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Synthetic materials deteriorate rapidly when subjected to UV radiation. This applies not least to standard polyurethane (PU) tubing made from aromatic isocyanate compounds.Tubing of this kind loses colour over a period of time. The mechanical properties are largely retained for brief periods - or even over the medium-term. But the tubing becomes yellowish and pale very quickly. Tubing without ...
In Products and Applications - EPUJ 07-08 2011
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Roplast is using MDI (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate) from Huntsman Polyurethanes to help keep some of the world's major oil and gas pipelines free of grime, residue and dirt. Working with Huntsman, Roplast has created a new line of non-cellular, polyurethane-based, hot cast elastomers. This industrial grade plastic is being employed as a core material in Roplast's cleaning pigs. ...
In Products and Applications - EPUJ 07-08 2011
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Effective at the end of the Annual Meeting on May 6th, 2011, Dr. Kurt Bock (right) became the new Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE. He succeeds Dr. Juergen Hambrecht, who has been Chairman since 2003 and is now retiring. Kurt Bock (52) started his career at BASF in the Finance department in Ludwigshafen, Germany, in 1985. From 1992 until 1997 he worked for Robert Bosch ...
In People in the news - EPUJ 07-08 2011
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During its members meeting on April 1st, 2011, during the JEC in Paris, the European Pultrusion Technology Association (EPTA) elected a new board. Dr. Luigi Giamundo of ATP srl was confirmed in his office as Board Chairman. Uwe Kassens of Röchling Engineering Plastics KG rejected. His successor is Dr. Michael Janssen, also from Röchling. Another new board member is Dr. Rüdiger ...
In People in the news - EPUJ 07-08 2011
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Patrick Thomas, CEO of Bayer MaterialScience, succeeds Jacques van Rijckevorsel as President of PlasticsEurope. The organisation's General Assembly elected him during the PolyTalk industry summit, which recently took place in Rochefort en Yvelines.Patrick Thomas declared: "I am very excited to take on this new responsibility and work with the other steering board members to reach ...
In People in the news - EPUJ 07-08 2011
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Five years after the successful launch of the "Walk the Talk" (WtT) Product Stewardship Programme, Isopa, the European Diisocyanate and Polyol Producers Association, is proud to present WtT 2nd Generation. Safety continues to be on top of Isopa's priorities, and this new initiative will complement its predecessor by also focusing on the implementation of the REACH and CLP ...
In People in the news - EPUJ 07-08 2011
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Milliken & Company announced that it has positioned itself to bring leadership to innovation around the globe through a transformative brand identity that builds upon its successful 150 year company history. A result of a focused strategy centered on innovative problem solving and the culmination of more than two years of research and planning, the brand unites all of Milliken's ...
In People in the news - EPUJ 07-08 2011
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Repi S.p.A. recently opened its own company in Moscow, Russia. This follows 12 years of work on the Russian market, the last 5 years through its own representative office.The decision to open an own Russian company came from a belief in the growing importance of the Russian market - and in the need to supply constant and competent service. Repi offers full technical support to its Russian ...
In People in the news - EPUJ 07-08 2011
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Roughly 65% (revision level: 10 May 2011) of all available booth floor space has already been booked for the first PaintExpo Eurasia, which will take place at the Expo Center Istanbul in Turkey from the 6th through the 8th of October, 2011. Exhibitors from eleven countries will cover the entire process sequence for industrial coating technology. The Eurasian offshoot of the leading ...
In Events - EPUJ 07-08 2011
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The Automotive Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) announced the date, location, and theme for its 41st-annual Automotive Innovation Awards Gala, the oldest and largest recognition event in the automotive and plastics industries. This year's event will be held Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at Burton Manor (www.burtonmanor.net) in Livonia, Michigan, USA.Jeffrey Helms, global ...
In Events - EPUJ 07-08 2011
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