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A Rose is not only a past, in spite of the Edict of Gertrude Stein, especially when it was created by leading French rose nursery Roses Old André Eve. Eve made his reputation with glorious varieties of the old style that bloom from spring to fall. To see in the Tuileries was the last winner of the nursery, the Garden of Granville, the name of the rose-adorned with the couturier Christian Dior Normandie, whose childhood home in Granville is now a museum. The new rose will be used by Dior in perfumes and cosmetics.With pale pink petals edged with white open in a dark pink center around a walleye, Granville won the Paris Jardins de Bagatelle annual international competition for the best new rose. Its subtle flavor is showing its power when the flowers are grouped in clusters indoors. www.rose-old-eve.com

One of the most exciting proposals of the series was a green "umbrella".Packed with designer Germain Dais Plants, made of a steel base and a steel cable or a wire mesh polyethylene, can be planted with vines, honeysuckle, jasmine or clematis that sways in the breeze to provide the sweet, natural cooling shade of a tree. A canopy shelters a minimum of 60 square feet area, and a pair can be joined to produce a vine-covered arbor delicious to eat.

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On a terrace or balcony, garden or courtyard, the French designer Patrick Nadeau new-look fountain thermo-lacquered steel for the new brand Laorus French company offers a compact, colorful option for a multitude of uses .Available in chartreuse, orange, purple or blue Majorelle, flat fountain, L-shaped beaks are a tap on a network with three legs shaped basin with a tap seconds. A curve of the model in a top shelf of a flower pot, another has a hook on the back to complete a garden hose. Both work well for hand washing, boots, fruits and vegetables, water plants or sets of waves with the kids.

Santoprene TPV 85TL bonds with metal to simplify automotive ...

ExxonMobil Chemical's Santoprene™ thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) 8291-85TL bonds directly to metal to simplify weatherseal fabrication. This grade is suitable for virtually any automotive weatherseal application where metal and TPV surfaces can be joined in a co-extrusion process. Santoprene TPV 8291-85TL is used as a tie layer between a TPV and the metal portions of a weatherseal. Because of a strong cohesive chemical bond with the metal, it eliminates solvent-based primer and adhesive systems as well as the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) they generate.

Elastomer-to-metal weatherseal applications typically have relied on a combination of thermoset rubber and commercial adhesives to create a bond. Adhesive systems can be complex to apply, generally requiring mechanical cleaning or sand blasting, chemical vapor degreasing, solvent wiping, and masking to prevent excess primer or adhesive, both of which can affect sealing functionality and aesthetics. "This specialty grade can significantly cut labor costs by reducing the number of steps involved compared with an adhesive bonding system," said Lisa Dimitrijevs, market manager, automotive weatherseals, ExxonMobil Chemical. "We expect it will create many TPV-to-metal application opportunities."

Santoprene TPV 8291-85TL creates a consistent bond enabling the manufacture of high quality parts with complex designs. Bonding successfully to cold rolled steel, galvanized steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper and more, Santoprene TPV 8291-85TL can be used in automotive weatherseal applications including metal supported belt line seals or division bars, lower sash seals and door trim. Other non-automotive applications include sealing devices, grips and sound dampening panels. The adhesion strength of Santoprene TPV 8291-85TL to stainless steel and aluminum is comparable to using a commercial adhesive system. In tests on finished coextruded profiles, peel strengths of 30 to 55 pounds per linear inch were obtained.
Automotive weatherseal applications benefit from Santoprene TPV because it offers reduced weight, lower system costs, design flexibility and recyclability with the equivalent long-term sealing performance and weatherability of thermoset rubber.

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