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Germs are everywhere! They are unavoidable, and aren’t all bad. However, excessive germs combined with a compromised immune system can spell C-O-L-D…or worse. From stomach viruses to flesh eating disease, germs are living organisms that can thrive, multiply and mutate, given the right circumstances. Here are 10 jaw-dropping statistics that will put you in the know about germs. Learn how to keep your family healthy, and what you need to do to keep your home as germ free as possible. Why You Need to Keep Your Hands to Yourself #1- Around 70% of common illnesses are spread by hands that have touched everyday surfaces. #2- Every 3 minutes, a child brings his or her hands to their nose or mouth. Washing one’s hands in warm soapy water, for 20 seconds, seems to be the number one recommendation for avoiding viruses and bacteria. That would be the same amount of time as singing “Happy Birthday” twice. But once the washing is over, you still aren’t finished. You will need to rinse you...

Royal  DSM  and specialty chemicals producer  Zhejiang NHU Special Materials Co., Ltd. (NHU) , have recently officially inaugurated their joint venture company for  polyphenylene sulfide (PPS)  compounds,  DSM NHU Engineering Plastics (Zhejiang) Co Ltd .  The JV, which was announced in May 2015, has been established in Zhejiang province, close to NHU’s linear PPS polymer plant in Shangyu, for manufacturing of the high performance compounds. DSM-NHU Joint Venture DSM  has a 60% share in DSM NHU Engineering Plastics (Zhejiang) Co Ltd., with NHU holding the remaining 40%.  Products, which are branded Xytron™ PPS, are marketed globally and targeted principally at automotive, electrical and electronics, water management and industrial markets.  DSM will be marketing the product globally, including China. The  PPS polymer plant  operated by  NHU  uses proven technology to provide high quality base polymer for th...

  Metabolix has announced that it has entered into a binding letter of intent ("LOI") with CJ CheilJedang Corporation ("CJ") for the sale of its biopolymer intellectual property and certain laboratory equipment for a total purchase price of $10 million. The first $2 million of the purchase price was paid by CJ on execution of the LOI and the remaining balance is payable on closing of the transaction, which is anticipated in mid-September. Completion of the transaction is subject to the negotiation of definitive agreements and other customary conditions. Biopolymers Deal Finalized for USD 10 Mn: Under the definitive agreements, Metabolix will transfer to CJ a portfolio of intellectual property including the platform microbial strains used to produce the Company's fermentation based products, as well as patent rights covering the production and use of PHA biopolymers. CJ will also acquire certain laboratory equipment associated with the biopolymers business. ...

Total has recently introduced a new range of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) Circular Compounds with high levels of recycled content to its packaging segment customers. With performance equal to or exceeding that of virgin resins, this new product range valorizes Total’s superior process and catalyst technology and actively contributes to the Circular Economy. Products that Outperform Virgin Materials: Jean Viallefont, Vice President Polymers Europe, stated: “Total is currently extending the applications of the recycled compounds concept by developing additional new grades, since we believe it will be essential to place the European virgin plastics industry in a new yet essential role as ‘circularity enhancer’.” The range consists of HDPE polymer products, in natural color, that cover all the manufacturing needs for blow-molded bottles and heavy-duty containers for household and industrial liquids with a guarantee of 25% or 50% minimum of Post Consumer Recyclate (PCR). Total’s initia...

Aircraft seats with air-filled cushions are helping to ease the strain. They offer passengers much greater comfort than conventional seats using foam and are also exceptionally light. Lantal, a Swiss supplier serving the aviation industry, has developed a sophisticated system that uses films made of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) from Covestro. Air travelers can individually adjust the firmness of their seats or backrests as desired, simply by further inflating the cushions or releasing air from them. The extremely elastic and flexible TPU films ensure that the pressure inside the cushions is optimally distributed. “It’s with innovations like this that we want to make the world a brighter place,” says Wolfgang Stenbeck, Product & Application Manager for specialty films at Covestro. “In addition to developing the material, we also supported Lantal with our processing know-how.” An efficient solution Lightweight seats benefit not only airlines, but also the environment. That’s b...

  Clariant  has presented solutions dedicated to achieving sustainable development in automotive industry. In the presentations delivered in front of leading local and regional technical and mass media, Clariant’s technical experts highlighted Clariant’s edge in the three areas of energy savings, emissions reduction and safety improvements, the current priorities for the automotive and transport industry in China to achieve improved sustainability. Solutions for Light & Safe Automotive: Development of transportation goes along with economic growth — with the surging economy’s high growth rate over the past decade in China, the country has already become the largest new vehicle market in the world since 2010. It is predicted that by 2025 China will replace the U.S. as the largest automobile market globally. Increased traffic volume and the number of road vehicles are inevitably putting pressure and impact on resources, people, climate and the environment. Petroleum con...

Beijing Dream Fox Yu Tong Research & Development Center of Bamboo Fibre (Dream Fox Yu Tong) has recently presented their aerospace grade high performance carbon fiber products with key technology breakthrough. According to report, Dream Fox Yu Tong high performance carbon fiber products has surpassed USA M60 existing technical requirements. This kind of carbon fiber is very pricy. It can be applied in aerospace technology, satellite loading parts, unmanned aerial vehicles and other military fields as well as some fields that require high materials performance. At present, China carbon fiber industry mainly focus on the production, R & D of T 700, T 800, as well as T 1000 high strength carbon fiber industrialization production. To high modulus M series carbon fiber, there are few researches have been conducted in China. According to report, there are only Beijing University of Chemical Technology (M40), Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology (M55) can provide small product...

Chongqing Machinery & Electronics Holding (Group) Co., Ltd (CME) recent made announcement that the company will invest 296 million Yuan (US$ 45.41 million) in their offshore wind power blade industrialization development second phase project. It is expected the new factory work house will be expanded in their Jiangsu Rudong location. CME announcement pointed out that the first phase project will be established and put into operation in June, this year (2016). However, the existing production capacity cannot meet existing order and potential order demand. In order to effectively cover China east middle and south regional markets, overseas export market, as well as China domestic inland wind power market demand, CME decided to invest in this project. According to the announcement, this second phase project total investment is 296 million Yuan (US$ 45.41 million), in which 196 million Yuan (US$ 15.34 million) will be invested in the fixed assets, while the remaining 100 million Yuan ...