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Options For Plastics Decoration and Surface Treatment
New book analyzes recent trends in decoration and surface treatment of thermoplastics.
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Washington Penn To Buy ExxonMobil's PP Compounding Business
This marks the second PP compounding business to change hands this year.
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Aachen Center, Shuler Form Alliance To Develop Lightweight Automotive, Aerospace Components
Germany's Aachen Center for Integrative Lightweight Production (AZL) will begin manufacturing composite components on a new composite press from Shuler by year's end.
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Celanese In Deal For Deepwater Thermoplastic Composite Pipes
Strategic supply agreement struck between Celanese and supplier of spoolable thermoplastic composite pipe systems for deepwater offshore operations.
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New Study Finds Plastic Bag Bans Have Had Reverse Effects
The premise of these laws is to benefit the environment and reduce municipal costs...in practice, the opposite is more likely to be the case.
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Prices of Commodity & Engineering Thermoplastics Trend Flat to Lower
Prices of PP, PS drop as PE, PVC are flat or softening. Ditto for ABS, PC, and nylon 6 and 66.
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Polyolefin Additives: Pushing the Limits in Films & Molded Parts
Advances in nucleators, compatibilizers, fillers, stabilizers, and more elevate performance of polyolefins.
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Biocompatible, Zinc-Based Antibacterial Plastic Treatment
Two-year-old Dutch-Italian startup company invents biocompatible, high kill-rate antibacterial treament for any plastic.
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Shrimp Shells Play Key Role In New Bioplastic
Substance that makes shrimp shells hardy used to make new bioplastic by Wyss Institute.
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Ferro To Exit Specialty Plastics And Polymer Additives Businesses
Ferro's specialty plastics business will be part of A.Schulman before year's end; Ferro is also seeking to sell its polymer additives business.
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Styron To Exit Domestic Commodity PC Resin Business
Specialty blends such as chemically-resistant Emerge PC/PET used for medical device housings, as well as other higher-margin compounds for lighting, electronics and automotive, are Styron's new focus in North America.
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Borealis Pushes PP In Automotive Development Projects
New high-fluidity PP grades from Borealis applied to new vehicles from the Renault-Nissan Alliance exemplify the trend of using a focused PP product portfolio on common global OEM platforms.
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