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Industry Associations Line Up to Support PTXPO
Plastics Industry Association, AMBA, MAPP and CAMM are among the leading trade groups supporting this new North American trade show.
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Service Helps Manufacturers Buy Energy When the Time is Right
Insulating manufacturers from market volatility can pay off big, as one firm can attest.
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Film Disruption: Peak Nano Upends Major Markets with Game-Changing Technology
Born in a university setting, young firm is rewriting the rules by commercializing film structures with thousands of layers for optical and capacitor markets and is pushing hard in high-end barrier packaging.
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Covid Slowed Catheter Business? No One Told Putnam
Leader in extrusions and assemblies for minimally invasive devices had double-digit growth amid global pandemic, opened new facility, and continues to advance new technologies.
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A Billion Pounds of PVC Pellets ... and Still Counting
PVC compounder Roscom credits 40-yr relationship with Italian machine builder Bausano for reaching this milestone.
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Reflecting on a Frenetic 2021
We can’t say our goodbyes to 2021 without first reflecting on some of the interesting things that went down.
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Compact Line Turns Blown Film Processing Upside Down
Space-saving blown film line blows bubble down and is height-adjustable to optimize film temperature for the material.
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Polyolefin Pressure Pipe Can Now be Biaxially Oriented
Technology introduced by SABIC reportedly improves properties across the board and cuts resin use by at least 30%.
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Productivity & Profitability ‘Turbo' Charged At Young, Growing Film Processor
Polymer Film & Bag adds extrusion capacity and new technology to make its two-year-old processing ´óÏó´«Ã½ more efficient.
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10 Billion Feet…And Counting
‘Our reason is water.’ Those four words explain a focused strategy that helped Advanced Drainage Systems evolve from a two-man startup into a global supplier of corrugated pipe and water-management solutions with 10 billion+ ft of pipe in service all over the world.
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