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PolyOne Offers Recycling Option

PolyOne Corp., Cleveland, has teamed up with Greenpack Inc., Parkersburg, W.Va., to offer PolyOne’s customers a no-cost program to recycle their industrial packaging.

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Additives

What to See at NPE 2006: Chemicals and Additives

Compounders, molders, and extruders will be treated to a wide range of new additives at NPE 2006.

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What to See at NPE 2006: Compounding and Mixing

Throughput capacities are going up for compounding equipment of all types.

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Buss Leaves Coperion

Compounding extruder supplier Buss AG in Pratteln, Switzerland, has been purchased from the German Coperion Group by Swiss investor Fabrel Lotos and Buss management.

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BASF Trims Plasticizer Product Portfolio

Rising petrochemical costs have caused BASF Corp., Florham Park, N.J., to reduce the number and volume of linear phthalate plasticizers produced in the U.S.

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Postindustrial

NPE 2006 News Flash

Injection MoldingSimplified Hot Runners Save Time & CostA new lower-cost hot-runner alternative to valve gating is suited to less critical cosmetic applications where users need predictable and reliable gate opening but not sequential gate operation.

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DuPont Restarts TiO2 Plant Closed by Katrina

Almost five months after it took a direct hit from Hurricane Katrina, the DeLisle, Miss., titanium dioxide plant of DuPont Titanium Technologies, Wilmington, Del., resumed operations.

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BASF to Modify Plastics With Cellulose

BASF Corp., Florham Park, N.J., is licensing several patents from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, that cover the use of ionic liquids to dissolve and process cellulose from plants.

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Slip Agents: Extended Performance Range for Polyolefin Films

Newer specialty slip masterbatches go beyond traditional capabilities to provide greater thermal stability, reliability, and ability to hold COF steady during laminating.

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New Ventures in Carbon Nanotubes

Two more firms have joined the race to produce carbon nanotubes in commercial quantities at reasonable prices.

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Process Cooling