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Solvay Launches New Thermoplastic Lightweighting Materials for Aerospace
'Tegralite' is the name of a new family of thermoplastic composites developed by Solvay and three alliance partners.
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Solvay's Advanced Thermoplastics In Polimotor 2 Car Engine
Up to ten parts of the Polimotor 2 engine will be made of at least seven of Solvay's advanced engineering polymers.
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Top DuPont Award Goes To Flex-Rigid Mono-Material Container
A mono-material package that marries flexible and rigid packaging wins top DuPont 2015 Packaging Innovation Award.
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Switch to Bioplastic Helps Molder ‘Go Green’
Labcon opts for surgarcane-derived HDPE to make its packaging more earth-friendly.
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PE, PS, PVC Prices Up, PP Down
The pricing trajectory has been upwards for three of the four commodity resins, though it may be slowing for two.
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In-Situ Nucleated PP Rivals Conventional Nucleation
A technology that produces a nucleating effect during the polymerization of PP boasts numerous advantages over adding a nucleating agent during pelletization.
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Italian Equipment Makers Aim For U.S. Expansion
Expansion plans by some Italian plastics equipment manufacturers are focused on North America
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Milan Plast Was Good With Plans To Be Even Better
Big international turnout at the triennial international fair for the plastics and rubber industry, Milan Plast: check out the Plastics Technology slideshow.
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Kuraray Expands Into Biobased Barrier Materials Through Plantic Acquisition
Japan's Kuraray has acquired Australia's Plantic Technologies and now enters the biobased barrier food packaging market sector.
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PE, PS, PVC Prices Moving Upwards
Global and domestic supply constrictions reverse the recent downward trend in prices for commodity resins.
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Molder Cuts Post-Purge Costs and Downtime in Half
By switching to a new purging compound, IMCO now can complete a changeover in 10 min.
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Engineering Thermoplastics Are Going ‘Green’
As high-performance materials follow the path taken by some commodity resins, farming could replace drilling as suppliers rely more on plants than oil or gas for feedstocks.
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