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Corbion Enters PLA Business
The Dutch global producer of lactic acid is pre-marketing its new PLA resins in North America.
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So How Fast Can You Change a Mold?
A contest next month at a U.K. trade show will crown one molder king of the quick-change artists.
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Train Employees, Test Products at Texas Film Lab
Three-layer line available for rent at D.R. Joseph facility.
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Read And Watch Plastics Technology
If a picture is worth 1000 words, how much is a video worth?
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Polymers On Board Round-the-World Solar Flight
Plastics Technology was on the scene when the pioneering solar-powered Solar Impulse 2 landed in Phoenix, Ariz. on May 2.
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Machine Guards Get in Your Way?
Easier access to the point where a robot deposits parts on a conveyor—that’s what Carl Morris, president and founder of Itech in Arden, N.C., is looking for.
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Chinese Manufacturers of XPS Boards ‘Under Fire’
Banned fluorinated blowing agents and highly toxic flame retardants found in Chinese imports.
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The Latest on Materials & Applications for Auto Thermoplastics Composites
Ford, BASF, Borealis, PlastiComp, Asahi Kasei, Arkema, Covestro, Sigmatex, and the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada will present on traditional and ‘hybrid’ carbon-, glass- and natural-fiber reinforced composites, including systems based on polyolefins, PC, liquid reactive resins, bioplastics, and more.
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Film Processor Pregis Invests $17 million in Expansion
Firm announces name change to Pregis Films in light of 2015 acquisition
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Rethinking the Injection Screw: Is It a Trend?
Renowned screw designer Robert F. Dray wrote to me recently, lamenting that injection molding screw design has not received the kind of attention that the extrusion industry has paid to perfecting this fundamental processing component.
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You Call That World Class?
Back in January, we published the results of comprehensive industry-wide survey, naming 25 processors as World Class, and your reaction might have been, “That’s world class?”
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Recycling of Plastic Auto Parts Gains Attention in Early Stages
SPI launches automotive recycling report; separation process key to German start-up’s patented recycling technology.
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