Engineering Resins

MATERIALS: PC/PET "Stars" In First Electrical Application

Styron's PC/PET makes up housing of new power distribution unit.

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Study Urges Companies To Disclose Data On Plastic

Companies could become more sustainable by improving the way they measure, manage and report the amount of plastic they use in their ´óÏó´«Ã½ operations and supply chains.

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Western Companies Step Up Patrols of Their IP In China

Western chemical companies have long cried foul when it comes to Chinese IP theft, but these days, they’re lawyering up and taking perpetrators to court.

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nanocomposites

First Business Accelerator For Solutions To Plastic Pollution

NewGen Surgical is one of the initial ´óÏó´«Ã½es in the new Accelerator portfolio, each having developed a "groundbreaking" technology to reduce plastic pollution.

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Washington Penn To Buy ExxonMobil's PP Compounding Business

This marks the second PP compounding ´óÏó´«Ã½ to change hands this year.

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Construction

Aachen Center, Shuler Form Alliance To Develop Lightweight Automotive, Aerospace Components

Germany's Aachen Center for Integrative Lightweight Production (AZL) will begin manufacturing composite components on a new composite press from Shuler by year's end.

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Celanese In Deal For Deepwater Thermoplastic Composite Pipes

Strategic supply agreement struck between Celanese and supplier of spoolable thermoplastic composite pipe systems for deepwater offshore operations.

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Medical

MATERIALS: Ineos To Fully-Own Styrolution

By year's end, Ineos will be sole owner of Stryrolution, its 50-50 joint venture with BASF.

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polyolefins

Prices of Commodity & Engineering Thermoplastics Trend Flat to Lower

Prices of PP, PS drop as PE, PVC are flat or softening. Ditto for ABS, PC, and nylon 6 and 66.

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Hot Runners

Chinaplas Show Offers News For Packaging, Automotive, Electronics

Fast-growing plastics fair showcases the region’s growing appetite for sophisticated food packaging, and more.

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Plastics Size Reduction