Engineering Resins

Additives

Avient Adds Phoenix Location to its ColorWorks Design & Technology Centers

The addition of ColorWorks Phoenix as the fifth such site will allow better collaborations with customers in the western part of the U.S.

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Covestro Realigns Polycarbonate Distribution

Amco Polymers will continue to distribute Covestro’s Texin and Desmopan TPU resins but not its PC portfolio.

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High-Performance Medical PC for Overmolding with LSR

Covestro’s new Apec 2045 copolycarbonate boasts higher heat resistance to enable lower production time and cost.

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Biopolymers

At NPE2024, Follow These Megatrends in Materials and Additives

Offerings range from recycled, biobased, biodegradable  and monomaterial structures that enhance recyclability to additives that are more efficient, sustainable and safer to use.  

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Recycling

Scaling Up Sustainable Solutions for Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials

Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies Group helps industrial partners tackle the sustainability challenges presented by fiber-reinforced composite materials.

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Commodity Resins

Prices for All Volume Resins Head Down at End of 2023

Flat-to-downward trajectory for at least this month.

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The Fantasy and Reality of Raw Material Shelf Life: Part 1

Is a two-year-old hygroscopic resin kept in its original packaging still useful? Let’s try to answer that question and clear up some misconceptions.

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EV Chargers Made From Renewable PC

SABIC is enabling Charge Amps to manufacture electric vehicle (EV) chargers with a housing made from certified renewable PC, a first for the industry.  

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3D Systems’ Accura AMX Resin Withstands Harsh Thermal Environments

Formnext 2023: The resin material is well suited for the testing of high-temperature components in applications such as HVAC, consumer appliances, motor enclosures, fixtures, mounts, stators, molding/tooling and more.

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Blending & Dosing