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Winners of SPE Auto Innovation Awards in Materials and Body
Lots of "firsts" highlighted the 2015 SPE Automotive Innovation Awards.
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The Promise of "4D Printing"
MIT scientist is shaping the next development to 3D printing: 4D printing, where the fourth dimension is time.
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Foreign PE Investments Underway in North America
Ineos technology to star at two new U.S. HDPE plants and two in Mexico.
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Two Dow Flexible Packaging Technologies Among R&D 100 Awards
Both the PE Stand-Up Pouch and PacXpert bottles are making commercial advances globally.
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Additives: Multi-Purpose Modifiers Pump Up Properties of Virgin & Recycled Plastics
A new slate of compatibilizers, chain extenders, and process aids improve properties and processability of resin alloys and mixed post-consumer recycle.
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Aussie Additives Newcomer has Alternative to Hardcoating for Mar/Scruff Resistance of Polar Plastics
Starting with acrylic automotive parts, TenasiTech is focussing its novel plastic additives activity to North America, Europe, Asia.
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Plasmatreat Completes 20th Year in Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Tech
Plasmatreat just had its 20th birthday, celebrated at a party with over 300 guests at the company’s new headquarters’ site in Steinhagen, Germany.
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Takeaway from IHS Presentation on PE Outlook
IHS expects flat prices to end the year, followed by one increase in Q1 2016, and lower prices in Q2 and Q3.
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New Family of High-Performancen Packaging LLDPE-Like Resins
Dow's just announced Innate Precision Packaging Resins boast unmatched abuse resistance and excellent processability.
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Evonik Invests in Thermoplastic Composite Pipelines
New pipelines feature inner plastic pipe covered with a composite of unidirectional tapes which are then sheathed by the plastic--HDPE, PP, nylon 12, and PEEK can be used.
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