Compounding

Multiscrew 3 Jan 2006

New Bayer Process To Cut Cost of Carbon Nanotubes

Bayer MaterialScience in Germany and Pittsburgh is sampling customers with carbon nanotubes produced under the name Baytubes.

Engineering Resins 1 Jan 2006

SPE Automotive Awards Highlight Materials and Processing Advances

What’s new in plastics on cars?

Additives 1 Jan 2006

Nanoscale Additive Blends Both Compatibilize and Toughen

A new family of acrylic block copolymers is said to be easily mixed into nanoscale dispersions with various thermoplastics, thermosets, and elastomers—and to be miscible with those matrix polymers.

Additives 1 Dec 2005

Headlines for the Next 50 Years

Ever wonder what it would be like to get tomorrow’s newspaper today? After reviewing the most important technical developments of the past 50 years in our October issue, we asked industry experts to help us imagine the biggest headlines in plastics from now to 2055. What we got was a mixture of predictions of what will happen and a wish list of what should happen.

Multiscrew 1 Oct 2005

50 Ideas That Changed Plastics

Very few readers of this issue can remember, or even imagine, what it was like when an injection molding machine did not have a screw, but only a smooth-bore plunger.

Multiscrew 1 Sep 2005

Wood-Plastic Composites: Weathering Quality Issues

Exterior wood-fiber composites like decks and rails haven't lived up to some of the early claims of long, maintenance-free life.

Multiscrew 1 Jul 2005

Additives for Polyolefins: Newest Advances Add Ruggedness, Good Looks & Easier Processing

At a recent conference, suppliers revealed novel coupling agents for wood composites and nanocomposites, unusual nucleator masterbatches for OPP and thermoformed containers, and enhanced heat and light stabilizers, flame retardants, and processing aids.