The Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) Auxiliary celebrates its biggest win to date with a Community 50/50 Draw jackpot of over $694,000. Lea Engles of Orillia was thrilled to receive her cheque on January 26, presented by the RVH Auxiliary. “Staying positive and putting your energy out there can bring good things,” says Engles,…
SK Functional Polymer (SKFP) is solutions provider for viscosity and impact modifiers of virgin and recycled HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene). HIPS are commonly used in fridge, toys, models, appliances. Because of the poor stability of its butadiene phase, HIPS need recycling boosters to maintain good impact strength and fluidity consistent over its lifetime and recycling…
Advanced diagnostic imaging is now closer to home for Simcoe Muskoka patients with the official opening of the region’s first PET/CT scanner. Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Doug Downey, MPP for Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte, visited Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) this afternoon to officially celebrate the game-changing technology that can detect cancers…
SK Functional Polymer (SKFP) is the provider of high acid EAA copolymers containing up to 20 wt.% acrylic acid. These resins play a crucial role in high performing paper coatings. High acid EAAs can be dispersed in water-based solutions. Once applied onto paper, these solutions produce a thin coating to achieve coated paper products with…
On November 30th 2022 European regulators put forward a proposal for a regulation on packaging and packaging waste. In the meantime, they also focus on reducing food wasting. This point will require oxygen barrier packaging to extend the shelf life of foodstuffs. Last december 2023 council has adopted new rules for more sustainable packaging in…
SK Functional Polymer (SKFP) introduces Lotader® 4700T, a reactive plastic additive for polyamides and ABS paintability. Lotader® 4700T is a highly reactive terpolymer specifically designed for high impact resistance polyamide compounds. The introduction of Lotader® 4700T comes as an extension of SK functional polymer range of tubular Lotader® terpolymers. It has the same composition as…
Members of the Barrie South Simcoe Métis Council (BSSMC) visited Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) today to present a Métis Sash in honour of the relationship between the two organizations and the efforts made by RVH on behalf of the Métis community. The Métis Sash is one of the most prominent symbols of the…
PRIMACORTM Ethylene Acrylic Acid (EAA) are mainly used as extrudable adhesives between foils, metallized films, paper and plastic films. Their main applications are flexible and rigid aseptic packaging … PRIMACORTM EAA are also used to produce a diversified range of products as carpets backing, wire cables insulation films, toothpaste tubes, nylons compounds…. IONIA® ionomers are…
The winter monitoring of Dalmatian pelicans occurred in December as part of the Pelican Way of LIFE initiative. Coordinated by the Romanian Ornithological Society, the monitoring in Romania engaged 13 teams, covering the wintering areas utilized by Dalmatian pelicans. Nearly half of the total recorded individuals were observed within the territory of the Danube Delta…
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) will be able to provide paediatric patients and their families with more services and supports, thanks to funding from the Provincial government. Honourable Doug Downey, MPP for Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte; Dawn Gallagher Murphy, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health; and Logan Kanapathi, Parliamentary Assistant to Minister of Children, Community and…