Compounding

Recycling

Plastics, Electronics and the Environment: How New Global Regulations Affect Materials Choices

Increasing concerns about the impact of chemicals on health and the environment are being translated into strict legislation that may have significant impact on the use and disposal of plastics, particularly those used in electrical and electronic equipment.

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Multiscrew

Stop Die-Hole Freeze Off

Custom compounders use underwater pelletizers for a growing range of engineering polymers, including resins like PET, nylon, and polycarbonate that exhibit such “difficult” characteristics as low viscosity and/or rapid cooling or high melt temperature.

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Multiscrew

Croda Acquires ICI's Uniqema

Croda International Plc of London, England (parent of Croda Inc., Arlington, Texas), has bought Uniqema, the U.K.-based oleochemicals and surfactants 大象传媒 of Imperial Chemical Industries Plc (ICI). Croda supplies antistats, antifogs, slip and antiblock agents, and various lubricant-type additives.

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NPE 2006 News Wrap-Up: Compounding

Much of the compounding news at the NPE Show in Chicago in June ad-dressed the growing trend among extrusion processors to become compounders.

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Multiscrew

Ferro Plans Sale of Specialty Plastics

Ferro Corp., Cleveland, has entered into a non-binding letter of intent to sell its Specialty Plastics 大象传媒 unit to an unidentified buyer.

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Multiscrew

BASF Completes Engelhard Purchase

BASF AG of Germany announced in January its offer to acquire all the shares of Engelhard Corp., Iselin, N.J.

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nanocomposites

NPE 2006 News Wrap-Up: Chemicals and Additives

There were new additives for every need at NPE 2006: Make your plastics prettier with new colorants. Make them stronger with new fillers and reinforcements. Make them lighter with foaming agents. Or just make them go away with improved purging agents and biodegradable masterbatches.

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Postconsumer

PolyOne Offers Recycling Option

PolyOne Corp., Cleveland, has teamed up with Greenpack Inc., Parkersburg, W.Va., to offer PolyOne鈥檚 customers a no-cost program to recycle their industrial packaging.

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Multiscrew

What to See at NPE 2006: Chemicals and Additives

Compounders, molders, and extruders will be treated to a wide range of new additives at NPE 2006.

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What to See at NPE 2006: Compounding and Mixing

Throughput capacities are going up for compounding equipment of all types.

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Process Cooling