Engineering Resins

Automotive

Highlights from Global Plastics Summit 2017

Sustainability, resin supply/demand and pricing among highlights for the fifth GPS event.

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BASF Buys Solvay’s Nylon 66 Business

Transaction will further bolster BASF’s position in nylon engineering resins.

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Novel Materials for High-Pressure Composite Hydrogen Storage Tanks

DSM is aiming its technology for CNG tanks to hydrogen storage tanks for transportation and more.

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Strong Growth for High-Sliding Polyacetal Grades for Gears, Bearings

Polyplastics says its Duracon noise-reduction grades are getting a lot of play at the same time that DuPont seems ready to back away from its engineering thermoplastics.

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Automotive

SABIC Gets Two European Plastics Innovation Awards

FDM produced aircraft seat and in-mold structural electronics highlighted.

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Leading-Edge Molding Technology Installed at ORNL

Roctool’s induction-powered heating/cooling equipment to further development of composites.

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Glass-Filled Nylon 6 and PBT in Two-Part Top Steering Wheel Column Module Housing.

BASF’s Ultradur PBT and Ultramid nylon 6 featured in new BMW 3 to 7 series of cars with rear-wheel drive.

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Albis Plastics Starts Up New Compounding Plant

Prime technical compounds are now being manufactured by Albis in the U.S.

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Conventus Polymers Now Distributes LG Engineering Thermoplastics

The agreement covers a broad range of compounded materials in LG Chem’s product portfolio.

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Packaging

DowDuPont Realigns Portfolio

The new merger makes adjustments within two of its three intended independent companies.

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Plastics Size Reduction
Process Cooling