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Watch: Innovations at MD&M West
There’s been plenty of innovations showcased at MD&M West (Feb. 7-9, Anaheim, Calif). So here are some video highlights, which come in a variety of areas – from demonstrating a material’s strength to interviews about a company’s latest news.
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VIDEO: Predict Failure, Maintain Success
Is it still a repair if you fix the machine before it breaks?
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Upward Pricing for PS, PVC and More
Higher global oil prices and derivative feedstocks are among the factors driving resin price increases in PS, PVC, PET and nylons.
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VIDEO: Extrusion Still Mixes Art and Science
On many extrusion shop floors, there’s likely a more experienced staffer who can tell something’s amiss with a line using only the instrumentation God gave him or her.
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PE Prices Moving Up; PP Prices Spike Sharply
An early outlook: the reversal in the trajectory of polyolefin prices is happening faster than usual.
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Lanxess to Acquire Chemtura
Chemtura shareholders approve acquisition which will will make Lanxess one of the major players in additives for a broad range of industries.
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Compounder, Color Concentrate House Turns 50
Modern Dispersions founder Janos Kozma's started in his garage after he emigrated from Hungary.
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Bioplastic Based on a Fragrant Cellulose By-Product
U.K. university researchers utilize chemical found in pine needles to produce new bioplastic.
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Thermoforming Innovator Sweig Passes
Helped advance pressure-forming and numerous other technologies at Profile Plastics.
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Propylene Prices: What’s in Store for PP Market
PCW’s editorial experts describe current PP market as “paused”.
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Energy Consumption Made Visible
Molder adds system that allows it to track energy usage in nearly real time and is now using less power, despite increased production.
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Prices Bottom Out for Polyolefins; PET, PS, PVC Move Up
Flat or falling prices have turned upward for all five commodity resins.
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