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Packaging

Volume Resin Prices Flat or Down

Feedstock costs are lower, supply is outpacing demand, and overall global demand has slowed.

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Blow Molding: Something for Everyone at K Show

Packaging, industrial, continuous-extrusion, accumulator-head, injection-blow, stretch-blow, EPET, foam, sandwich co-injection—the blow molding news was wide ranging at K 2019.

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5 Additive Manufacturing Trends to Watch in 2020

Plastics Technology spoke with HP, Carbon, EOS and Essentium to learn more about additive manufacturing trends in 2020.

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Most Popular Articles of 2019

Resin prices, K 2019 preview, thermally conductive plastics, moldmaking in Mexico and practical how-to knowledge on static, barrel temperatures, mold venting, decompression and molded-in stress garnered the most reader attention in 2019.

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Most Popular Videos of 2019

Plastics Technology’s YouTube channel brought viewers reports from events and companies all around the world, including the U.S., Europe and Asia; click through for video from K, Chinaplas, Molding 2019 and more.

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A Look Back at Interesting Applications of 3D Printing in 2019

HP, Carbon, EOS, Essentium and Ultimaker discuss end-use applications that launched in 2019.

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Lamborghini Expands Additive Manufacturing Partnership with Carbon

This new collaboration to produce 3D-printed air vents marks a significant milestone in Lamborghini’s partnership with Carbon. 

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Electronics

Self-Reinforced Composite Based on PLA Fibers Wins 2019 Global Bioplastics Award

The Bio4Self (16 partner companies from the European Union) won the 14th Global Bioplastics Award.

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Global Bioplastics Market to Grow by Over 15%

The European Bioplastics’ 2019 data update confirm dynamic growth for the bioplastics industry.

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Commodity Resins

2019 SPE Auto Innovation Award Winners Shined with Several 'Firsts' and Broad Transferability

Making its mark, additive manufacturing had its own category for the second year and was used in the winner of the aftermarket category.

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PET

New Plastic Technologies & Alternative Bioplastics Augment Flexible Plastic Packaging Growth

Frost & Sullivan study sees promising market growth opportunities within a four-year period.

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PET

Volume Resin Prices Down-to-Flat Going into First Quarter of 2020

Prices of polyolefins, PS, PVC could bottom out; PET, nylon 6 could drop further while flat to modestly down trajectory projected for ABS, PC, and nylon 66. 

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