Press Releases

CLEVELAND – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) today announced it has hired Joel Rathbun as vice president, mergers and acquisitions, reporting to Robert M. Patterson, executive vice president and chief financial officer. View more and related images

GUANGZHOU, China — June 1, 2011 — At Chinaplas 2011, Booth 10.2E21, the Innovative Plastics strategic business unit of SABIC shined a spotlight on its latest win: China-based Light Engine’s selection of customized Lexan* LUX high-diffusion resin grades to produce light-emitting diode (LED) tube lighting for its customer Optiled. Optiled is using newly commercialized Lexan LUX polycarbonate (PC) material for the covers of residential and office fixtures, shielding hot spots while delivering excellent light transmission. Breakthrough Lexan LUX resins provide a non-chlorinated, non-brominated flame retardant to meet the UL94 V0 standard at 1.5 mm in all colors; a choice of customizable diffusion levels or transparency; and excellent luminance. Innovative Plastics continues to lead the industry with superior solutions that help lighting customers meet changing regulatory and market demands. View more and related images

GUANGZHOU, China — May 27, 2011 — At Chinaplas 2011, booth 10.2E21, the Innovative Plastics strategic business unit of SABIC announced a new milestone in its expanding sustainability efforts to provide customers with a diverse portfolio of high-performance, environmentally responsible materials. Further evidencing its commitment to validating its ecological claims, the company is now one of the first to receive Environmental Claims Validation (ECV) from Underwriters Laboratories Environment (ULE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Underwriters Laboratories (UL®). Certification was given to Innovative Plastics’ new Noryl* RN0401 resin – which contains at least 20 percent post-consumer recycled (PCR) content – after successfully completed the demanding ULE validation process. This achievement represents another major step in Innovative Plastics’ pioneering efforts to support its customers’ sustainability programs with environmentally sound advanced materials solutions. View more and related images

Guangzhou, China — May 26, 2011 — The Innovative Plastics strategic business unit of SABIC announced at Chinaplas, booth 10.2E21, the first new custom-colorable LNP* Thermocomp* thermoplastic compound for laser direct structuring (LDS) to save space and reduce the weight of mobile devices. LDS is a sophisticated process for integrating electronic and mechanical functionality into a single module, such as mobile phone and notebook antennas. Previously, only black plastic materials were available, typically forcing designers to confine LDS components to the device’s interior. The introduction of the company’s new colorable LNP Thermocomp compound vastly expands device design options. This new material introduction demonstrates Innovative Plastics’ pioneering leadership in advanced technologies for the design and manufacture of tomorrow’s portable devices. View more and related images

Paris, May 19, 2011----- Faurecia, a global supplier of engineering solutions and automotive components, and Rhodia, a world leader in the development and production of specialty chemicals, have teamed up to jointly develop next-generation innovative lightweight automotive seat structural components using polyamide-based highperformance engineering plastics. View more and related images

Paris, May 19, 2011– At Challenge Bibendum 2011, Rhodia is highlighting its innovative solutions in polymer materials, silica technology and catalytic processes to meet the ecological, cleanliness and safety challenges of sustainable mobility. The company’s global leadership and staunch commitment to sustainability are characterized by important technologies that can reduce vehicle fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions and promote higher air quality. These include Technyl® polyamide materials for weight reduction through metal replacement, Zeosil® highly dispersible silica to lower rolling resistance of tires, and Eolys™, OPtalys™ technologies for emission control systems. View more and related images

Paris, May 19, 2011 -----The ever increasing global need for energy efficient solutions coupled with new European tire labelling legislation - coming into effect on November 1, 2012 - is driving world-wide demand for Highly Dispersible Silica (HDS) which is estimated to grow by 10% over the next five years. View more and related images

SHANGHAI, China — May 19, 2011 — The first Chinese-developed model vehicle with an all-plastic front-end module (FEM) using SABIC Innovative Plastics’ STAMAX® long glass fiber polypropylene (LGFPP) resin was displayed at the recently concluded 14th annual Shanghai Auto Show. Chang’an Automobile Co., one of China’s largest automakers, featured the all-plastic FEM at the show in a stripped down version of its CX30 model. This major application uses STAMAX LGFPP resin from SABIC Innovative Plastics to replace steel, cutting part weight by up to 40 percent and total vehicle weight by about four kilograms. In addition to weight reduction for improved fuel economy and lower emissions, the all-plastic FEM solution reduces overall system costs for Chang’an by enabling modular assembly for improved efficiency on its production line. This recent work with Chang’an illustrates SABIC Innovative Plastics’ ability to support automotive OEMs as they strive to develop lighter vehicles for improved fuel economy and lower emissions, while also lowering overall costs. View more and related images

GUANGZHOU, China — May 19, 2011 — The all-new Range Rover Evoque was in the spotlight at SABIC’s Chinaplas 2011 booth (#10.2E21), underscoring the benefits of lightweight and environmentally responsible materials from the Innovative Plastics strategic business unit of SABIC. The luxurious new cross-coupe, with its compact footprint and advanced technologies, is described by Land Rover as a “step change in delivering reduced CO2 emissions.” Use of Innovative Plastics’ materials, combined with efficient design and attention to detail, contributed to a 35 percent overall weight reduction in the Evoque compared to Land Rover’s 2010 Range Rover Sport model. Innovative Plastics’ work with Land Rover and its tier suppliers demonstrates the benefits of using lightweight, high-performance thermoplastic materials to meet global regulatory requirements and consumer expectations for reduced environmental impact. View more and related images

GUANGZHOU, China, May18, 2011– Owens Corning (NYSE:OC), a leading global producer of glass fiber reinforcements for composite systems and residential and commercial building materials, announced here at Chinaplas (Hall 5.2 K11) the introduction of new glass fiber reinforcements to the China market. These include HydroStrand™, a chopped strand glass fiber for high-performance polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) composites, and two new PerforMax® grades of short glass fiber reinforcements for polypropylene (PP) View more and related images