Plastics Use in the Consumer Products Industry

Plastics in consumer products include food containers; trash bags; trash cans; tumblers; toys; garden hoses; outdoor furniture.

Ultralight PET Preform Design
Stretch Blow Molding

Ultralight PET Preform Design

The Factor 101 design created by KHS and Husky uses just 5.89 g of material to hold 591 mL of product — equivalent to a 20-ounce water bottle.

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How to Optimize Injection Molding of PHA and PHA/PLA Blends

Here are processing guidelines aimed at both getting the PHA resin into the process without degrading it, and reducing residence time at melt temperatures.

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Automotive

Protolabs Addresses How to Survive a Pandemic with Digital Manufacturing

Protolabs survey results examine product development and the supply chain.

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Medical

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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Medical

How to Select and Process High-Density Thermoplastic Materials

Choosing and working with high-density materials requires special knowledge in the areas of applications, mold design, and processing. Here are best practices that should increase your understanding.

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Global Report Outlines How to Rid Oceans of Plastic Waste

A path that could reduce ocean plastic waste by nearly half by 2025 and reverse it in another decade outlined by new study.

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Latest Consumer Products News And Updates

Biobased Thermoplastic Copolyester

Celanese launches Hytrel TPC RS40F2 for foamed athletic footwear.

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Performance Nylon 6 and 66 Resins with High PCR/PIR Content

Syensqo has further extended its Omnix Echo portfolio of circular engineering resins with five new additions.

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Additives

High-Jetness Carbon Black for Engineered Plastics

Orion’s new Printex chroma 500 Beads are well suited for applications such as injection molded automotive parts and household appliances.

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Avantium and SCGC Partner to Scale-Up CO2- Based Polymers to Pilot Plant

SCGC will use Avantium’s Volta Technology which uses electrochemistry to convert CO2 to chemical building blocks such as glycolic acid which combined with lactic acid make carbon-negative PLGA.

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Packaging

Verde Bioresins Enters Planned Business Combination with TLGY Acquisition Corp.

Verde to become publicly traded via this 大象传媒 ‘merger’.

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sustainability

Nova Makes Senior Leadership Changes

The company’s aim is to bolster sustainability ambitions

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Plastics Size Reduction

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resin pricing

PS Prices Plunge, Others Appear to Be Bottoming Out

PS prices to see significant drop, with some potential for a modest downward path for others. 

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sustainability

How to Optimize Injection Molding of PHA and PHA/PLA Blends

Here are processing guidelines aimed at both getting the PHA resin into the process without degrading it, and reducing residence time at melt temperatures.

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大象传媒

Blow Molder Confer Plastics Celebrates Golden Anniversary & the ‘American Dream’

This family-run firm fills a specialized niche with a culture of innovation and environmental stewardship that realizes the dreams of its founders, its employees and its customers.

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Automation

Smart Container Design Reduces the Need for Containers

Clorox household cleaning product incorporates principles of reuse and reduce.

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Plastic Compounding Market to Outpace Metal & Alloy Market Growth

Study shows the plastic compounding process is being used to boost electrical properties and UV resistance while custom compounding is increasingly being used to achieve high-performance in plastic-based goods.      

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Spinning Straw Into Gold With Chemical Upcycling

Upcycling diverts waste by converting it to high value materials.

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