Polyester producer Teijin is to stage a free jazz concert in
The concert is expected to attract two to three thousand people, and will reflect the company's green philosophy. On stage, Koh Mr Saxman will wear the company's environmentally-friendly recyclable casual jackets. After the jackets are worn out, they can be collected and recycled into new polyester materials through Teijin's "
At last, the official EPCA photos we were all looking forward to. EPCA posted them on the website on Wednesday, where delegates are able to download them by using their conference username and password. A few selected highlights have been chosen for the Blog's readers (photos copyright EPCA).
Los Angeles Fashion Week (LAFW) is showcasing plastics in fashion, and it looks like the reporters from the "Plastics Make It Possible" team at the American Chemistry Council are having a wild time at the catwalk shows.
Late into Thursday night, they were posting a string of photos of models wearing plastics and a possible journalistic first: an interview with a catwalk model on the benefits of wearing plastics.
According to the American Chemistry Council's new website which launched today, plastic is the newest trend in couture, and to make the point the site will present the Gen Art "Fresh Faces in Fashion" Los Angeles Show on 29 October, hosted by actress Kaley Cuoco, star of the popular CBS sitcom, The Big Bang Theory.
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The Blog was particularly entranced by this link to "How Many Bottles to Make a Handbag."
(photo: plasticsmakeitpossible.com)
I had to laugh yesterday when I saw a leaflet for a local stand-up comedy gig starring an up-and-coming comedian called Stuart Goldsmith. Just why it should be so amusing to picture olefins trader Stuart Goldsmith as a stand-up comedian is hard to explain to those readers who don't know him.
I remember being impressed to see a review of a new Picasso biography by art historian John Richardson, when we all know the more famous John Richardson, blogger of Asian Chemicals Connections.
A simple Google search shows that very few of us have sole rights to our own name.
My namesake is a Viennese opera singer, my daughter's is a supermodel, and my husband's is busy scoring goals for Port Vale when he can take time off from being an Australian surfing champion.
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(photo: EPCA 2009)
Beth Tweddle, new world champion in the gymnastic floor exercises was being interviewed on the radio as I drove in this morning, and very charming she was, but I didn't realise how closely she was connected to the world of petrochemicals.
Now my North of England Chemicals correspondent Judith tells me that Beth lives in her village and is the local celebrity. Another young girl in Judith's son's class at high school is following in Beth's footsteps and doing exceptionally well.
And in another freakish chemicals connection, it turns out that fellow blogger Paul Hodges used to work with Jerry Tweddle, Beth's father, now at INEOS, and posted a video of Beth on his own blog this very morning.
(photo: Elizabeth Tweddle of
The Blog traded free tickets to the Goodwood Festival of Speed with Max Kingsley Jones, editor of Commercial Aviation, in return for this posting on chemicals in Formula One racing ...
It may be a surprise to hear that among the many varied roles found within a Formula 1 Grand Prix racing team, there is one for a fully qualified doctorate of polymers and plastics.
At Renault F1 - based in Enstone near
With Formula 1 racing car designers having to obey three masters - regulation, weight and aerodynamics - it is not surprising that carbonfibre - thanks to its high strength and low weight properties - has long been a fundamental of car construction. It is used for everything from brakes and suspension parts to bodywork and heatshields.
The Blog's "Celebs in Chemicals" category has been a bit short of sightings recently, so hats off to Joe Chang who spotted Jessica Biel, star of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre at the launch of the Dow Live Earth Run for Water - at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in
For more details on the event, see
The death of Michael Jackson has created over 7,000 tonnes of polycarbonate demand because of all the CDs and DVDs being sold, producer Bayer revealed during a conference call on Wednesday to present its quarterly results.
Knowing the Blog's long-standing fascination with Lego, the ultimate petrochemical toy (and a loyal customer of ICIS), my friend Lara has sent me this article about one celebrity's intention to build a full-size house out of Lego and live in it for two days.
James May, co-presenter of motoring TV programme "Top Gear", is building the Lego house in Dorking, Surrey, UK, and more than three million Lego bricks have already been delivered to the site.
"I've got a man working on a flushing Lego lavatory. We think it's possible," May said.
More Lego blog postings:
Barack Obama's Lego Inauguration
