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Bayer MaterialScience AG has invested EUR 2.3 million in a new production line for its Baycusan® range of waterborne polyurethane dispersions (PUD) for the cosmetics and medical segments. The new facility, which forms part of the PUD plant at the Dormagen CHEMPARK, will produce special, top-quality polyurethane dispersions of maximum purity, which will be sold to the cosmetics industry...
Critical to the quality of screen printing is the performance of the squeegee-blade that controls the flow of ink over the substrate. The working life of the blades in screen printing can be drastically shortened by the quality of solvents that they operate in.Responding to the requirements of BMP Europe Ltd., Dow Hyperlast, part of Dow Polyurethanes, a business group of The Dow Chemical...
Songwon's target is to become the partner of choice for its customer by always providing the optimum solution. This has led Songwon to providing dedicated extensive warehousing facilities and a packaging line at one of the most important distribution points in Europe.Working together with ADPO (Antwerp Distribution & Products Operations), an expert with more than 20 years experience in...
Wind power plants all over the world depend on their rotor blades being protected against rain, sun, wind, and environmental influences in the best possible way using a RELIUS coating. The coatings with OLDODUR GelCoat or BladeCoat made by BASF Industrial Coatings Solutions RELIUS are so good that the first offshore wind farm in the German waters of the North Sea now also relies on the...
BASF SE (BASF) and The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) announced beginning of March 2009 that the world’s largest commercial-scale propylene oxide (PO) plant and the first based on the innovative hydrogen peroxide to propylene oxide (HPPO) technology jointly developed by BASF and Dow has completed its start-up phase and is running stably. Both companies are very satisfied with the performance...
BASF has successfully completed its acquisition of Ciba Holding AG, which closed on 9th of April, 2009 with the payment of the offer price to Ciba shareholders. At the same time, the tendered shares were transferred to BASF. The company now holds 95.8 percent of Ciba. Ciba shares that were not been tendered as part of the public offer can be traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange until further...
The demand for waterborne UV coatings in the wood and furniture protection market has been steadily increasing during the last few years. This is mainly due to the environmental benefits offered by these products. Many major office furniture manufacturers now advertise their products as coated with low-emission, environmentally friendly systems and this trend is growing as consumer...
Hotel bathtubs need to be considerably more robust than their domestic equivalents. Constant use by a succession of hotel guests subjects them to particularly high stresses, including the use of heavy-duty detergents. The materials used to make these bathtubs therefore need to be suitably resistant and at the same time offer good sound-absorbing properties. Bathtub manufacturer BSB...
Refrigerators and freezers are responsible for a significant proportion of the energy consumed in modern households. The thermal conductivity of the polyurethane rigid foam insulating materials used in these appliances is therefore crucial. A detailed study by Bayer MaterialScience now proves that the potential of established rigid foam systems in the Baytherm® product family is far from...
Mobile phones, MP3 players and laptop housings should retain a clean and gleaming look for a long time. Unfortunately, sticky, wet or greasy hands often stain the finish of these products after a short time. Now, however, experts at Bayer MaterialScience have developed new radiation-curing polyurethane dispersions for coatings that can keep these products looking like new for much longer. As...
