Songwon to start up new OPS plant in April

The Houston facility will have an initial capacity of 7.000 metric tons per year and follows Songwon′s investment in Additives Technology Greiz (ATG) in 2011 which was doubled in capacity in 2012 to 14.000 metric tons per year.

Multi-purpose surface finishing product line

Saint-Gobain introduces Norton Rapid Prep high performance surface finishing portfolio.

Pharmintech 2013 set for April

Pharmintech, dedicated to technology for the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and personal care industry, will take place from 17-19 April 2013 at Bolognafiere, Italy

Coronavirus case under watch

?Hong Kong medical authorities continue to monitor the latest developments of the disease

Ghana advances forest stewardship

A project that aims to reforest 15,000 hectares of degraded lands in central Ghana and absorb more than 80,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere annually has been independently validated by SCS Global Services (SCS) under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS).

Spindles for multiple locations

New IBAG high torque back working spindle for Swiss turning applications.

Effective fluid operation at metalworking facilities

Eriez? Hydroflow? offers complete coolant management and custom transfer equipment for effective fluid operation at metalworking facilities.

High performance surface finishing portfolio

Saint-Gobain introduces Norton Rapid Prep high performance surface finishing portfolio.

Singapore: Mechel Signs Deal with Baosteel

Mechel Carbon (Singapore) Pte. Ltd, a unit of mining company Mechel OAO (MTL), announced that it has signed a deal with Baosteel Group Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary, Baosteel Resources Int. Co. Ltd. to supply coking coal.

Singapore to be hub for Saudi products in Asia

Singapore is set to become a hub for Saudi manufactured products in Asia. This was predicted at the conclusion of the Saudi-Singapore Joint Business Council held in Riyadh.

Always a step ahead in recycling

A key player in the industry, RAMPF Ecosystems (www.rampf-ecosystems.de) has been operating the world’s first industrially usable plant for manufacturing polyols from PU flexible foam waste since April 2012. High-quality raw materials can thus be recycled for the foam manufacturing industry using the acidolysis process developed by RAMPF chemists.

Improving performance through additives

The uses of plastics and plastics products have now become undisputedly part of the modern lifestyle. This has given rise to the complementary industry of additives manufacturing that is becoming prevalent in Asia.