Wausau Paper today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its specialty paper business to a new company sponsored by KPS Capital Partners L.P. (“KPS”), a New York-based private equity firm with significant experience in the paper industry. The new company will be known as Expera Specialty Solutions, LLC (“Expera”).
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Teijin Limited announced today its development of aramid fiber fabric that protects users against X-ray and gamma-ray radiation. The company from May will provide samples to selected customers for applications such as protective clothing and sheet materials used around high levels of radiation, including the medical field, reconstruction activities in disaster-hit northeastern Japan and radiation testing.
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Universal Pultrusions, LLC, a manufacturer of pultruded fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) door systems for industrial applications, has announced the release of a new fire-rated door system.
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Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: US Geosynthetics Market
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As Gorham Paper and Tissue targets higher value applications, the company announced at Paper2013 the launch of four category-specific paper brands: Optix™ for packaging, Helix™ for engineered, Vertix™ for converting and Iconix™ for printing. The portfolio features close to 30 customized specialty papers available with options in weight, color, furnish and functional properties.
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Minerals Technologies Inc., announced today that it has signed a commercial agreement with CMPC Celulose Riograndense to provide Fulfill(TM) E-325 at a paper mill in Guaiba, Brazil. This marks Minerals Technologies' first such agreement in South America for the new, high-filler technology.
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Gastank Sweden AB obtained the certificate according to UN ECE R110 regulation for its new Type IV Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) cylinders for motor vehicles. Using Dow’s composite resin technology together with HiPer-tex glass fiber from 3B, Gastank Sweden AB offers high-performing and cost effective pressurized gas cylinders to automotive, commercial transportation, and industrial areas.
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The Carbon Company – has developed a new type of carbon fiber reinforced graphite material designed for industrial heat treatment applications. The product is carbon fiber reinforced carbon (CFRC), a high-strength composite comprising a graphite matrix and reinforcing fibers made of carbon.
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SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business today announced that it will be a first-time exhibitor at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC), March 19-21, 2013 at the Anaheim Convention Center, in Anaheim, Calif.
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Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., the Teijin Group's fiber-product converting company, announced today that it has developed a new polyester curtain fabric that traps double the amount of pollen as conventional polyester curtain fabric, helping to minimize pollen levels indoors. Teijin Frontier will sell the new fabric for use in lace curtains from March.
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