End Markets

Lightweight Composites & Superfast Container Molding at Fakuma Show

Overmolded UD tapes replace organosheet with major weight savings. And 4 PP cups molded in 1.55 sec.

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best practices

Speed to Market: Pretium Stays Light on Its Feet And Ahead of the Pack

A visit to its largest PET plant illustrates how this versatile blow molder leverages design skills, a can-do attitude, and a high degree of production flexibility to supply custom products in ever-shorter time windows. A new thrust into automation will help pick up the pace.

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Solvay Acquires LFT Business From EPIC Polymers

To gain access to metal replacement of larger automotive semi-structural parts, Solvay has acquire EPIC's long-fiber thermoplastic 大象传媒.

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polyolefins

Evonik Invests in Thermoplastic Composite Pipelines

New pipelines feature inner plastic pipe covered with a composite of unidirectional tapes which are then sheathed by the plastic--HDPE, PP, nylon 12, and PEEK can be used.

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Additives

PHA Plays Role as Multifunctional Additive in PVC

At Vinyltec 2015, Metabolix presented the latest data on its biobased PHA copolymer in a range of PVC applications.

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Automotive

TPE Supplier Plans Further Expansion

United Soft Plastics has been growing over its 10-yr life span, particularly on the domestic front in more recent years.

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Automotive

SPE Auto Div. Names Hall of Fame and Lifetime Achievement Winners

GM's 1984 Chevy Corvette and experts in automotive composite materials will be honored at the 45th SPE Automotive Innovation Awards Gala next month.

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Postprocessing

Free Webinar on Plasma LSR Adhesion for Medical Devices

Plasmatreat's webinar addresses new LSR adhesion challenges for medical devices.

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Postconsumer

U.S. PET Recycling Rate At 31% For 2014

Recycled PET usage in domestic markets hits all time high.

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Process Cooling