Automotive

Commodity Resins

PMC Acquired by the Simona Group

The acquisition broadens PMC’s reach globally.

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Automotive

General Polymers Relocates Corporate Headquarters

Move to Auburn Hills brings company closer to many OEMs, Tier 1’s, plastic part designers and manufacturers.

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Automotive

Materials: High-Heat Glass-Reinforced Nylon 66 Compounds Outperform Comparable Nylon 66

Teknor’s new Creamis 240H7.5 can replace costly specialty polymers like PPA.

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Automotive

Welding: Advanced Ultrasonic Servo Presses

MS Ultrasonic Group’s new family of welders features an integrated servo drive and patented technology.

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LyondellBasell Completes Acquisition of A. Schulman

Company forms new Advanced Polymer Solutions ´óÏó´«Ã½ segment.

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Medical

SABIC & Nottinham Spirk In Collaboration to Accelerate Innovation Across Multiple Industries

The Cleveland-based ´óÏó´«Ã½ innovation and product design firm to work with Noryl PPE, Ultem PEI, LNP engineered compounds and more. 

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Packaging

Taipei Plas Adds Shoemaking Technology, Draws Country’s Vice President

Exhibitors held steady from 2016 edition, while total booths were higher; exports are on the rise despite broader global trade anxiety.

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Construction

Covestro Launches Brand Name for Thermoplastic Composites

‘Maezio’ composites are based on continuous carbon or glass fibers impregnated with PC, TPU and other thermoplastics.

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Victrex Develops PAEK for Additive Manufacturing; Leads Consortium for Advancing AM Technologies

New generation materials rival earlier versions for both laser sintering and fusion filament fabrication processes.

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Automotive

Plastics Processing Ends Best Six-Month Period in Recent History

June 2018’s reading of 56.3 pulls half-year index to 57.1.

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Process Cooling
Plastics Size Reduction
Blending & Dosing