Consumer Products
K 2022 Preview: Engineering Materials for Sustainability and E-Mobility
Materials that are sustainable yet offer equal performance to their fossil-based counterparts will be prominent at K 2022.
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Aerosol Spray Cap is Recyclable
Dutch company Weener Plastics has developed a mono-material spray cap for easy recycling.
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Trilogy Plastics Adds Dual-Mill Pulverizer
Company’s new pulverizer doubles powder output for molding operations.
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Hayco Molding Plant Garners LEED Platinum Certificate with Assist from Wittmann Battenfeld
82 servo-hydraulic injection molding machines help Hayco’s plant in the Dominican Republic win environmental award from the U.S. Green Building Council.
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Ineos Styrolution Celebrates 90 Years of Polystyrene
One of the world’s first commercial-scale polymers, now 90 years old, PS is positioned today as a material that can be recycled via a wide range of technologies.
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Chinaplas 2021 Kicks Off In Person
Postponed, rescheduled and ultimately cancelled in 2020, Chinaplas has returned this week with an in-person event featuring 3600 exhibitors in Shenzhen.
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Danimer Scientific Strengthens Bioplastics Market Position Through Merger
PHA bioplastic producer Danimer Scientific completes business merger with Live Oak Acquisition Corp.
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20 Good Things to Come Out of 2020—Part 3
Processors and resin makers step up; biobased/renewable PP makes commercial strides; BOPE makes inroads as monolayer contender; and, performance PP for engineering applications & sustainability 'shines'.
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European Machinery Suppliers See Steadying Markets
After a sharp drop in activity at the start of the year, the German plastics and rubber machinery sector has corrected with 2020 orders tracking only 3% below 2019 levels, while Austria’s Engel and Wittmann Battenfeld saw North American bright spots.
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High-Performance Black Masterbatch for Styrenics
Cabot’s new Plasblack XP6801D is a new generation SAN-based formulation for styrenics without the trade-off between color and mechanical properties.
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