Taking chips to the next level. 150110

New materials keep semiconductor industry on path predicted by Moore's law.


1. Lithography at the EDGE of light.   Uncertainty around new exposure tools based on


EXTREME ULYRAVIOLET technology forces suppliers to pursue multiple research themes.


2. Chip polishing shines bright.   Suppliers of CHEMICAL MECHANICAL PLANARIZATION


materials say they are still playing a role in the evolution of chip making.


3.Fat opportunity in thin films.    Semiconductor industry seeks NEW PRECURSORS to deposit


atom-thick critical materials.   Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor are getting ready to commercialize


chips with 10-nm features.


 From  : CEN  JULY 6 , 2015.  P. 31-37


By : Alexander H. Tullo & Michael McCoy, C&EN New York City;


       Jean-Francois Tremblay , C &EN  Hong Kong

A reckoning for phthalates. 150109

 As the plastics additives attract RENEWED SCRUTINY, industry looks for replacements.


The global plasticizer market was about 8 million metric tons  last year, according to IHS chemical,


a market research firm. Phthalates make up about 70% of that volume, IHS says.


Phthalates are also controversial. Concerns -justified or not -have been bubbling up for more than


a decade over their potential to disrupt hormones and cause reproductive and developmental effects.


As a result, the plasticizer industry is in a state of flux, scrambling to adapt to ever-changing demand


from regulators and the marketplace.


Eastman 168 enjoyed 25% growth in 2013 and 16% growth last year, Cullen says ,DEHT makes up


some 12 % of the global market, says IHS chemical's Malveda.


From : CEN JUNE 22, 2015   P.10-18

Packing innovation . 150108

 Dow chemical spends heavily to become the go-to POLYETHYLENE PACKAGING partner.


 Novel package DOW's application lab in Horgen is full of  packaging machines , including one


that can create a film with up to seven layers.


 ADDING TO IP Dow has an exclusive license for PacXpert soft-bottle systems.


PE is a huge business for Dow, The firm's performance plastics division, which includes PE,


generated close to 40 %of its &58.2 billion in 2014 sales.


  From : CEN APRIL 27, 2015

Plastics' big show. 150107

 The enormous NPE 2015 plastics show broke records and ground.


" For food manufacturers , I think it is going to be a way for them to differentiate."


Milacron's booth was one of the stars.  Milacron was showing off its product,the Klear Can,


injection-molding four of them every eight seconds.


 The can is made out of polypropylene that is the packaging resin that can withstand the 120 C


needed to sterilize food. Thus far ,LyondellBasell industries is Milacron's chosen resin supplier.




 From :CEN april 13, 2015