Lilli Manolis Sherman

Lilli Manolis Sherman Contributing Editor

High-Performance Medical PC for Overmolding with LSR

Covestro’s new Apec 2045 copolycarbonate boasts higher heat resistance to enable lower production time and cost.

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sustainability

Biobased Additives Compatible with Range of Commodity Resins

UBQ Materials has added sustainable additives compatible with a all commodity thermoplastics and PLA.

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At NPE2024, Follow These Megatrends in Materials and Additives

Offerings range from recycled, biobased, biodegradable  and monomaterial structures that enhance recyclability to additives that are more efficient, sustainable and safer to use.  

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Additives

Tolsa Presents an Effective Solution for the Replacement of PTFE in Flame Retardancy of PP, PVC and Nylons

The company’s Adins clay additives are positioned as a viable alternative as an anti-dripping mechanism.  

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Testing

Measuring Technology Specialist Pixargus Acquired by CiTex Group

A global player in optical inline quality control, Pixargus is intensifying presence in U.S. & Asia under CiTex umbrella.  

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Additives

Slide Products Promotes Betsi Burns to New Sales Manager

Previously president and sales manager, Slide Products’s Michael Muth now chief strategist

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Additives

“Smart Nanocomposites” for Vehicle, Wearable Electronics and Buildings

OCSiAl’s graphene nanotubes combined with a TPU to fabricate nanocomposite sheets that can harvest electrical energy from sources of waste heat.  

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Biopolymers

TotalEnergies Corbion Publishes LCA for Recycled PLA Based on Advanced Recycling

This Life Cycle Assessment is based on recycled Luminy PLA using waste streams as feedstock for a biobased polyester.  

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Automotive

SPE 2023 Automotive Awards Highlight ‘Firsts’ and Emerging Technologies

Nods given to several ‘firsts’ as well as rapidly emerging technologies with sustainability nearly always a major theme.

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sustainability

Expanded Sustainable Portfolio of PVC Resins

INEOS Inovyn’s two new products are Neovyn, with a 37% lower carbon footprint and Recovyn, made from 100% recycled carbon feedstock.

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resin pricing

Prices for All Volume Resins Head Down at End of 2023

Flat-to-downward trajectory for at least this month.

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Commodity Resins

Low-Smoke, Non-Halogen Polyolefinic Compound for Armored Cables

Avient’s latest addition to its ECCOH portfolio is designed to prevent environmental stress cracking in low- and medium-voltage cable sheathing.  

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