PITTSFIELD, Mass, Aug. 22, 2012- SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business today announced that Indian automotive manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), with support from its Tier 1 supplier Plastic Omnium, has developed India’s first injection molded plastic fenders, which are featured on the new critically acclaimed global XUV500 sports utility vehicle (SUV). Upgrading from steel to lightweight, online paintable Noryl GTX* resin helped Mahindra & Mahindra to improve the SUV’s fuel economy, reduce emissions, greatly expand design freedom, and enhance resistance against minor impact. The use of Noryl GTX resin for the fenders helps make the global XUV500 one of the lightest SUVs in its class. This collaboration demonstrates SABIC’s commitment to provide automotive customers with thermoplastic solutions that help drive the development of cutting-edge styling for differentiated designs and improved sustainability through weight-out. View more and related images
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JOINVILLE, Brazil – During the Interplast trade show this week, leading companies in the South American plastics community will be meeting with experts from PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, to discuss their most challenging projects. PolyOne offers innovative formulations and collaborative support to help customers enhance performance and sustainability, eliminate process steps, increase in-service performance, and improve overall operational efficiency. View more and related images
BOSTON – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today unveiled highlights of its collaboration with top industrial design students from the Art Center College of Design (ACCD – Pasadena, CA). Three standout concept designs for home healthcare are being featured this week at the Industrial Design Society of America’s IDSA 2012 Conference (Booth #104-106). View more and related images
Pittsfield, Mass., August 14, 2012- Committed to helping customers differentiate their products and gain a market advantage, SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business today launched a new breakthrough line of Noryl* SA90 and SA9000 resins that can be used as additives for epoxy and non-epoxy thermoset systems. These advanced new materials address expanding requirements and regulations for printed circuit boards (PCBs), including the call for enhanced sustainability, and exceptional overall cost control. Noryl SA90 and SA9000 resins can also be used by makers of pre-pregs and copper-coated laminates, electrical adhesives, composites and coatings – to significantly boost the performance and sustainability of their existing thermoset products without upgrading to more expensive materials. These innovative Noryl SA resins are the latest additions to SABIC’s broad, customer-centric portfolio of unique, high-purity specialty additives and intermediates. View more and related images
PITTSFIELD, Mass, August 8, 2012- Recognized worldwide as a thought leader on petrochemicals, plastics and new business opportunities in Saudi Arabia, SABIC was recently selected by the prestigious AllWorld Summit@Harvard to present on the future of the Saudi Arabian plastics industry. Richard Crosby, Ph.D., general manager for the Middle East and Africa at SABIC, co-chaired a workshop where he delivered an informative 30-minute presentation entitled, Engineering Thermoplastics in Saudi Arabia, New Opportunities for an Emerging Economy. The presentation focused largely on the growing business opportunities available in Saudi Arabia and described how SABIC is helping customers and entrepreneurs in the country maximize these opportunities for greater market penetration, expansion and growth. View more and related images
CLEVELAND – July 31, 2012 – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) today reported $792.0 million of revenues for the second quarter of 2012, an increase compared to $768.8 million in the second quarter of 2011. View more and related images
Lyon, France – July 30, 2012 – Rhodia is strengthening the positioning of its production line for specialty fluorinated aliphatic derivatives in Salindres in response to the strong growth of its strategic markets. View more and related images
CLEVELAND – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, will participate in a three-year collaboration project with university and industry experts to develop advanced materials and production parts using 3D printing technology, also known as additive manufacturing. View more and related images
PITTSFIELD, Mass, July 24, 2012- SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business today announced that it is significantly boosting capacity for its STAMAX* long glass fiber-filled polypropylene (LGFPP) composite resins at its manufacturing facility in Genk, Belgium, to meet rapidly growing demand from automotive customers. Last month, the company began work on a new production line – slated to open in the second half of 2013 – to further its ability to provide a secure and reliable local supply of this high-performance SABIC material. STAMAX LGFPP composite resins give customers a robust combination of properties, while enabling exceptional light weight to provide the potential to improve fuel efficiency and cut emissions. This lighter weight allows for a significantly enhanced carbon and energy footprint over the life of a car or truck compared with traditional materials. The Genk capacity expansion demonstrates SABIC’s commitment to automotive customers worldwide and their need for high-performance sustainable solutions that will enable them to design and produce next-generation vehicles. View more and related images
Lyon, France, July 19 2012 – The environmental benefit of the use of recycled polyamide for automotive applications has been validated by a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) jointly led by leading engineering plastics developer Rhodia (member of the Solvay group), Valeo, one of the world’s top automotive suppliers and car-maker PSA Peugeot Citroën. View more and related images