Articles
Elevated Resin Prices Continue for Now
Steady improvement underway though challenges remain.
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Strong Growth for High-Sliding Polyacetal Grades for Gears, Bearings
Polyplastics says its Duracon noise-reduction grades are getting a lot of play at the same time that DuPont seems ready to back away from its engineering thermoplastics.
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Power Quality Could Be Your Best Cost Reduction Opportunity
Bad power causes premature failure of equipment motors, transformers, and other components. Here’s what to do about it. (Sponsored Content)
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SABIC Gets Two European Plastics Innovation Awards
FDM produced aircraft seat and in-mold structural electronics highlighted.
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Pennsylvania Poised to Attract More Plastics Manufacturing
Keystone State boasts everything from NGL assets and new cracker plants to plastics manufacturing and educational/training resources.
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Americhem’s 2018-2019 Color Trends
Music sounds of the past and present characterize new palettes.
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Heat/Cool Molding Gets A Workout at Fakuma 2017
KraussMaffei will demonstrate extremely fine mold-surface replication and the wide range of decorative effects possible without secondary processes using RocTool heat/cool molding technology.
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Bad Power is the Root of Many Plastics Production Problems
Undetected plant power problems cost plastics processors $9.6 billion a year in preventable equipment failure, downtime and excessive energy costs. This inexpensive power monitoring and analysis system can find problems before the damage is done.
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Breaking Down Hot Runner Maintenance
Improving a manifold’s maintenance plan requires specific skills and knowledge of its functioning areas.
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Resin Pricing Update as October Approaches
Firm pricing indicated by PCW & The Plastics Exchange
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Confused or Uncertain About Industry 4.0?
One-day conference will explore the eight key technologies associated with what has been called the “fourth industrial revolution”.
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PLASTICS’ Carteaux Challenges NY Times Editorial on Plastic Bags
A pro-plastic bag ban editorial from the New York Times did not sit well with the plastics industry.
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