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Elastic film demand spurs SIS block polymer investments in Asia
Investments in capacity in China and Taiwan would make Taiwanese elastomer producer TSRC Corp. the largest producer of styrene-isoprene-styrene (SIS) block polymers in the world.
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Mill-and-mail moldmaking no more
鈥淭he days of just putting a mold on the shipping dock and hoping the customer comes and pats you on the back are long over.鈥
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How do you consume, utilize media?
You’re likely over the age of 50 and you research products and services at least once a week; place a lot of stock in a company’s brand; and value technical articles over vendor websites.
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Injection molded metals have their say at medical event
Injection molded plastics have long found new applications by replacing metals; but these days it is often injection molded metals that are replacing metal components formed by casting, machining, or other processes.
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Proprietary barrier pits PET against PP/EVOH packaging
Can PET paired with a proprietary scavenger technology displace PP/EVOH barrier packaging in common food applications?
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2013 was good for N.A. equipment suppliers; Can 2014 Overcome a Slow Start?
The North American plastics equipment market saved its best for last in 2013, delivering shipments valued at $335.1 million in the fourth quarter—the best three-month stretch of the year and up 3% from the previous quarter. Will that momentum hold in 2014, however?
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Reshoring, Taiwanese style
One of the first waves of offshoring to China is ebbing back, as Taiwanese companies rethink manufacturing on the mainland.
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A Piece of History Comes Home
Almost 50 years and 40,000 machines after it started making them, Milacron now has the third injection molding machine it ever built back in its possession and on display.
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'Germ Warfare’: New Materials Withstand Sterilization, Disinfectant Barrage
At recent Plastec West show, material suppliers introduced grades that can withstand more and more varied sterilizations and/or materials that utilize specialty additives to impart antimicrobial properties.
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In praise of ‘dictators’
Collaboration is good, except when it鈥檚 not. Sometimes instead of many voices seeking harmony, a project needs one [forceful] voice to be successfully completed.
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100% biobased polyester charts course to commercialization
Avantium's PEF (polyethylene furanoate) holds much promise as a 100% biobased polyester, and now the company is taking steps to help the bioplastic fully realize that potential.
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Could your RFQ process be jeopardized by a retirement?
The moldmaking industry has lately lamented its talent depletion by demographic shift, as aging toolmakers step away from their benches for the last time, primarily focusing on the shopfloor and steel-cutting implications, but what about the front office and quoting?
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