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PU foam system and honeycomb technology to create lightweight car roof

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For the first time, it is possible to mass-produce an exterior car part featuring a honeycomb sandwich structure with a class-A film, with the polyurethane foam system Elastoflex® E from BASF. The roof module in the standard model of the new Smart Fortwo consists of a paper honeycomb and two surrounding glass fiber mats. These […]

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SABIC Stories of Possible Wins Silver and Bronze Stevie® Awards In 2015 International Business Awards

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SABIC’s campaign Stories of Possible was named the winner of a Silver Stevie® Award in the “Communications or PR Campaign of the Year – Marketing Business-to-Business” category, and a Bronze Stevie® Award in “Brand Experience of the Year – Business-to-Business” of the 12th Annual International Business Awards today. The International Business Awards are the world’s […]

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Understanding the power of color: What Is Your Brand’s Identity?

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What does your branding say about your product? For so many products, the colors that carefully wrap around the merchandise define everything about them. The red packaging on Coca-Cola’s plastic bottles shouts happiness (so much so that an entire campaign was run based on this theme). Peaceful is how Starbucks is described, as every iced […]

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Import PP nearing $1000/ton threshold across Asia

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Import PP prices have been on a steady downturn in China and Southeast Asia since mid-April, according to ChemOrbis Price Index, with rising supplies and retreating costs acting as the major drivers of these ongoing decreases. The emergence of additional availability from new coal-based plants as well as the recent depreciation of the yuan in […]

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