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Color Innovator Swain Dies at 90

Founder of Chroma Color was a member of Plastics Hall of Fame and Plastics Pioneers Association.

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Medical

Aurora Plastics Acquires Elastocon

Aurora Plastics’ most recent acquisition further broadens its TPE offerings with Elastocon’s industry-recognized soft-touch portfolio. 

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New, Largest Boy Machine Arrives in U.S.

Open house displays first model of Boy 125 E to hit our shores.

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Resin Conveying

New Owners for Ensign Equipment

Ensign’s platform increases to four facilities with over 120,000 ft2 of production space.

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Automotive

INEOS Styrolution to Build Production Site for Thermoplastic Composite Stylight

Demand for automotive, electronics and sports industries drives INEOS Styrolution to invest in a dedicated production site for its Stylight composite product line. 

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Blow Molding

PPA Inducts Eight New Members

Plastics Pioneers Association adds to membership roster following April meeting.

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Materials

Arkema and 3DXTech Bring FluorX Material To Ultimaker’s Cura Marketplace

The new PVDF-based filament is specifically designed for printing highly technical 3D parts that require extreme performance.

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Postindustrial

Starlinger Lines Now at Three Locations of rPET Producer CarbonLITE

Starlinger recycling technology will deliver PET recycling lines with a total installed capacity of 5.4 tons/hour for CarbonLITE’s new site in Pennsylvania at the end of the year.

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Postconsumer

PLASTICS Re|focus Summit Announces National Geographic As Closing Plenary

Valerie Craig, vice president of operating programs for the National Geographic Society, will be the closing plenary speaker for the 2019 Re|focus Sustainability & Recycling Summit to be held on May 20-22 in Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Machine Builders Join Forces On Novel ‘Direct-to-Sheet’ Technology

PTi, Farrel Pomini team on sustainable technology platform that combines compounding and sheet extrusion at extremely high filler loadings.

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