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Four Packaging Trends to Consider for 2020

Chroma Color’s Bishop Beall discusses his views on key trends to consider in the development of plastic packaging going forward. 

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Colorants: New System Allows Custom Liquid-Color Matching by Molders

PolyOne and 3M collaborate on quick recipe generation and mixing/dosing of liquid colors for in-house color matching by short-run injection molders.

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Commodity Resins

Additives:Translucent 'Frost' Effect Colorants for PET Bottles

PolyOne’s Smartbatch Frost Collecton of color masterbatches launched at Chinaplas 2019.

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Medical

Polymers that Change Fluorescence or Color When Under Mechanical Load Under Investigation

A Swiss-Japanese university team is investigating a sensor molecule (“mechanophore”) that emits fluorescent light that could be used as a built-in warning for when parts are near failure.

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Construction

Materials: Color-Changing Continuous Acrylic Sheet for Illuminated Signage

Plaskolite’s new Optix-L Black/White acrylic sheet reduces materials needed for many back-lit signs and graphic installations. 

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Color Innovator Swain Dies at 90

Founder of Chroma Color was a member of Plastics Hall of Fame and Plastics Pioneers Association.

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Testing: Software Accelerates Color Formulation for Plastics, Coatings and Textiles

X-Rite Patone’s latest release of its Color iMatch boasts better match performance reducing the number of formulation steps.

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Automotive

Chroma Color Acquires Polymer Concentrates

Chroma Further expands its manufacturing footprint along with its suite of colorant and additive technologies.

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Construction

Brunk Expands Services for Rotational Molders

Toll pulverizing company now offers toll color compounding and reprocessing of LLDPE for rotational molding. 

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Product Color Trends as Seen by Color Research Futurists

Clariant and PolyOne give peeks at what’s to come in 2020.

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