Materials

Electronics

INEOS Styrolution to Build Production Site for Thermoplastic Composite Stylight

Demand for automotive, electronics and sports industries drives INEOS Styrolution to invest in a dedicated production site for its Stylight composite product line. 

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Commodity Resins

PPA Inducts Eight New Members

Plastics Pioneers Association adds to membership roster following April meeting.

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Automotive

SABIC & Partners Collaborate to Produce 'Revolutionary' Thermoplastic Composite Vehicle Panel

Cost-effective and lightweight vehicle panels produced using SABIC’s Udmax tape in a one-shot compression molding process challenges panels made of metal or thermosets.

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Arkema and 3DXTech Bring FluorX Material To Ultimaker’s Cura Marketplace

The new PVDF-based filament is specifically designed for printing highly technical 3D parts that require extreme performance.

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Victrex to Make Multi-Million Euro Investment in Bond 3D Technology

Victrex and Bond will initially focus their new collaboration on demonstrating the potential in the spine and the semiconductor segments. 

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Materials

Part 4: Heat Deflection Temperature vs. Dynamic Mechanical Analysis

The presentation of DMA data can sometimes frustrate users and discourage its adoption. Those unfamiliar with DMA should insist on receiving data relevant to the manner in which the part they are developing will be used.

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Materials

Plastics Industry Fly-In on March 27

This year’s Fly-In attendees will hold over 100 meetings with elected officials and their staff on the Hill

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PVC

Nova Chemicals is Exclusive "Platinum Sustainability Sponsor" of 2019 Canada Winter Games

The sponsorship is targeted to help fund sustainable practices at The Games, as well as enduring community resources. 

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Materials

Solvay, Aerosint Partner to Develop SLS Printing Process for High-Performance Polymers

Solvay has entered a research collaboration agreement with Aerosint to develop an economically viable SLS printing process for high-performance polymers.

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Machine Learning Helps Software Fill Key Gaps in Plastics Data Sheets

MobileSpecs LLC has boosted the breadth and depth of its materials database for injection molders by applying a machine learning algorithm to predict missing information for key processing parameters, including data points like drying temperature.

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Plastics Size Reduction