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What Plastics Processors Need to Know about Tax Reform and Equipment Acquisition
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2018 (TCJA) is positioning plastics processors for more growth and profitability following the most recent Plastics Processing Index showing the best quarter since 2013 when the index began.
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Ocean Plastic 3D-Printed Prosthetic Limbs
New initiative takes reclaimed ocean plastic and uses it to 3D print custom prosthetic limbs for children.
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Firms Collaborate on 'Sustainable' HDPE Pharma Bottle
Milliken, SACMI, and Jarden Plastics combine on HDPE bottles that reduce plastic and energy use.
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Fifth Straight Month of Growth for Processing
May’s Index comes in at 57.1 amid indications that processors are making longer-term investments to increase production capacity.
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World's First 5th Generation 3D Printing Filament from New JV
Perstorp and 3D4Makers form ElogioAM to advance additive manufacturing.
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Covestro Starts Up New TPU Capacity Expansion
Commitment to global burgeoning TPU market shown by Covestro.
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Materials: High-Impact, FR-Modified PET Compound
PolyVisions new DuraPET FR is also available in a version made from recycled PET.
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Topas COC Resins Part of Polyplastics USA
Engineering thermoplastic resins supplier Polyplastics USA, Farmingdale, Mich., has acquired its affiliate Topas Advanced Polymers Inc. (TAP USA; U.S. office previously in Florence, Ky.), adding Topas’s cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) resins to its existing portfolio of acetal, PBT, and PPS engineering polymers.
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PolyOne Acquires PlastiComp
Expanding its footprint into LFT composites, PolyOne confirms yet another composites acquisition.
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