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As part of the business' overall business strategy, DuPont Engineering Polymers (EP) has realigned its European organizational and geographical structure to reflect the global nature of its business. |
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The Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Business Unit of Bayer MaterialScience AG has extended its range of solvent-free products with the addition of two Bayhydrol polyurethane dispersions specially developed for the coating of plastics. The new additions are Bayhydrol XP 2606 and the more flexible variant Bayhydrol XP 2648. |
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A special transparent polycarbonate film from the Makrofol/Bayfol product range supports the reflective film from 3M, which distributes the light evenly over the surface of the license plate. |
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MaterialScience’s extensive specialist expertise in the area of production technology guarantees that all the installations easily meet the standards imposed by the Chinese authorities and global standards with regard to occupational safety and environmental protection. |
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Bayer MaterialScience’s polyisocyanates production plant, supplying base-modified isocyanates for the coatings industry, is the first of Bayer’s projects that has been realized at the site. Shanghai is set to become Bayer MaterialScience’s major production base for coating raw materials in the entire Asia-Pacific region. |
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Bayer MaterialScience AG is increasing sales prices for its Apec, Makrolon, Bayblend, and Makroblend brands of polycarbonates by EUR 0.20 per kilogram. This applies to all deliveries in the EMEA / LA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa / Latin America). The decision by the Polycarbonates Business Unit to raise prices is largely motivated by continued increases in energy costs for manufacturing polycarbonate products. Added to this is high expenditure for logistics and transportation. |
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The dynamic development of the manufacturing, automotive and construction industries in China has created strong market demand for polymers products. Shanghai and the Yangtze Delta region are large potential markets with rich resources, a sound infrastructure and a well-trained labor force. The area is also centrally located at the heart of Asia-Pacific. This competitive edge undoubtedly makes Shanghai one of the most attractive places for investment for Bayer and its MaterialScience subgroup. |
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Total capital expenditures of US$ 1.8 billion at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park through 2009 / Significant capacity expansions for polycarbonates, polyurethanes and coating raw materials / Bayer’s largest capital expenditure project outside Germany. |
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Bayer MaterialScience AG today celebrated the inauguration of its newly expanded Polymer Research & Development Center facility in Shanghai, China, in the presence of high-ranking representatives of the City of Shanghai, many customers and the Boards of Management of Bayer AG and its subgroup Bayer MaterialScience. |
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The housing of the DALI adsorber system is made from the fracture-resistant polycarbonate Makrolon 2458. This withstands pressurized hot-steam sterilization, where temperatures reach at least 121 °C for over 20 minutes. |
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Bayer MaterialScience AG and Pearl Insulation Materials Industries LLC based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, are establishing a polyurethane systems house joint venture in Dubai. Both companies believe this step will enable them to play a significant role in the future growth in the Middle East. |
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The world's carmakers produce around 60 million new vehicles every year, that's about 1.9 new cars a second. Because the annual fuel consumption of all these vehicles is increasing accordingly, there is an ever-growing demand for lightweight components made of high-performance plastics produced by companies like Bayer MaterialScience, who are world leaders on the polymers market. |
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For a world-leading material developer and raw-material supplier like Bayer MaterialScience, knowledge about human sensory perception is vital. It provides a basis for adapting innovative polymers so that they meet consumer needs for “sensitive” everyday products. Ultimately, it is our interaction with objects, particularly through sight and touch, that governs our first impressions about what we find “pleasant” or “unpleasant”. |
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Plastics used to have a bad image as cheap, inferior materials, but innovative polymers are changing all that today with their increased efficiency and functionality. What's more, they are breathing new life into ordinary products thanks to remarkable visual properties. As a leader in polyurethane and polycarbonate technology, Bayer MaterialScience was among the first to identify consumer demand for more aesthetic design. In keeping with its VisionWorks concept, the company is pursuing innovative solutions for its customers in the entertainment field. |
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Over the next three years, Bayer MaterialScience AG will be investing over EUR 1 billion in research and development, including customer-related development projects. “Innovative materials are our core business. Therfore, we are focusing our creativity and innovative capacity on actively developing the future of this area,” declared Ian Paterson, the member of the Bayer MaterialScience Board of Management responsible for marketing and innovation. |
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GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company today announced that GE Healthcare has exercised the exclusive option to license PhotoCure's product Hexvix(R) (hexaminolevulinate), an optical molecular imaging agent intended for the diagnosis and monitoring of bladder cancer, for the US market. |
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Anyone who has ever ridden in a bumper car will recall encounters with the hard seats and even harder steering wheels that these vehicles have. To ensure visits to the fair are as painless as possible in this respect, the Italian company Bertazzon 3B srl, Sernaglia della Battaglia, supplies its bumper cars with steering wheels whose metal interior is sheathed in the soft and elastic polyurethane integral skin foam Bayflex. The seats and cushioning inside these vehicles are also made of this material. |
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As demand for Makrolon continues to rise, Bayer MaterialScience AG is steadily increasing polycarbonate production around the world. The company will be producing 1,200,000 tons of Makrolon a year. Additional international spending of around EUR 80 million is to be invested to build up a network in Asia in the next few years, allowing the company to offer excellent technical service locally and supply customers quickly and flexibly. |
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The sample case contains a special type of three-dimensional samples, which enables customers to imagine much more realistically the effect of colors and surface effects on a molded part. |
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Following large-scale expansion, the Color Competence Center of Bayer MaterialScience AG in Filago, Italy, has significantly extended its range of services for pigmenting thermoplastics. Pigmented granule samples and color matching samples can now also be produced in small quantities for customers. |
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In total, eight of the single-use operating instrument’s individual components are made of Makrolon. A highlight of the instrument range is a version with luminous forceps made of polycarbonate. |
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The new screw-type compressors from CompAir Drucklufttechnik GmbH with integrated dryer were designed for customers requiring a compact, compressed air center that takes up only limited space and is delivered ready for use. The access cover made of the polyurethane integral skin foam Baydur 60 from Bayer MaterialScience offers a high level of mechanical robustness combined with light weight and excellent sound insulation. |
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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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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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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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