End Markets

Medical

When a customer becomes an acquisition

Are medical OEMs following the path blazed by automotive and electronics companies and spinning off in-house manufacturing to tier suppliers?

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PEEK Used In Overmolding Transmission Components Of All-Terrain Vehicle

Replacing a coated brass gear, is Victrex's PEEK compound in the robust overmolded steel drive shaft segment gear of BPG Werks all-terrain, dual-tracked vehicle

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Honeywell To Boost Nylon 6, 6/6 Production

Honeywell's new nylon 6 and 6/6 production line has the flexibility to produce either or both depending on customer demand.

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Additives

ADDITIVES: Galata Chemicals Now Part of India's Artek Surfin

India's Artek Surfin has acquired plastic additives supplier Galata Chemicals.

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Materials

Catalyst Promises 'Better' PET for Preform Extruders and Bottle Makers

Patent-pending and tested catalyst produces PET with improved thermo-oxidative stability and other advantages for processors.

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Packaging

Proprietary Oxygen Scavenger Is Dormant Until Needed

Technology for APET or CPET packaging gives a "designable" shelf life from 4 to 24 months.

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For the Adventurous, Opportunities Beckon in Overmolding RFID Tags

Insert molding RFID tags and antennas is a growing market opportunity with relatively few players who have braved the challenges involved.

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Medical

Blow Molder’s Goal: Go Local on a National Scale

It's a rare feat: Combining three formerly separate blow molders under one umbrella while retaining their individual identities and "small company feel" for customers.

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Medical

Polyolefins Innovation: Automotive, Packaging, Pipe, Furniture, Flooring, Films

New materials and processes for injection and blow molding, extrusion, compounding, and thermoforming were discussed at the recent SPE Polyolefins Conference.

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Packaging

Sleeve Labels Drive Packaging R&D

Machinery and material suppliers are collaborating on new labels that don鈥檛 gum up the lucrative PET bottle reclaim 大象传媒.

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