Materials
PP Made with Renewable Feedstock for Highly-Sensitive Frozen Food Packaging
Borealis’ Bornewables PP enabled ‘first’ PP ice cream brand made with renewable feedstock.
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Elactrostatically Discharged PS Film for Thermoformed Electronics Packaging
The new Scanfoil PS ESD from Polykemie’s Scanfill allows for customized conductivity based on the application.
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Avantium and Carlsberg Take Next Step in Commercialization of PEF
Carlsberg signs offtake agreement with Avantium to secure fixed volume of the latter’s 100% plant-based PEF for various packaging applications.
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Cover for On-Board Battery Charger Made of Nylon 6
Lanxess’ highly-reinforced Durethan BKV50H3.0 proven in new large-scale electric vehicle applications in place of nylon 66.
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Non-Fluorosurfactant Peroxide Curable Fluoroelastomers
Solvay launches new high-performance Tecnoflon FKM without use of PFAs used as process aids.
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High-Resistance TPEs for Cosmetics Packaging
Kraiburg TPE’s new compound series said to withstand contact with particularly demanding ingredients such as isododecane.
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LFT Nylon & TPU Compounds with Recycled Content
Avient has expanded its portfolio of Complēt REC long fiber reinforced nylon 66 and TPU composites with broad range of PIR resin content.
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Understanding Strain-Rate Sensitivity In Polymers
Material behavior is fundamentally determined by the equivalence of time and temperature. But that principle tends to be lost on processors and designers. Here’s some guidance.
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Invista to Expand Nylon 66 Capacity
The company is making a significant investment in its South Carolina facility to transform it from carpet fiber to nylon 66 polymer focused production.
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HDPE for Machine Direction and Biaxially Oriented Films
Nova Chem’s new Surpass HPs153-A said to exhibit exceptional stability due to its broad orientation window.
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