| Alcoa Wheel Products introduces new Dura-Bright(R) Wheels with XBR(TM) technology |
18 August 2007 - Alcoa
Alcoa's new Dura-Bright(R) wheels with XBR technology are now brighter than ever and provide customers with wheels that are 53% more reflective and with 74% more image clarity! |
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| GE services provides $275 Million revolving credit facility for hertz corporation |
18 August 2007 - AZDEL
Commercial Finance Fleet Services today announced the closing of a new $275 million 5-year revolving credit facility for Hertz Corporation, the largest general use car rental company in the world. GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services, which served as sole lead arranger and bookrunner for the facility and led its syndication, also will serve as administrative agent. Proceeds of the financing, primarily will be used to acquire, finance and refinance vehicles for the company’s car rental business. |
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| Stein Mart and GE retail consumer finance announce co-brand credit card agreement |
18 August 2007 - AZDEL
Stein Mart, Inc. and GE Retail Consumer Finance, the consumer lending unit of General Electric Company, today announced an exclusive, multi-year agreement to launch a Stein Mart co-brand credit program. The new Stein Mart Platinum Rewards MasterCard will offer its cardholders a points-based rewards program plus the benefits of the Stein Mart Preferred Customer Program. The companies are launching the new card this month. |
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| GE, Silex receive U.S. government authorizations to proceed with uranium deal |
18 August 2007 - AZDEL
Energy’s nuclear business and Australia materials technology developer Silex Systems Limited have received the U.S. government authorizations required to proceed with an agreement granting GE exclusive rights to develop and commercialize Silex’s advanced, laser-based uranium enrichment technology. |
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| Bodywork parts with Class A surfaces using film insert molding |
18 August 2007 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
One method of producing plastic bodywork parts that enable color matching to neighboring metal parts is through back-injecting pre-formed films with thermoplastics, also known as film insert molding. The film is responsible for the surface quality of the component (Class A) and the back-injection material is responsible for its mechanical and thermal properties in particular, such as stiffness and thermal expansion. |
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| Much more flexibility to supply customers around the world |
18 August 2007 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer MaterialScience will acquire Taiwan’s Ure-Tech Group, the largest thermoplastic polyurethane producer in the Asia Pacific region. With this acquisition the Germany-based company will become the worldwide largest supplier and solutions provider of TPU resins and films. Both parties have agreed not to disclose purchase price and other related details of the acquisition. |
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| New TPU grades optimized for laser marking |
18 August 2007 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
The new Desmopan grades enable faster, higher-definition, higher-contrast laser marking with more subtle grayscale levels. They will initially be used for animal identification tags. |
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| Material values from high-speed tensile tests for crash simulation |
17 August 2007 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Crash tests are complex and costly. Developers in the car industry therefore try to keep the numbers of such tests to a minimum and instead are making increasing use of simulations. This also applies to plastic components such as front ends, bumpers, and fenders. Finite element method simulations are used to analyze the crash behavior of these components at typical speeds. The material values required can be derived from high-speed tensile tests. |
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| Growing safety awareness and new standards: Fire safety for television sets |
17 August 2007 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Ambilight is an innovative lighting concept built into the rear of this TV from Philips, which illuminates the immediate surroundings of the flat TV. Thereby Philips uses both Bayblend FR and Makrolon from Bayer MaterialScience. |
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| Bayer MaterialScience starts new communications campaign |
17 August 2007 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
The evolution from a raw materials supplier to a project and development partner has long been an integral part of Bayer MaterialScience AG and is reflected not least in the recently opened TechniKomm. The new facilities provide a bright and friendly environment where design plans can be discussed with customers and where creative product ideas can be conceived. |
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