacity of 25,000 tons per year with provision to expand to 75,000 tons in the future.http://www.specialchem4polymers.com/resources/latest/displaynews.aspx?id=3213&lr=rss Carbolytic Materials Company Develops Carbon Black Alternative From Existing Materials- June 6, 2008 Carbolytic Materials Company (CMC) has developed a carbon black alternative with the trade name ApexCM&153; that provides significant cost reduction opportunities for many manufacturers who use carbon black to reinforce rubber products and tint plastic materials. Reclaimed from scrap tires, ApexCM is an affordable and environmentally sound option. Up to 40% of scrap tires generated annually could be successfully processed, saving critical landfill space.http://www.specialchem4polymers.com/resources/latest/displaynews.aspx?id=3212&lr=rss Delta-Energy Receives Innovation Award for Patented DEPolymerization Process- June 5, 2008 Delta-Energy, LLC announced that it is the recipient of the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Award for Resource Recovery Technology Innovation for its development of the DEPolymerizationT process, a breakthrough technology to capture all the carbon possible from scrap tire shred.http://www.specialchem4polymers.com/resources/latest/displaynews.aspx?id=3210&lr=rss Polymer Technology Group (PTG) to Report Self-Assembling, Antimicrobial End Groups for Surface Modification of Biomedical Polymers- June 4, 2008 The Polymer Technology Group, Inc., a preeminent biomaterials company, announced that Shanger Wang, Ph.D., will give presentation during the '8th World Biomaterials Congress' in Amsterdam on Thermoplastic Polycarbonate-Urethane with Surface-Active Alkylammonium Chloride End Groups: Antimicrobial Activity, Bulk and Surface Properties, that will include the characterization of a breakthrough polymeric biomaterial with permanently-bonded antimicrobial surface properties designed to reduce medical..http://www.specialchem4polymers.com/resources/latest/displaynews.aspx?id=3211&lr=rss Carbon Nanotubes That Look Like Asbestos, Behave Like Asbestos- June 3, 2008 A major study published in Nature Nanotechnology suggests some forms of carbon nanotubes - a poster child for the "nanotechnology revolution" - could be as harmful as asbestos if inhaled in sufficient quantities.http://www.specialchem4polymers.com/resources/latest/displaynews.aspx?id=3197&lr=rss Sumitomo Chemical Expands Production Capacity for Resorcinol- June 2, 2008 Sumitomo Chemical will build a new production facility at its Oita Works in Japan for resorcinol, a core product of its Fine Chemicals sector, in order to strengthen and expand this business and continue to provide a stable supply for its customers.http://www.specialchem4polymers.com/resources/latest/displaynews.aspx?id=3206&lr=rss |