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Electronics

Conventus Now Authorized Distributor for Evonik's Vestakeep PEEK Compounds in U.S. & Canada

Evonik’s PEEK compounds expand Conventus’ already strong portfolio of high-temperature thermoplastic resins and compounds.

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Ascend Acquires Italy's Poliblend and Esseti Plast

Acquisiton of the two Italian companies expands Ascent Performance Materials’ portfolio and production footprint.

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Medical

Melt Pumps Play Key Role in Nonwovens Production

Processors producing melt-blown nonwovens for face masks are finding that pumps provide needed precision and efficiency in the extrusion process.

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PolyQuest to Expand rPET Production and Evaluating Polyolefins PCR Business

At least one additional FDA rPET production line is planned by PolyQuest at its Darlington facility.

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Extrusion

Maag Buys Industrial Controls Company

Addition of XanTec to expand Maag Group’s digital offerings.

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Engel Announces Virtual Event to Showcase Planned Fakuma Rollouts

The injection molding machine and automation supplier says its e-xperience virtual event to be held Oct. 13-16 will feature exhibits, a presentation program, and one-on-one meetings with local contacts and other experts.

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sustainability

U.S. Plastics Pact Focuses on Creating a Circular Economy for Plastics

A key target is taking actions to effectively recycle or compost 50% of plastic packaging by 2025.

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Molder Pairs With Non-Profit to Ramp Up Fast Production of Affordable Ventilators

PMC SMART Solutions and Venti-Now Non-Profit worked together to determine the optimum product design and best assembly and testing processes to make production of as many as 1000 units/week as efficient as possible.

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Postconsumer

Klöckner Pentaplast Expands its Recycled PET Capacity in North America

The multi-million dollar capacity expansion will be located among the eight North American locations that are best situated to serve its sustainable consumer and protein packaging customer base.

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economics

Molds for Plastics Monthly Trade Monitor

This monthly trade statistics report—developed by Perc Pineda, PhD, Plastics Industry Association’s Chief Economist—includes monthly and year-over-year analysis of U.S. plastics mold trade. In this report, exports and imports of plastics molds are broken down by HTS number and by country, providing deeper insights on export market growth and import trends by product and country of origin.

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