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News7 Nov 2013Sympatex has won the 2013 Performance Award for its four-layer footwear laminate product, Moisture-tech Volterra.
News7 Nov 2013Sirmax, a leading international supplier of plastic compounds and resins, has invested and increased the production capacity at its Kutno, Poland, plant.
A new Industrial Biomaterials programme designed to create greener construction materials and fuel-efficient vehicles has been launched by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and Greg Rickford, Minister of State for Science and Technology.
News7 Nov 2013Synthomer, a chemical formulator for a number of industries, has revealed that trading conditions in Europe have remained challenging, particularly in construction related areas, resulting in Europe and North America (ENA) operating profit being slightly below the same period last year.
News7 Nov 2013“Bolstering long-term competitiveness of the fashion and high-end industries is important for the overall economic recovery in Europe and this is why this sector has been very high on the agenda,” according to European Commission vice-president Antonio Tajani, commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship.
News6 Nov 2013Toray Industries has signed an agreement to purchase a 56.2% stake of Woongjin Chemical Company. In a deal valued at KRW430 billion ($405 million), Toray revealed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange that its Seoul-based unit Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc will purchase the stake of the synthetic fibre and water-treatment filter maker.
News6 Nov 2013A Federal Patent Court of Germany has invalidated substantial parts of a patent held by Durst Phototechnik Digital Technology GmbH related to white ink printing that Durst had previously asserted in an infringement action against EFI.
News6 Nov 2013The International Trade Committee (INTA) of the European Parliament voted in Brussels on November 5, 2013, to defeat a resolution that objected to a Unique Delegated Act establishing a list of 10 beneficiary countries for Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) membership.
News5 Nov 2013Grasim Industries Limited, an Aditya Birla Group company, has reported revenue of Rs 6,849 crore ($1.1 billion) and net profit of Rs 450 crore ($72 million) in the second quarter of FY 2014, compared to Rs 6,615 crore ($1 billion) and Rs 620 crore ($99 million), respectively, in the second quarter of FY 2013.
News5 Nov 2013Bark Cloth Europe, one of the 10 winners of the LAUNCH: Systems Challenge 2013, has developed BARKTEX Biomaterial, an economically, environmentally and socially sustainably produced fibre material, which is obtained from rapidly renewable bark.
News5 Nov 2013A proposed Tasmanian pulp plant, which could potentially produce the material to replace the island nation’s imported pulp, is a discussion of national importance, according to the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA).
News5 Nov 2013“The chemical industry’s use of CO2 as a renewable resource can support the EU chemical sector’s sustainable development and future competitiveness,” says Gernot Klotz innovation head at Cefic (The European Chemical Industry Council).
News4 Nov 2013Borouge, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, recently demonstrated its latest advanced solutions for Borstar-based polyethylene geomembranes at the 6th International Conference Geosynthetics Middle East (GeoME 2013).
