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Housing Weakens

Construction is growing but overall housing recovery still a ways off.

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AmTopp To Boost Additive Concentrates Capacity

With an eye on meeting shorter lead times, this additive concentrates manufacturer has expansion plans underway.

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Materials

PVC Water Pipe Again Proves Its Merits In New Study

Dig-ups here and abroad confirm PVC water pipe's longevity in excess of 100 years.

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Medical

ADDITIVES: Galata Chemicals Now Part of India's Artek Surfin

India's Artek Surfin has acquired plastic additives supplier Galata Chemicals.

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Construction

Polyolefins Innovation: Automotive, Packaging, Pipe, Furniture, Flooring, Films

New materials and processes for injection and blow molding, extrusion, compounding, and thermoforming were discussed at the recent SPE Polyolefins Conference.

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Packaging

2013 was good for N.A. equipment suppliers; Can 2014 Overcome a Slow Start?

The North American plastics equipment market saved its best for last in 2013, delivering shipments valued at $335.1 million in the fourth quarter—the best three-month stretch of the year and up 3% from the previous quarter. Will that momentum hold in 2014, however?

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Construction

Liquid Thermoplastics Process Like Composite Thermosets

The continued evolution of thermoplastic composites just got even more interesting with this week’s launch by Arkema of the first range of a novel family of liquid thermoplastics that are transformed via reactive closed-mold processes such as room-temperature infusion, RTM, and flex-molding as used for composite thermosets.

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Construction

Celanese Bolsters Thermoplastic Composite Development Efforts

Thermoplastic composites on the forefront for Celanese.

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APPLICATION: Transmission Conductor Features Multi-Stranded Composite Core Of Celstran CFR-TPR

An affordable new option for utility transmission lines from Southwire uses a multi-stranded composite core of Celanese's Celstran continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic rods (CFR-TPR).

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APPLICATION: High-Diffusion PC Featured In Low-Cost, Award-Winning LED Bulb

The high-diffusion Lexan PC enables the injection-blow molding of the Infinia LED bulb resulting in a bulb with omnidirectional evenly dispersed light.

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