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Processor Business Continues Growth
July’s Index is up nearly 7% from last July. Custom processors report second-highest Index since 2013.
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Market Trends in Polymer Additive Manufacturing
Unlike the BetaMax/VHS technology debate, all the established polymer print technologies have a viable long-term role to play in the 3D-printing industry.
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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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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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LyondellBasell Completes Acquisition of A. Schulman
Company forms new Advanced Polymer Solutions ´óÏó´«Ã½ segment.
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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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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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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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Covestro Sells U.S. PC Sheets Business to Plaskolite
This marks Plaskolite’s entry in the PC sheet ´óÏó´«Ã½ and further expands the acrylics sheet manufacturer portfolio.
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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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