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New Type of Carbon Fiber for Thermoplastics Gets Funding
SGL Group is pursuing development of a carbon fiber with enhanced elongation and optimized surface structure.
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High-Moisture Barrier sHDPE Gets Increasing Play in Flexible Food Packaging
sHDPE from Nova Chemical offers excellent moisture barrier in "easy open" cereal and cracker packages.
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Frost Effect Applied to First Plastic Water Bottle
Ampacet "frosted-look" special effects additive 'lands' on first-ever frosted water bottle.
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Sheet Extruder Bixby & Bioplastics Firm Green Dot Bolster R&D Partnership
It may be safe to say by now that we can expect to see more and more ‘collaborations’ between plastics processors of a wide range of consumer goods and suppliers of bioplastics as they look for more sustainable options for their products.
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Victrex Acquires Kleiss Gears to Bolster PEEK Gears Business
Victrex, West Conshohocken, Penn., has enhanced its ability to provide complete ‘integrated’ service through its acquisition of PEEK polymer gears specialist Kleiss Gears, Grantsburg, Wisc.
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Ingeo Biopolymer Tops 'Smallest Carbon Footprint' List
NatureWorks' online calculator offers brand owners and researchers a tool for comparing GHG emissions and the non-renewable energy use of products made from different plastics.
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Sounds Weird, But...Plastic Roads May Actually 'Surface'
Our infrastructure problem is not going away any time soon.
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PP, PS Prices Up; PE, PVC Prices Flat
Prices moved up for PS and PP but stayed flat for PE and PVC, despite price increases on the table.
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ASTM Launches New Plastic Film QA Testing Tool
An innovative statistical qualitative assurance tool for plastic film testing has been just launched by ASTM International, W.
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Processor ‘Ties’ Business To Railroad Infrastructure
IntegriCo Composites expands and adds new capabilities to produce compression molded railroad ties from recycled materials.
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Expect Graphene to Make its Mark in Multiple Markets
There has been a lot of buzz about graphene in recent times and for good reason. A material stronger and stiffer than carbon fiber, graphene is thought to have enormous commercial potential, but has been impractical to use on a large scale, with researchers limited to using small flakes of the material.
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Will Rise of Benzene Prices Impact Those of Nylons, ABS & PC as They Have PS?
Rising benzene prices have already impacted prices of PS and nylon 6 appears to be next.
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