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NPE

Low-Smoke Zero-Halogen Wire & Cable Jacket Compound

SACO AEI technology targets copper media cables, including CAT 5e & 6 and fiber optics. 

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Commodity Resins

Patent-Pending Low-Smoke Zero-Halogen Wire & Cable Compounds

Wire and cable compounds and a patent pending low-smoke zero-halogen technology on display.

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Film Extrusion

Maco PKG Licenses Dow PacXpert Flexible Packaging Technology

Maco is the third North American licensee of the this technology, joining KRW Packaging Machinery and Ring Container.

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PE Film Market Snapshot: Pouches

This high-end film market has room to grow for the technically savvy.  

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Higher Prices for Commodity Resins

Only PP is facing a downward correction.

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Packaging

PE Film Market Snap-Shot: Fresh Produce, Self-Serve, and Wet-Pack Bags

Coextrusion is being used as a differentiator as processors that invest in new technology are more confident about their ability to gain market share.

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PE Film Market Snapshot: Consumer Can Liners

Huge market projected to grow by 3.6%/yr through 2020. Environmental issues remain a challenge.

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LyondellBasell to Acquire A.Schulman

Acquisition to create an industry-leading compounding ´óÏó´«Ã½.

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Downward Pricing Trajectory for PP; Upward for PE, PS, PVC, PET

Commodity resin prices climbed in the first week of February, with the exception of PP, which spiked in January and is now correcting along with propylene monomer.

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economics

PE Film Market Snap-Shot: Shrink Film

Roughly 797.3 million lb of PE was consumed making shrink film in 2017, and with growth of 1.7% forecast, consumption will hit 838.2 million lb 2020.

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Process Cooling