Achieving flame-retardant properties without red phosphorus
Lanxess offers alternatives to polyamide 66 compounds containing red phosphorus.
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Flexible bipolar polymer plates open the way for compact batteries
The Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology is currently developing a new type of bipolar plate which is flexible and extremely thin and which allows bipolar batteries to be cost-effectively manufactured.
The new Moretto website is now online!
Presentation of the new website moretto.com, now online and usable on all types of devices.
Innovations for a climate-friendly chemical production
BASF pursuing ambitious Carbon Management program, with R&D activities opening up new possibilities
Paint the future - the AkzoNobel startup challenge begins
The first edition of Paint the Future - the AkzoNobel startup challenge is now open.
Ampacet innovative solutions for film applications
Ampacet LAMSLIP 754 is a specialty Masterbatch solution designed to provide outstanding and consistent slip properties to laminated film structures for trouble-free converting and packing operations.
ExxonMobil introduces new polymer grade for flexible packaging
ExxonMobil will display a new Exceed XP performance polymers grade for high-performance coextrusion films, and recycle opportunities using Vistamaxx performance polymers at Arabplast 2019.
If one is not enough ... DUO!
When the production of blow moulded industrial items is high, is it better to choose more single-cavity machines (doubling the cost of investment, the floor space and energy consumption) or a multi-cavity machine, which minimizes all these costs, but makes production less flexible?
Arlanxeo's Keltan KSA opens flagship online Customer Self-Service Platform
In 2018 Arlanxeo signed an agreement with Saudi Aramco to market and sell its share of Ethylene Propylene Diene rubbers (EPDM) produced in its Petro Rabigh joint-venture plant. Today, Arlanxeo launches its Keltan KSA Self-Service platform to serve its customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
100 years "Catalyst Laboratory" in Leverkusen
The "Catalyst Laboratory" was founded 100 years ago in Leverkusen. At that time, the scope of activities was outlined as "work on catalytic reactions involving organic substances". This laboratory now belongs to the specialty chemicals company Lanxess and operates as a cross-divisional competence center for catalysts and their applications.
Omron Launches TM Series Collaborative Robot
Omron Corp. has announced the global launch of the TM series collaborative robot family to realize an innovative manufacturing environment where humans and machines work in harmony.
Krones Contiform 3 Speed: 2,750 containers per cavity/hour
Krones revamped under the motto of "producing more, consuming less" the existing stretch blow-moulding machine concept and presented the new Contiform 3 Speed, which extends the product portfolio - and fully lives up to its name.
