Medical

SABIC & Nottinham Spirk In Collaboration to Accelerate Innovation Across Multiple Industries

The Cleveland-based ´óÏó´«Ã½ innovation and product design firm to work with Noryl PPE, Ultem PEI, LNP engineered compounds and more. 

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Taipei Plas Adds Shoemaking Technology, Draws Country’s Vice President

Exhibitors held steady from 2016 edition, while total booths were higher; exports are on the rise despite broader global trade anxiety.

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Covestro Launches Brand Name for Thermoplastic Composites

‘Maezio’ composites are based on continuous carbon or glass fibers impregnated with PC, TPU and other thermoplastics.

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Medical

Victrex Develops PAEK for Additive Manufacturing; Leads Consortium for Advancing AM Technologies

New generation materials rival earlier versions for both laser sintering and fusion filament fabrication processes.

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economics

Plastics Processing Ends Best Six-Month Period in Recent History

June 2018’s reading of 56.3 pulls half-year index to 57.1.

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Material Handling: New Loaders and Receivers Handle Smaller Throughputs for Medical Jobs

Cleanroom-ready design and construction make them well suited for medical processing applications on injection molding machines up to 400 tons.

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Medical

FibreTuff Starts Up Compounding of Cellulose-Based Biomaterial with a Focus on Medical Devices

The facility will manufacture FibreTuff PAPC filaments and powders for 3D printing and compounds for molding of Class I and II medical devices for spine, trauma and sports medicine.

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Extrusion Firms Combine on Novel Catheter Shafts

Adam Spence and Microspec combine to offer catheter shafts that are more efficiently produced and mechanically sound

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Packaging

BASF to Globally Boost Production of Irganox1010

Major investment in expanding capacity of workhorse primary antioxidant planned by BASF.

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Medical

Additive Manufacturing: First High-Purity PVDF 3D Printing Filament

Based on Arkema’s Kynar PVDF, Nile Polymer’s new filament is designed for large parts without dimensional warping.

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Blending & Dosing