Lilli Manolis Sherman

Lilli Manolis Sherman Contributing Editor

The “First” Styrenic-Based Composite Gets Play in Automotive

Ineos Styrolution partners with KTM to develop innovative design concepts for new StyLight.

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Materials

Harvey Wreaks Havoc on Houston, Petrochemical Industry

Outages at Ineos, ExxonMobil, Ascend, Dow, American Acryl, Celanese, Shell, Chevron Phillips, Equistar, Formosa, and more.

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LSR & TPE Summit Highlights Trends And New Materials

Among them: an LSR for 3D printing and low-VOC TPEs for auto interiors.

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Commodity Resins

PCW Adds PS to its Weeklies Just as a Reverse Trajectory Emerges

Price hikes possible for PS; no relief for PVC or PP, while PE up in air.

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nanocomposites

‘Engineering’ Plastic Structure for Thermal Conductivity

U. of Michigan researchers’ process is a major departure from past approaches to rendering thermal conductivity to plastics.

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Automotive

First Thermoplastic Composite Gearbox Housing: 30% Lighter Than Aluminum

ARRK’s lightweight injection molded construction is made with layer-optimized organic sheeting.

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Materials

Price Hikes Underway for PE; One Could Emerge for PVC

PCW’s weekly reports for PE and PVC offer a glimpse of what’s shaping up for August and beyond.

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sustainability

PVOH-Based Resin: Challenger to LDPE and HDPE?

Aquapak Polymers’ 100% biodegradable resin poised as a sustainable option to conventional plastic film packaging.

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sustainability

New Studies Bode Well for Future of Plastics’ Use Globally

Sweeping study looks at production, use and fate of all plastics.

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color

Simplified Purchase of Colorants for Small Product Runs

Teknor’s online ‘Color Store’ allows use of credit card for buying stock colors in minimum quantities.

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Biopolymers

“Yellow Chemistry”: Waste Sulfur Turned into New Plastic

University of Arizona scientists have invented a new plastic they say is ideal for lenses in infrared devices like heat-sensing cameras.

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Packaging

Enhanced Interactive Tool for Predicting Multilayer Film Performance

Nova Chemicals’ Multilayer Property Predictor helps processors predict the performance of complex film structures.

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