Engineering Resins

Insight Polymers Expands Advanced Compounding Facilities

New twin-screw extrusion line further expands high temperature process capabilities and a configuration of screw elements  that enables reactive extrusion.

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How Do You Like Your Acetal: Homopolymer or Copolymer?

Acetal materials have been a commercial option for more than 50 years.

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PBT and PET Polyester: The Difference Crystallinity Makes

To properly understand the differences in performance between PET and PBT we need to compare apples to apples—the semi-crystalline forms of each polymer.

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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: Polyphenylene Oxide Blends

PPO was a promising new high-performance thermoplastic, but it could be made useful only by mixing it with a humble commodity resin.

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Automotive

Momentive Launches New LSRs

Included are FR grades for hard-soft composites, grades for thick-walled parts, and advanced self-lubricating grades.

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First Fully 'Bioattributed' ABS

Ineos Styrolution’s Terulran Eco grades are based on renewable feedstock according to ISCC-certified mass balance approach.

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resin pricing

Prices of Volume Resins Drop

Price relief is expected to continue through the fourth quarter for nine major commodity and engineering resins, driven by widespread supply/demand imbalances.  

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Conventus Polymers Now a Distributor for SABIC Specialties in North America

SABIC has authorized Conventus to distribute its high-performance engineering thermoplastics such as Ultem PEI and LNP compounds.

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Extrusion-Grade PC Copolymers for Wall & Ceiling Panels in Passenger Trains, Subways, Trams

SABIC’s newly developed PC copolymers LNP Elcress FST2734E and its biobased version Elcrin FST2734EB boast high flame resistance and low smoke toxicity.

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Amorphous PEI for Injection-Molded Lenses Used in Co-Packaged Optical Transceivers and Other Optical Connectors

SABIC’s Extem RH1016UCL combines elevated thermal resistance with high strength, broad chemical resistance and more.

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