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BASF is taking steps to optimize its structures in order to sharpen the company's focus on its customer industries. Michael Heinz (44), former head BASF's Crop Protection division, has been appointed head of the global Ciba integration team as of February 1, 2009. At the same time, BASF is laying the foundation for the rapid and efficient integration of Ciba's businesses. In particular, BASF's...
In April 2009 IAL Consultants will release the 7th edition of its multi-client survey on the markets for Thermal Insulation Products in Europe. The report is to cover 28 countries, split between 14 volumes, and looks to build upon the sixth edition, published in 2006 with the inclusion of Turkey and Greece. The report is to detail the market for 2008, projected sales of thermal insulation...
Open-plan and group offices are designed to foster teamwork and communication between employees. Service companies, such as banks, insurance companies and call centers, are particularly keen to employ open-space solutions with large windows that let in plenty of daylight, with the aim of creating a pleasant working atmosphere. However, many employees are disturbed by the high noise levels...
User-friendly and highly reliable, the PUC08 is KraussMaffei's new process data capture system for polyurethane processing. Extreme ease of use is one key feature of the PUC08. The lucid and intuitively understandable operator interface reduces training effort and ensures fast analysis of any faults and errors. Graphic displays for each unit in the PUR system are clear and easy to understand,...
With its new class of additives, BYK is setting new standards in polyurethane foam applications. This unique group of processing additives improves both the compatibility and the processability of foam systems. Incompatibility and separation are familiar phenomena in today's foam formulations. Specialty foams such as super soft and viscoelastic grades, for example, require components of...
Disposable cups and cardboard cylinders are commonly used to measure the physical generation parameters of reactive foam formulations under laboratory test conditions. These are typically non-temperature controlled test containers. In real production, however, molds and other surfaces are precisely thermostated. Temperature is one of the main characteristics for constant product quality. When...
Range of services expandedThe Group's guidelines place great emphasis on the wide range of services offered, which is subject to continual expansion and development. In a new fatigue and dynamic strength laboratory a team of highly qualified application engineers carry out wide-ranging quasi-static, cyclic, dynamic, impact and fatigue strength tests to customers' requirements. Included in the...
BASF to change PolyTHF feedstock supply in Korea BASF plans to permanently close its production facility for 1,4-butanediol (BDO) and tetrahydrofuran (THF) in Ulsan, which has been temporarily shut down since August 2008, and the company will continue to supply related customers via its global network. BASF's PolyTHF plant in Ulsan will continue to operate with feedstock from the network...
Major advancements in Long Fiber Injection yield ability to produce large molded parts A leading manufacturer of personal watercraft (PWC) posed a challenge to its supplier, Camoplast, Inc.: Find a way to manufacture a PWC hull that is lighter - but without sacrificing strength - and offers improved performance for the user. The catch? It also must be less expensive to produce.Camoplast, in...
First bodies coated with BASF Coatings' paints at VW plant in Kaluga, RussiaThe BASF Coatings' team has achieved an important milestone with its VW colleagues in its new system partnership with Volkswagen in Kaluga, Russia. The production kick-off was marked by the coating of the first vehicle body with cathodic e-coat paints. "This was a red-letter day for VW and BASF in Russia,"...
