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throughout Asia and especially in China
as a major center for manufacturing automobiles and consumer electronics, the
company reported
Synthomer Middle East to
Expand Polymer Dispersion
Plant in Saudi Arabia
Synthomer will expand its polymer dispersion plant in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
This latest expansion will increase plant
capacity to more than 100,000 tons by
early 2014.
“The market in the Middle East has continued to develop strongly in recent years
and this latest expansion to our Dammam
facility is essential to ensure we keep pace
with the growing demands from our construction and coating customers in the
region as well as providing us with the
opportunity to introduce further leading
edge technologies to develop our business
in a broader range of market segments,”
said Synthomer Middle East’s managing
director, Shaz Rashid.
Synthomer Middle East is a joint-ven-ture between a subsidiary of Synthomer
plc of the United Kingdom and Dhahran
Chemical Industries and Marketing
Company, headquartered in Dammam,
Saudi Arabia.
Nubiola Increases Yellow
Iron Oxide Capacity
Nubioloa has made an investment to
triple production capacity for its Yellow
Iron Oxide Nubifer Y-7050. Nubifer
Y-7050 was designed to fulfill the need
for high temperature stable, weatherable,
yellow pigments for plastics and powder,
coil and stoving coatings. Conventional
Yellow Iron Oxides withstand 190°C ( 5
min.) while Nubiola’s proprietary encapsulation technology makes Nubifer
Y-7050 remain stable up to 260°C ( 5
min.), the company reported. The encapsulation consists of a very thin, effective
layer made only out of inorganic compounds; it improves the heat fastness of
the pigment by preventing water from being released in the hydrated Iron Oxide
form, i.e. goethite (yellow), so that the
anhydride Iron Oxide form, i.e. hematite (red), is not generated and the yellow
color remains as is.
Atlas Website Available in
Chinese Language
Atlas Material Testing Technology’s web-
site www.atlas-mts.com is now available
in Chinese either by selecting the language
on the home page menu or by going di-
rectly to its Chinese language site at www.
atlas-mts.cn. Through its parent company
AMETEK, Atlas now has direct offices in
Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou
and Chengdu, along with several
remote locations throughout
China for both sales and techni-
cal support. By taking the step to trans-
late its website into Chinese, Atlas aims to
provide the Chinese market easier access
to the weathering testing products and
services the company provides. CW
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