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Hollow Glass Microspheres Stronger Spheres Tackle Injection Molding
Looking for a way to make lighter parts without giving up properties? New hollow microspheres are stronger than ever鈥攅nough to withstand the rigors of injection molding.
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Recyclers Now Targeting Higher-Value Engineered Resins
Recycling news from the Society of Plastics Engineers’ Global Plastics Environmental Conference (GPEC) in Orlando, Fla., in March focused on PET, nylon, and waste plastics in electronics—in other words, mainly on higher value engineered resins rather than commodities.Carpet recycling claimed two of the show’s big environmental awards.
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First Direct Extrusion of Complex WPC Window Profiles
Wood-plastic composite (WPC) profiles are made by two main approaches.
Read MoreMPM Restructures Plastics Machinery
Mannesmann Plastics Machinery GmbH, Munich, the world鈥檚 largest maker of plastics and rubber machinery, announced a restructuring of its operations.
Read MoreLyondell Sells Its Millenium TiO2 Unit
Lyondell Chemical Co., Houston, has agreed to sell its Millennium Inorganic Chemicals subsidiary in Hunt Valley, Md., the world鈥檚 second-largest producer of titanium dioxide.
Read MoreCompounders Expand
Four compounders are adding capacity: Infi nity Compounding, Logan Township, N.J., a two-year-old compounder of engineering thermoplastics, recently installed its third compounding line.
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Taste and Odor: Understand the Role of Colorants and Additives In Food and Beverage Packaging
Do you know how masterbatch ingredients, processing, storage, and handling can affect taste and odor in packaged products? Here鈥檚 an introduction to the numerous factors in organoleptic properties and how they are measured.
Read MoreChemtura Sheds EPDM
Chemtura Corp., Middlebury, Conn., one of the world鈥檚 three largest EPDM producers, will sell its EPDM 大象传媒 and some of its rubber chemicals to Lion Chemical Capital, LLC of New York and Houston.
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Extruding Biopolymers: Packaging Reaps Cost Benefit of Going 'Green'
Plastics made from renewable carbon chains, not fossil carbon from oil or gas, are suddenly a solid commercial reality. The draw isn鈥檛 just 鈥済reen鈥 marketing, but the 鈥済reen鈥 of stable prices not linked to petrochemicals.
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'As Good as New' Chain Extender Restores Reclaimed Resins
A new additive can re-link polymer chains in reclaimed PET, nylon, and polycarbonate to revive degraded properties.
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