Consumer Products

Automotive

February 2017—55

Custom processors grew at their fastest rate since January 2015.

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Prices Up for All Commodity Resins, Including ABS, PC, Nylons 6, 66

Reversal of some factors driving prices up could change the trajectory in the second or third quarter.

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Dramatic New Potential for Circuitry Printed on Plastics

Novel nano-silver and nano-copper inks reduce costs and complexity, while opening up new applications.

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Arburg ‘Technology Days’-6700 Visitors and Several Novelties

The first metal-powder injection molded smartphone frame, PP-IML containers molded in under 2 sec, a new additive-manufacturing development center, and hints of innovations yet to come.

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Medical

The M&A Climate in a New Political Environment

Business owners are asking what to expect going forward and whether there is a meaningful threat to plastics company values.

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Medical

North American Plastics Machinery Shipments Contract Again

Compared to the final quarter of 2015, North American shipments of plastics machinery were 7.4% lower.

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Construction

Global Petrochemical Growth to be Led by China

This despite economic slowdown and overcapacity says IHS Markit.

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PC Continues to Hit the Bullseye in Archery

Covestro’s Makrolon 2805 has been used for injection molded arrow nocks for more than 30 years.

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Electronics

January 2017—54.7

Custom processors grow at fastest clip since March.

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Chinaplas 2017 Focuses on Industry 4.0, Design and Medical Plastics

Chinaplas 2017 (May 16-19, China Import and Export Fair Complex, Pazhou, Guangzhou) will once again host three concurrent conferences along with its massive exhibition.

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Plastics Size Reduction
Process Cooling