Materials
Commodity Resin Prices Shoot Up
Unplanned disruptions in polymer feedstock production in December, to be followed by a number of planned cracker outages slated for the first four months of this year, helped drive up monomer and resin prices, especially of PP, but also including PE, PS, and PVC.
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Resin Prices Are on the Way Up
Higher prices are projected for PE, PP, PS, and PVC in this first quarter, driven by tighter availability and/or higher costs of feedstocks.
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Softer Resin Prices Expected
Softer prices can be expected for all four commodity thermoplastics as the year ends, a trend that may continue in the first quarter of 2013, for some resins, at least.
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PP, PS, PVC Prices Up, But Not for Long
A soft landing is expected for the four commodity thermoplastics as the year comes to an end.
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PBT & PET Polyester: Part 2 The Performance Factor
All things being equal, PET will outperform PBT mechanically and thermally. But the processor must dry the material properly and must understand the importance of mold temperature in achieving a degree of crystallinity that allows the natural advantages of the polymer to be realized.
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Resin Prices Go Up, Down and Sideways
Tight resin inventories and upward pressure from feedstocks were two factors pushing prices of PE, PP, and PVC higher last month.
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Octal Expands in PET Pellets for the Americas
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Octal Petrochemicals of Oman (U.S. office in Dallas) has started full production at its new PET plant, the second phase of a capacity expansion targeted specifically targeted for North and South American markets.
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NASA's 'Mars Rover' Has Many 3D Printed Parts
A Fortus 3D printer from Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn., was used by NASA to help build a next-generation rover capable of supporting two humans on near-earth asteroids and Mars.
Read MoreExpansions in TP Composite Materials
Polystrand, Inc., Englewood, Colo., is starting up a new and larger production facility for continuous-fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites in Montrose, Colo.
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