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Color Compounder Enters Market with a Bang
To get noticed in the color masterbatch business—particularly in white—you’ve got to start big. That, and new technology, form the foundation for startup Neko Colors
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TOOLING: Flash-Free Molding: Part Two
Parting-line maintenance, mold spotting, and machine conditions can all contribute to flash.
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EXTRUSION: Why Bother to Chrome Plate Your Screws?
It doesn’t add that much to the overall cost and can improve performance and facilitate maintenance. So the better question is: Why not?
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INJECTION MOLDING: How to Tell If Your Non-Return Valve Is Leaking
Check valves are potentially troublesome devices. Here’s how to find out if yours is behaving properly.
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The Mystery of Physical Aging, Part 1: Knowing the Difference
In polymers, aging is commonly considered essentially synonymous with oxidation. But there are important differences between this type of chemical aging and less commonly recognized physical aging. Let’s unlock the mystery.
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Unilever, Alpla, MuCell Combine On New Bottle-Foaming Tech
Dove liquid soap bottles foamed using MuCell technology debut in Europe. U.S. launch is expected soon.
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Plastics Pioneers Association Adds Four Members
Founded in 1944, PPA is a non-profit organization with a roster about 200 members, all of whom have at least 25 years of experience in plastics.
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Dynisco Extends Machinery Directive Compliance to 4-20mA Pressure Sensors
Billed as 'ideal choice. for extrusion OEMs and processors that need to comply with the European standard.
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Three Themes at Fakuma Show
Servo hydraulics are becoming standard; servo pickers proliferate; water flow monitoring and control are new focus.
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Taiwan Plastics Machinery Sector Balances Cost/Technology
Locked geographically between China and Japan, Taiwan’s plastics machinery sector also finds itself sandwiched between the higher-tech higher-cost machines of nation’s like Japan and the lower-tech lower-cost technology of China.
Read MoreCelanese Acquires Conductive Plastics Compounder
The acquisition of Cool Polymers includes its thermally and electrically conductive compounds, as well as electrically insulative compounds, based on a variety of engineering plastics and elastomers.
Read MoreBergen International Opens New Plant
New facility houses new extrusion line and lab to support company's line of chemical foaming agents.
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