Automotive

New Ownership Heads PolySource

Resin distributor’s senior leaders secure stake in company.

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2019 SPE Auto Innovation Award Winners

There were many ‘firsts’ with broad transferability.

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Construction

Volume Resin Prices Down-to-Flat Going into First Quarter of 2020

Prices of polyolefins, PS, PVC could bottom out; PET, nylon 6 could drop further while flat to modestly down trajectory projected for ABS, PC, and nylon 66. 

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Automotive

2019 Ends with Lower Prices for Commodity Resins

Global demand slowdown and oversupply end the year with a buyers’ market.

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Cut Operating Costs—and Headaches with the Right Hydraulic Oil

A big automotive molder found that switching hydraulic oils had a major impact on downtime, maintenance, and energy efficiency.

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Construction

Lower Prices for Five Volume Commodity Resins

Global demand slowdown and in some cases oversupply are ending the year with a buyers’ market. 

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Electronics

Texas A&M and U.K. Researchers Team up to Advance Research into Sustainable Polycarbonate

Teysha Technologies’ ‘Plug-and-Play’ technology utilizes bio-sourced feedstock.

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sustainability

Texas A&M & Teysha Technologies Team Up to Advance Research into Sustainable Polycarbonate

The ‘plug-and-play’ technology utilizes bio-sourced feedstocks.

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Additives

K 2019 Slideshow: New Resins, New Applications in Materials

Ascend, Borealis, Borouge, Braskem, Dow, ExxonMobil, Nova, SABIC, and Solvay came to Düsseldorf with new applications, including pouches, shrink film, cable ties, flip tops, all-plastic bikes, as well as new materials.

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Automotive

Arburg & Dieffenbacher Collaborate on Molding Thermoplastic Composites

Arburg’s Fiber Direct Compounding injection unit plus Dieffenbacher’s vertical press yields a system for structural automotive TP composites.

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