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Materials

Will Your Future Shipments of PE Come From North Dakota?

Do North Dakota’s plans to build a $3 billion cracking facility with annual capacity for 1.5 million metric tons of polyethylene (3.3 billion pounds) reflect a tipping point in the shale oil/gas revolution?

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Materials

APPLICATION: Newborn Hearing Screener Features New Opaque Copolyester

Eastman's new opaque copolyester replaces PC/ABS in newborn hearing screener housing.

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Automotive

Big Area Additive Manufacturing Stars at IMTS

Cincinnati Inc. is aiming to take orders for beta level and production machines next year for those who want to be first in the industry to use Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) machines.

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Materials

Liquid Composites Molding Progresses at BMW and VW

With lightweighting and fuel efficiency as drivers, two German automakers pursue alternative technologies for structural parts.

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MATERIALS: Don’t Guess Your Way through Root Cause Analysis: Part 2

The huge chasm between the laboratory and manufacturing discipline usually does not lend itself to problem-solving. It can be improved with clear communication between the analysis laboratory and the people bringing the problem to the lab.

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Construction

MATERIALS: Newcomer Compounder To U.S. Expands

Just one year after establishing its sales company here, Lehmann & Voss has further expanded its portfolio through a recent acquisition.

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Medical

Newcomer Compounder Lehmann & Voss Expands US Business

Just one year after establishing its sales company here, Lehmann & Voss has further expanded its portfolio through a key acquisition.

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Medical

Bayer To Quit Plastics

MaterialScience 大象传媒 will be floated on the stock market by 2016 at the latest.

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Thermoplastic Composites Prominent At SPE's ACCE

Advances in long fiber thermoplastics (LFT) starred in several presentations and exhibits.

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Borealis Fully Acquires Ethylene Copolymer Joint Venture

Specialty Polymers Antwerp N.V., the joint venture between Borealis and Dupont now fully owned by Borealis.

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