Cable Fires Pose Major Risk: New Rubber Jacket Reduces Fire Damage

21-Feb-2002 - The new terminal at Munich's Franz-Josef Strauss Airport will be spared the sort of fire damage and casualties sustained at Düsseldorf Airport in 1996. An innovative rubber used in the cable jacket underlies a new approach to fire prevention. Wacker's specialty rubber keeps functioning up to ...

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Co-branding cooperation between Sunovation GmbH and Bayer AG

18-Feb-2002 - Darmstadt/Klingenberg/Leverkusen - Close collaboration between Makroform and the Sunovation Gesellschaft für regenerative Energiesysteme mbH in Klingenberg, Germany, has produced photovoltaic modules for a wide range of different applications, thanks to Makrolon, a transparent plastic from the ...

Eastman cancels proposed spin-off, continues to operate under divisional structure

12-Feb-2002 - KINGSPORT, Tenn., Eastman Chemical Company announced today that it is canceling its previously announced plan to spin off its specialty chemicals and plastics business. The company announced its plan for the spin-off in February 2001. Eastman announced Nov. 20 that the planned spin-off ...

Environmental Support Solutions is Acquiring Leading Chemical Inventory and Waste Management Software Company Jordan Systems

08-Feb-2002 - Tempe, Ariz. - February 5, 2002 - Environmental Support Solutions (ESS) announced its intent to acquire Jordan Systems, Inc. (JSI), a developer of chemical inventory and waste management tracking, management and regulatory reporting software. Jordan Systems, Inc., founded in 1987 and based in ...

General Polymers Division of Ashland Distribution Company Opens Plastics Distribution Center in Southeast

08-Feb-2002 - Dublin, Ohio (USA) ? Ashland Distribution Company?s General Polymers Division has commenced operations at a new $7 million, 125,000-square-foot regional distribution center in Anderson, S.C. The facility will receive bulk thermoplastic materials ? primarily by rail ? and will package and ...

Laurent Godart fashions Altuglas® into his « Dady Candy » luminaire

07-Feb-2002 - The acrylic sheet ALTUGLAS® was chosen by designer Laurent Godart for the manufacture of an architectural luminaire. The luminaire, called "Dady Candy", is the result of the designer's research into the thermoplastic properties of the ALTUGLAS® material. The ALTUGLAS® sheet material offers ...

Voridian announces patent infringement settlement

17-Jan-2002 - KINGSPORT, Tenn., Jan. 16, 2002 - Voridian Company, a division of Eastman Chemical Company, today announced it has reached a settlement agreement with Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, America in the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Eastman in 2000. The lawsuit involved a patent owned by Eastman ...

Polyone Brings Benefits of e-Procurement to its Customer Base Through Omnexus e-Marketplace

16-Jan-2002 - ATLANTA (Jan. 15, 2002) - PolyOne Corporation, the world's largest polymer services company, marked the debut of its online presence on the Omnexus global plastics eMarketplace by conducting its first transaction with long-standing customer, Ironwood Plastics, Inc., the companies announced today. ...

Eastman to close Hong Kong plant

15-Jan-2002 - KINGSPORT, Tenn., Jan. 14, 2002 - Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) today announced that it has closed its cGMP custom manufacturing facility in Hong Kong, China. The closure of this plant is a continuation of Eastman's previously announced strategy to restructure the fine chemicals ...

ChemConnect Acquiring CheMatch

11-Jan-2002 - San Francisco, CA (January 10, 2002) - ChemConnect Inc., which operates the leading online marketplace for chemicals and plastics, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire CheMatch, an Internet exchange for bulk commodity chemicals, polymers, feedstocks, and fuel ...