End Markets

Borealis Pushes PP In Automotive Development Projects

New high-fluidity PP grades from Borealis applied to new vehicles from the Renault-Nissan Alliance exemplify the trend of using a focused PP product portfolio on common global OEM platforms.

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Collaboration Yields First Transparent, Conductive PC Film

Big application for new film is touch screens to speed response times.

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Solvay And e-Xstream to Speed Up Metal-To-Plastic Substitution For Car Makers

The MMI Technyl Design, an advanced simulation service for automotive OEMs jointly created by Solvay and e-Xstream, is said to accurately predict the performance of injection-molded parts, which when replacing metals, ultimately contributes to reduction of weight and part production costs.

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Automotive

Solvay And e-Xstream Join To Speed Up Metal-To-Plastic Sub For Car Makers

The MMI Technyl Design advanced simulation service set up by Solvay and e-Xstream for automotive OEMs can accurately predict the performance of injection-molded parts, which when replacing metals, ultimately contribute to weight reduction and production costs.

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Medical

U.S. plastics machinery shipments on the rise

Deliveries of plastics machinery and equipment in the U.S. climbed 11% in the first quarter, a show of strength in a weakening global market.

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Packaging

Packaging Processors Combine

Two processors serving the container market unite.

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Packaging

DuPont Shows Off New Film Structures

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, Wilmington, Del., rolled out a series of packaging innovations at last month’s Interpack 2014 show in Dusseldorf, Germany.

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Construction

Housing Weakens

Construction is growing but overall housing recovery still a ways off.

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Packaging

Things Are Adding Up Nicely For Charter NEX Films

Since Charter Films merged with NEX Performance Films about 18 months ago, the combined operation has melded the best capabilities of each company into a single 大象传媒 churning out a wide scope of blown films.

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Packaging

‘Sqrounds’, ‘billboard’, and why in-mold labeling is taking off

An increasingly popular packaging format, which lends itself to IML, could help the decoration technology finally take off in North America.

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Plastics Size Reduction
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