Automotive
Plastics Processing Closes Best Quarter in Recorded History (Again)
Overall index for April hits 58.1; custom processors climb to 62.4.
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Novel Polyolefin Additives for Automotive Offer Unprecedented Improvements
Three new game-changing additives boast dramatic improvements in UV and thermal stabilization and mechanical properties of PP for auto interior and exterior components—and more.
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RTP to Boost North American Capacity
In addition to adding new capacity for high-volume compounding at one plant, the company is reopening a Nevada plant shuttered nearly two decades.
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Carolina Color Gets Patent for Versatile New Technology
The G3 color pellet technology is further upgrade from the company’s popular G2 technology.
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Domo Chemical Focuses on U.S. Market with its Engineered Thermoplastic Compounds, Films
Domo’s engineered nylon compounds are for automotive, oil & gas, sports & leisure, consumer goods and industrial applications.
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Additives: High-Performance Lubricants for Automotive and More
Clariant’s unique crude rice bran wax reportedly outperforms lubricants based on Montan wax.
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Materials: Extended Line of Nylon-Based TPEs
An extended product family of nylon-based TPEs, also known as polyether-block-amides (PEBA) is newly availble from Nylon Corporation of America, Inc. (NYCOA), Manchester, N.H.
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Additives: Additive Blends for Neutralizing Odor and VOC Control
Struktol’s new blends targeted on automotive, packaging or recycled applications.
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Chinaplas 2018 Sets Attendance, Space Records at New Venue
More than 180,000 attendees turned out for the four days of Chinaplas 2018 at its new show venue, with more than 26% of those coming from outside China.
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Automotive Tooling Keeps Foot on the Accelerator
The tooling industry looks to remain strong throughout 2018 as key indicators—sentiment, back logs and utilization—all register positive.
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