Styron LLC today announced the availability of its CALIBRE 1060 DVD polycarbonate resin in the Americas and Europe. According to the statement, CALIBRE 1060 DVD resin offers the quality and processing characteristics of CALIBRE 1080 DVD resin with improved ductility and toughness. CALIBRE 1060 DVD resin can be used for all optical disc applications including [...]
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Styron Improves Optical Disc Polycarbonate Resin
Posted by Hugh Bennett on 26 July 2010, 3:55 pm
Filed under Components and Materials, News.
Tagged Blu-ray Disc (BD), CALIBRE 1060 DVD, CALIBRE 1080 DVD, Compact Disc (CD), DVD, Styron
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Dow Sells Styron Plastics Division for $1.63 Billion
Posted by Hugh Bennett on 18 June 2010, 3:35 pm
The Dow Chemical Company and Bain Capital Partners announced that they have closed the sale of Dow’s Styron Division to an affiliate of Bain Capital. According to the statement, Dow has elected to retain a 7.5% equity position in Styron, which is now a privately held, global materials company. Also included in the transaction are [...]
Filed under Components and Materials, Financial, News.
Tagged acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), Bain Capital, Blu-ray Disc (BD), Compact Disc (CD), Dow Chemical Company, DVD, Emulsion Polymers, expandable polystyrene (EPS), Polycarbonate (PC), Polystyrene (PS), styrene acrylonitrile (SAN), Styrenics, Styron
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