End Markets

Medical

Processing/Workplace Safety Tips for Fluoropolymer Medical Tubing

Here's what you need to know and running these emerging materials for medical tubing.

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sustainability

P&G Unveils New Shampoo Bottle from Recycled Beach Plastic

The new Plastics Economy includes shampoo bottles made out of beach plastic.

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Multiple Frame Styles With New Highly-Transparent Nylon Eyewear

Developed by Evonik and Tungfung, Implex preform technology offers greater flexibility for eyeglasses.

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Construction

Thermoplastics Composites Featured in SABIC’s ICEhouse

Innovative structure at 2017 World Economic Forum combined advanced technologies and design.

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Packaging

Plastics Industry Association Sees Strength in Numbers

The Plastics Industry Association discussed a new report on the size and state of the U.S. plastics industry against the backdrop of new political leadership in Washington.

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economics

Welcome to the New Plastics Recycling Economy

A new report provides a clear transition strategy for the plastics industry to design better packaging, increase recycling rates and introduce new models for making better use of packaging.聽

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Packaging

Nova Chemicals Starts Up World-Scale LLDPE Reactor

This reactor is the first new LLDPE reactor in the Americas in over a decade.

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Largest-Ever Rear-Quarter Window Sports Lexan PC

New-generation multi-purpose MPVs feature rear-quarter window that is 40% lighter than comparable glass version.

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Medical

K 2016: Connectivity & Collaboration in Robotics & Automation

Besides a handful of new robots and pickers, the big themes were modular ‘plug-and-play’ automation, Industry 4.0 connectivity, easier programming, and safer collaboration with human workers.

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Automotive

Braskem America's UHMWPE Plant Up and Running

The new UHMWPE plant represents another milestone in the company's North American growth strategy.

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