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Winzeler Gear Thrives With a Little Help from Its Friends

Strategic partnerships give a small molder the technical clout of a much bigger firm.

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Film Extrusion

Chinaplas Show Offers News For Packaging, Automotive, Electronics

Fast-growing plastics fair showcases the region鈥檚 growing appetite for sophisticated food packaging, and more.

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Automotive

Ferro To Exit Specialty Plastics And Polymer Additives Businesses

Ferro's specialty plastics 大象传媒 will be part of A.Schulman before year's end; Ferro is also seeking to sell its polymer additives 大象传媒.

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Medical

Styron To Exit Domestic Commodity PC Resin Business

Specialty blends such as chemically-resistant Emerge PC/PET used for medical device housings, as well as other higher-margin compounds for lighting, electronics and automotive, are Styron's new focus in North America.

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Styron To Exit Commodity PC Resin Business

Specialty PC compounds and blends in North America is Styron's new focus.

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Automotive

Borealis Pushes PP In Automotive Development Projects

New high-fluidity PP grades from Borealis applied to new vehicles from the Renault-Nissan Alliance exemplify the trend of using a focused PP product portfolio on common global OEM platforms.

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Automotive

Collaboration Yields First Transparent, Conductive PC Film

Big application for new film is touch screens to speed response times.

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Automotive

Solvay And e-Xstream to Speed Up Metal-To-Plastic Substitution For Car Makers

The MMI Technyl Design, an advanced simulation service for automotive OEMs jointly created by Solvay and e-Xstream, is said to accurately predict the performance of injection-molded parts, which when replacing metals, ultimately contributes to reduction of weight and part production costs.

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Automotive

Solvay And e-Xstream Join To Speed Up Metal-To-Plastic Sub For Car Makers

The MMI Technyl Design advanced simulation service set up by Solvay and e-Xstream for automotive OEMs can accurately predict the performance of injection-molded parts, which when replacing metals, ultimately contribute to weight reduction and production costs.

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Packaging

U.S. plastics machinery shipments on the rise

Deliveries of plastics machinery and equipment in the U.S. climbed 11% in the first quarter, a show of strength in a weakening global market.

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