Jurie 1991 Additives for Polymers

Quality registration for ICI Polymer Additives

ICI Polymer Additives Business is now approved under IS0 9002. The registration is for ICI Polymer Additives in Everberg, Belgium - the European headquarters - and covers the introduc- tion of products and app~catio~, technical service and customer support activities. ICI Polymer Additives offers a comprehensive range of additives for the polymer processing industry. Leading examples are patented ‘ATMER’ 7000 concentrates - (which are add.itiv&olyrner blends concentrated into pellets or powders with 50% active ingredients) ‘ATMEB antistats, antifogs and many other ad~tives,‘TOP~O~~~o~d~~, ‘CLAFUFEX’ nu- cleating agents, ‘HEXAPLAS’ plasticizers, ‘U-CAT’ polyurethane catalysts, ‘IMPREZ’ thermoplastic resins and WINNOFIL’ speciality fillers.

UK supplier of mixing and batching machines

D. Dryburgh & Co. has been appointed sole UK agent for the range of high-speed turbo mixers, ribbon blenders, and plasti- cizer batching machines made by Plas-met, of Milan. The com- pany is at: Unit 13, Nonsuch Industrial Estate, Kiln Lane, Epsom KT17 lEH, Surrey, (UK). Tel: +44-372-742246.

Tioxide Group rationalization

Tioxide Group has announced the rationalization of its European activities into a new business. Tioxide Europe. Tioxide Europe will operate the group’s five existing European factories and will be responsible for marketing Tioxide’s titanium dioxide pig- ments.

Proceedings of 46th SPI Composites Institute Annual Conference

The complete illustrated texts of 166 technical reports presented at the 46th Conference on 18-21 February 1991 in Washington DC are now available.

The conference proceedings, broken down into twenty sessions, contains information on the following topics: corrosion, fillers and additives, marketing, pultrusion, SM~M~ processing innova- tions, marine, SMQBMC testing and materials, advanced thermoplastics, construction, reinforcements, resins in composites, SMQBMC new materials for automotive applications, recycling, RTM, and SMc/BMC: new materials and applications.

The Composite Institute of tb Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., 1991, conference proceedings, ISBN: O-87762-093-1,726 pages, softcever, SFr. 195.

Available from: Techmmic Publishing AG, Mihmstrasse 44, CH-4055 l&W&%, Switzerland. Tek +41-61-43-52-26. Fax: +41- 61-43-52-59. A detailed leaflet about this book can be provided upon request.

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