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Brighten your world with ZEITGEIST Heubach’s 2023 Decorative Color Trends

  02 Nov 2023

“ZEITGEIST” Decorative Color Trends 2023+: full color palette from traditional, natural driven soft tones to intense and bright shades. (Image: Heubach)

Zeitgeist invokes the mood of the age and perhaps no feeling more closely reflects this spirit of the time than that we must salvage our planet. With sustainability as a guiding principle, Heubach’s 2023 Decorative Color Trends set a new direction in color and application techniques for decorative coatings. Read More

Paul Jagodzinski to serve third term as chair of American Chemical Societys board of directors

  02 Nov 2023

Paul Jagodzinski Credit: D.S. Photo 

Paul Jagodzinski has been elected to serve a third term as chair of the board of directors of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The one-year term begins on Jan. 1, 2023. Read More

Shoes with that certain something

  02 Nov 2023

The LOWA model LADY LIGHT GTX has been awarded the OEKO-TEX® LEATHER STANDARD certificate. © LOWA

BOENNIGHEIM (ivs) LOWA, one of the leading outdoor shoe specialists, and the testing service provider Hohenstein are entering new territory together: the LOWA model LADY LIGHT GTX has been awarded the OEKO-TEX® LEATHER STANDARD certificate. Read More

Vipul Organics Receives ISO 14001 2015 certification for Environment Management System

  02 Nov 2023
Vipul Organics Limited, the BSE listed (VIPULORG / 530627) leading Specialty Chemicals company in the pigments and dyes segment, has received the ISO 14001 Certification for all three manufacturing facilities at Palghar, Ambernath and Tarapur. The ISO Certification are a benchmark on adherence to effective Environment Management System standards. Read More

Beauty products with fluorinated ingredients may also contain PFAS study reports

  02 Nov 2023
Smooth, foamy, water-proof. These characteristics are extremely desirable in beauty products, but manufacturers sometimes use ingredients that contain fluorine — including potentially harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — to achieve them. Now, researchers reporting in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology show that some cosmetics and personal care products labeled as having fluorinated components also contain PFAS, whether or not these “forever chemicals” were listed as ingredie Read More

Mitsubishi Chemical Has Developed New Electrolyte For Tesla

  20 Sep 2020

Tesla Roadster #Battery Day Sept 22

Mitsubishi Chemical Has Developed New Electrolyte For Tesla Read More

Chemicals, Plastics, Construction Materials Industry and Allied Products Exports to Touch US$ 42bn by 2020

  03 Mar 2017

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Chemicals, Plastics, Construction Materials Industry and Allied Products Exports to Touch US$ 42bn by 2020 China's slowing Down Makes Indian Products Globally Competitive" says Shri. Sunil Kumar, IAS, Joint Sec. Department of Commerce Second Edition of CAP India 2017 To Kick Off On March 21, 2017 Read More

Making a case for composites-Huntsman

  22 Jan 2017
Participating in the three day 8th International Conference & Exhibition on Reinforced Plastics (ICERP), the Advanced Materials business showcased its core strength in producing value added products in the area of composites and adhesives, under the Araldite® umbrella. Read More

Clariant's solutions aim to create innovative formulations in personal care

  13 Oct 2016
• Launches 2-in-1 formulation textures that transform during application • Stronger product portfolio now includes active ingredients for skin and hair care • Releases BeautyForwardTM Trend guide to drive innovations in Personal Care Read More

Solvay Expands Diphenols Product Range and Capacity and Extends Footprint in India to Develop Food-Grade Antioxidants

  25 Jul 2016
Solvay, worldwide leader in Diphenols and derivatives, has recently announced a capacity extension project for hydroquinone (HQ), catechol (PC) and para-methoxyphenol (MEHQ or PMP) at its Zhenjiang site, China. From this innovative and environmentally friendly new capacity, Solvay will continue to serve the market growth in India and Asia. This expansion is scheduled to be operational in 2018. Read More

New polyester compounds for LED chips

  12 May 2016

New polyester compounds for LED chips

Cologne - LANXESS has developed four new compounds for light-emitting diode (LED) housings and sockets. Pocan TP 555-911, -991, -912 and -992 are based on polycyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate (PCT),polyester used by the specialty chemicals company for the first time. The mineral- and/or glass-fiber-reinforced compounds achieve very high light reflection levels of 93 to nearly 96 percent (at a wavelength of 450 nanometers). Used as a material for the LED housings, they reflect the light of Read More

Custom service for the lighting industry

  12 May 2016
Cologne - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS, with its tailored HiAnt services, supports customers in the lighting and electrical/electronic industries worldwide in all phases of plastic component development. “We want to collaborate with our customers on developing component solutions that are optimized for all stress scenarios and requirements, but simple and cost-efficient at the same time. One objective, for example, is to discover at an early stage whether a material is suitable for a spec Read More

Solvay Launches New Technyl Halogen-Free Flame Retardant Range to Address Consumer Electronics Miniaturization and Aesthetics Challenges

  01 Nov 2023

Solvay Launches New Technyl® Halogen-Free Flame Retardant Range to Address Consumer Electronics Miniaturization and Aesthetics Challenges

India,May 9, 2016 – Solvay Engineering Plastics, a world leader in polyamide-based performance materials, has unveiled at this year’s Chinaplas an advanced PA6.6 polymer technology to offer the possibility of further miniaturization and enhanced aesthetics to the consumer electronics market in Asia; home of industry’s largest manufacturing base. This innovative solution combines the characteristics of halogen-free flame retardancy with high flow and low migration, while reducing corrosion durin Read More

Henkel Indiaembarks on a rural solar power CSR initiative

  30 Mar 2016
Mumbai: Henkel Adhesive Technologies India Private Limited (Henkel India), a fully owned subsidiary of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, the leading solution provider for adhesives, sealants and functional coatings, has taken a big step towards sustainability with its CSR project, ‘Lighting Lives’. This project, which is in line with the global Sustainability Strategy for 2030, aims to provide electricity to villagesin Maharashtra by installing solar panels. The companyalso reached the interim targets of it Read More

LANXESS subsidiary Saltigo sees surge in demand for active ingredient in mosquito repellents

  11 Mar 2016

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Cologne/Leverkusen - Saltigo, a wholly owned subsidiary of specialty chemicals company LANXESS, is currently experiencing a marked increase in demand for icaridin, an active ingredient in insect repellents. “Since the start of the year, demand for the active ingredient icaridin, which we market under the name Saltidin, has risen very rapidly,” said Saltigo’s Managing Director Wolfgang Schmitz. Saltidin is used by numerous manufacturers worldwide in insect repellents. “Our plant capacity is curre Read More

New impulses for color in construction

  11 Mar 2016

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Cologne - At bauma 2016, LANXESS is demonstrating how inorganic pigments can add remarkable and lasting color to architecture and infrastructure. The specialty chemicals company, together with distributor Harold Scholz & Co. GmbH, is exhibiting its premium and globally proven inorganic pigments at this leading international trade show from April 11 to 17 in Munich, Germany. Read More

Indian agrochem major Gharda helps curb Zika outbreak

  05 Mar 2016

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March 3, 2016 Mumbai: With Zika being declared by WHO as a Global Threat, scientists across the world are working on curbing the spread of the dreaded virus – the latest to join the fray being Google who has partnered with UNICEF to map the spread of the virus. In an important fillip to the ‘Make in India’ campaign, home grown Gharda Chemicals Limited is steadily supplying WHO approved formulations tocontrol the mosquito Aedesaegyptii which transmitsthe dreaded Zika virus, which has been rapidl Read More

LANXESS showcases water treatment solutions at the Water Expo 2016 in Chennai, Hall 1 E-1

  04 Mar 2016
Chennai: LANXESS, the global specialty chemicals company, is showcasing it’s ion exchange resins and membrane technologies at Water Today’s Water Expo 2016, with a special focus on introducing novel reverse osmosis (RO) elements from its Lewabrane® product line that display improved performance along with the launch of a new software module for LewaPlus® design software. A special type of Lewatit® Ion Exchange Resin is used as an organic scavenger for the reduction of COD and Color of the treate Read More

Continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites - on the road to success in large-scale series production

  02 Nov 2023

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Cologne - LANXESS subsidiary Bond-Laminates is exhibiting new applications for its Tepex range of continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites at the JEC World Composites Show & Conference 2016. “At the world’s leading composites trade fair, we’re looking to highlight the opportunities offered by Tepex semi-finished composites in large-scale series production of components in terms of their mechanical properties and optical performance. This applies in particular to hybrid molding, which Read More

New regulations on PPE approved

  27 Feb 2016
BOENNIGHEIM (on) On 20.01.2016, the European Parliament approved the new Regulations on Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), which will come into force officially 20 days after being published in the Official Journal of the EU. It will become effective 24 months after coming into force and will then be mandatory for all EU member states. Unlike the PPE Directive 89/686/EEC, the new regulations do not need to be implemented in national law. Once approved by the EU Commission, they pass directly i Read More

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