Press Releases

DSM has been awarded the Executive Order (EO) for Akulon^® Fuel Lock FL40-HP, a blow moldable, polyamide 6-based mono-material. This award, granted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), certifies that the material meets the low permeation of hydrocarbons requirements for small, off-road engine fuel tanks.

Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, today announced that it is going to invest approximately €100 million in three new R&D facilities in Delft and Sittard-Geleen (both in the Netherlands) over the next two years. 

DSM has announced the winning design in its competition to find a winning sports innovation, designed in Arnitel® Eco.

China Lumena New Materials Corporation and DSM Engineering Plastics signed a framework agreement last March 29, 2012 in Chengdu, China. The two companies agreed to further explore a potential cooperation in the marketing and sales of Stanyl® polyamide 46 in China and Haton® PPS outside of China. Furthermore, the companies will investigate the potential for a joint development in respect of PPS/PA46 alloys as well as other areas of cooperation.

Industry trends such as miniaturization, integration or “thinnovation”, combined with the move towards Cloud Computing, will mean that areas such as the server market will depend increasingly on reflow soldering assembly technology. The required power supplies to drive each of these systems can easily reach 500V or more. As a consequence, plastic materials used in such server systems will need to meet stringent electrical, thermal and mechanical characteristics. DSM’s Stanyl® ForTii™ shows exceptionally high performance characteristics with a very balanced profile on all of these requirements.

High pressure cylinders for motor vehicles that use Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for their propulsion can now benefit from zero permeation, cost competitive, lightweight advanced materials.

API Institute has developed successfully a monofilament of Arnitel^® Eco from DSM for Almteq’s Inspire 3-D printing systems. Almteq aims to use only bio-based materials for its printers and was looking for a flexible material to add to its portfolio. Arnitel Eco fit the need for a flexible or elastic bio-based material able to offer the right technical performance. API Institute develops and produces bio-based monofilament solutions for 3D printing in new innovative materials.

DSM, one of the world’s leading suppliers of engineering thermoplastics, has embraced the Cradle-to-Cradle (C2C) concept which is applied in office furniture and baby products.

At Chinaplas 2012, the leading international trade fair for the plastics industry in Asia, which is held this year from April 18 to 21 in Shanghai, Royal DSM, the Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, presents its solutions for a Brighter Living as well as its strengthening commitment to Asia in Hall N1 at Stand N1-E41.

Baleno, a high-end LED lighting manufacturer with a broad portfolio of LED solutions, has selected Stanyl® TC from DSM for their complete range of exclusively styled LED retrofit lamps.

DSM Engineering Plastics makes a strategic move to quicker anticipate customer needs around the globe.

DSM Engineering Plastics announces that its global headquarters have moved to Singapore. The Company, which has development, sales and manufacturing facilities located in The Netherlands, USA, Japan, China, Taiwan, India, Belgium and Russia has moved a number of its key functions to Asia in order to underline its commitment to the Asian market which is expected to represent the major share of the company’s growth in the coming years.

DSM is to make further investments in its Kaohsiung polymerization facility in Taiwan to upgrade and develop the company’s Specialty Polyamide capabilities for its Novamid^® and Akulon® Polyamide engineering plastic business. The Kaohsiung site has been a part of DSM since 2010 and already produces specialty Polyamide 6 and 6/66 materials for its Novamid product line.

To meet the needs of Nova Elektrik, a leading Turkish producer of electromechanical components for the white goods industry, DSM Engineering Plastics offered a halogen free grade of Akulon® PA6, K225 KV, which is able to pass glow wire test on end product and to meet challenging design. Akulon K225 KV is the first halogen free material of its kind.

Arnitel® Eco is an Innovative, More Sustainable, High-Performance Partly Bio-based Thermoplastic Elastomer that Supports Greater Environment-Friendliness in End-user Applications

Because of continual increases in the cost of key raw materials, DSM Engineering Plastics will increase prices by at least 10% for their Arnitel® and Arnite® products. This will be effective from 1 November 2011 and apply on a global basis.

DSM Engineering Plastics and RESINEX have entered into a distribution agreement, to join forces in the market development and sales of DSM Engineering Plastics resins in Switzerland.

As a result of continued escalations in the costs of key raw materials, DSM Engineering Plastics will increase the price of the following product line compounds and resins effective for all orders shipped on or after October 24, 2011. 

As a result of continued escalations in the costs of key raw materials, DSM Engineering Plastics will increase the price of Akulon^® polyamide polymer for use in fiber and extrusion effective for all orders shipped on or after August 15, 2011. 

Arnitel PB500-H has been approved for dirty and clean air ducts, assembled on the 1.3 JTD engines, on the FIAT Group Automobiles platforms FIAT Minicargo and LANCIA Epsilon (euro V) & for the new LANCIA Epsilon. Dirty air ducts convey the air before the air filter, whereas clean air ducts are situated in the engine between the air filter and the turbo-compressor.

DSM’s Arnitel® Eco, derived from renewable resources, is creating higher value with lower environmental impact in the M&Q Packaging Corporation PanSaver ECO® high-temperature ovenable pan liners.

Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. and Royal DSM N.V. announce they have signed a Letter of Intent for a collaboration to evaluate Elevance’s unique monomers for production of specialty bio-based high performance thermoplastic materials, for DSM’s engineering plastics portfolio.

Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company today introduces a new company brand: Bright Science. Brighter Living™. The new brand is symbolic of the transition to the ‘new’ DSM.

Due to unprecedented and continued escalations in key raw materials costs (such as adipic, glass fiber, flame retardants and others), DSM Engineering Plastics is forced to increase prices for its Stanyl® product range on top of 2010 price increases.

As a result of continued escalations in the costs of key raw materials, DSM Engineering Plastics will increase prices on a global basis for its ARNITEL^® and ARNITE^® products. Effective 1 Feb 2011, DSM will increase prices for these products by at least 15% on a global basis.

DSM Engineering Plastics announces it has reached an agreement for the sale of its Yparex^® adhesives business to RESIN (Products & Technology) B.V., a Netherlands-based compounding company. The sale is expected to close in Q1 2011, subject to regulatory and other customary approvals and notifications.