Engineering Resins
Injection Molding Gains an Edge in Motorcycle Gas Tanks
Complex shapes required for the latest motorcycle gas tanks favor injection over blow molding. Lanxess and BMW have a monolayer nylon solution.
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'First' All-Plastic Brake Pedal for Battery-Electric Sports Car
Lanxess Tepex nylon 6 composite insert and a glass-fiber reinforced nylon 66 compound for back injection/overmolding key to this innovation.
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Prices of Volume Resins Flat to Down
Key drivers for the trajectory of resin prices include supply outpacing demand, lower feedstock costs, and uncertainty about coronavirus effects.
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Solvay Partners with Boeing for Coronavirus Face Shields
Solvay’s Ajedium Films ´óÏó´«Ã½ to produce the medical-grade, sterilizable, transparent Radel PPSU or Udel PSU films.
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Coronavirus Prompts Ineos to Build Additional Hand Sanitizer Plants in the U.K. and Germany
Leading Europena producer of key sanitizer raw materials and thermoplastics Ineos is quickly stepping up to do its part during the pandemic crisis.
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No Major Production Cutbacks of Material or Downstream Products Yet
Production at resin suppliers and plastics processors still going strong in the first week of fast-paced coronavirus life disruptions.
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Wide Spectrum of Enhanced Medical-Grade Resins & Compounds Spotlighted at MD&M West 2020
Targeted at an impressive array of applications, the range of new medical-grade materials include modified PC copolymers, PEBA and TPUs, specialty copolyesters, a gamut of engineered compounds, and an advanced LSR.
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Custom Molder’s Strategic Edge: Top-Class Metrology Services
Molding good parts is not enough. Better and faster metrology services for tool qualification and process validation make the difference for Octex Group.
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Materials: Long-Fiber-Reinforced Engineered Compounds for Medical Equipment Components
Solvay’s Xencor LFT targeted to structural medical equipment parts such as gear systems.
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Ascend to Acquire Compounding & Masterbatch Business of Poliblend and Esseti Plast
Ascend’s pending acquisition will broaden its portfolio of nylon 66 offerings and mark its entry into nylon 6, PBT and POM.
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