polyolefins
Resin Prices Relatively Flat for Now
Prices are up for some commodity and engineering resins, but the trajectory for the third quarter is generally flat.
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First Ocean-Cleaning System Set to Deploy in 2016
The Ocean Cleanup's unique ocean cleaning-system will be the longest floating structure ever deployed in the ocean.
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Nova Installs Nine-Layer Blown Film Coextrusion Line to Enhance Customer Collab
As part of a several upgrades at its Calgary R&D facility, Nova Chemicals has installed a semi-commercial scale nine-layer blown film coextrusion line.
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King Plastic Gets Exclusive License for Gelest's Antimicrobials
King Microshield is the upgraded polyolefin sheet stock to be offered by King Plastic, featuring Biosafe antimicrobial from Gelest.
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Solvay Launches New Thermoplastic Lightweighting Materials for Aerospace
'Tegralite' is the name of a new family of thermoplastic composites developed by Solvay and three alliance partners.
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PP Formulations for Smooth-Surface Foam
Collaboration produces 10%-glass PP for the MuCell foam process without surface swirl.
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Top DuPont Award Goes To Flex-Rigid Mono-Material Container
A mono-material package that marries flexible and rigid packaging wins top DuPont 2015 Packaging Innovation Award.
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PE, PS, PVC Prices Up, PP Down
The pricing trajectory has been upwards for three of the four commodity resins, though it may be slowing for two.
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In-Situ Nucleated PP Rivals Conventional Nucleation
A technology that produces a nucleating effect during the polymerization of PP boasts numerous advantages over adding a nucleating agent during pelletization.
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