Automotive
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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Styron To Exit Commodity PC Resin Business
Specialty PC compounds and blends in North America is Styron's new focus.
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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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Collaboration Yields First Transparent, Conductive PC Film
Big application for new film is touch screens to speed response times.
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Solvay And e-Xstream to Speed Up Metal-To-Plastic Substitution For Car Makers
The MMI Technyl Design, an advanced simulation service for automotive OEMs jointly created by Solvay and e-Xstream, is said to accurately predict the performance of injection-molded parts, which when replacing metals, ultimately contributes to reduction of weight and part production costs.
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Solvay And e-Xstream Join To Speed Up Metal-To-Plastic Sub For Car Makers
The MMI Technyl Design advanced simulation service set up by Solvay and e-Xstream for automotive OEMs can accurately predict the performance of injection-molded parts, which when replacing metals, ultimately contribute to weight reduction and production costs.
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U.S. plastics machinery shipments on the rise
Deliveries of plastics machinery and equipment in the U.S. climbed 11% in the first quarter, a show of strength in a weakening global market.
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Process Technologies for TP Composites in Automotive
In one session, learn about process simulation, rapid heat-cool molding, and continuous prepreg tape laying and rapid consolidation.
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Machinery Systems for Thermoplastic Composites in Automotive
Three suppliers of injection machines and one of in-mold sensors will present the latest technology for injection overmolding of composites.
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