EuroWire January 2007

corporate news

Expansion doubles conditioned laboratory space

Management complete Davis- Standard buy out Davis-Standard has been bought out by its management and an investor group, led by Hamilton Robinson LLC, a Stamford, US-based private equity firm. The acquisition supports Davis- Standard’s strategy to extend its global converting and extrusion systems businesses, as well as the Chemtura Corporation’s decision to divest of a non-core business. The business will continue to be led by the existing Davis-Standard management team and the company’s financial strength will be preserved under the new capital structure. Davis-Standard, LLC, has facilities in Pawcatuck, Conn; Somerville, NJ; Fulton, NY; Germany and the UK.

The completed expansion at Plastics Technology Laboratories, USA ▲

Plastics Technology Laboratories Inc (PTLI), USA, has completed a major expansion which has more than doubled its conditioned laboratory space and added extensive capabilities to the company’s full service plastics, elastomers, composites, and film testing services. The new laboratory capabilities include additions to physical, mechanical, analytical, rheological, electrical, optical, flammability and weathering test services. The company’s newmachining laboratory with CNC machining, bridgeport and lathe capabilities can provide machined specimens from virtually any type of parent form, including extruded sheet, rod, tube or profile, composite fabrication, thermoformed or injection moulded part.

PTLI’s wet chemistry laboratory allows the company to conduct testing including acid digestion/void content (ASTM D2734), chemical compatibility (ASTM D543, ISO 4599, UL) at elevated temperatures and sealed atmosphere exposure, retention of properties after surface application or immersion, and hydrolytic stability testing. The company has also created new laboratories for weathering, flammability testing, and tribology (the science of surface technology, friction, lubrication, and wear). Plastics Technology Laboratories, Inc – USA

Davis-Standard LLC – USA Fax : +1 860 599 9686

Email : swhewell@davis-standard.com Website : www.davis-standard.com

Fax : +1 413 499 2339 Email : ptli@ptli.com Website : www.ptli.com

New advisory board chairman Dutch company DSM has appointed Professor Bert Meijer as chairman of its new Scientific Advisory Board. The creation of the advisory body is in line with the company’s Open Innovation policy. The other members of the advisory board will be internationally recognised leading experts in fields that are important to DSM, such as biotechnology, nutrition, material sciences, chemistry and process technology. Professor Meijer is a distinguished University Professor of Molecular Sciences at the Eindhoven University of Technology. He received his PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Groningen, and has held various positions in both industry and academia. Having worked as a research scientist in molecular materials at Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven, he joined DSM Research in 1989 as head of the ‘New Materials’ department, a position he held until 1992, when he became Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Eindhoven University of Technology. In 2004 he was appointed to his current professorship. Professor Meijer is an acclaimed scientist who has won several prestigious national and international awards. DSM – Holland Fax : +31 45 5740680 Email : media.relations@dsm.com Website : www.dsm.com

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EuroWire – January 2007