Consumer Products
Novel Process Opens Up Vast Landscapes for Biobased Materials
DuPont and ADM develop new process to make high-purity fructose derivative for conversion to biobased chemicals and materials.
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U.S. High-Melt-Strength PP Tackles Wide Range of Applications
Total’s new HMS-PP signals both increased interest in the material and a source of domestic production.
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Styrolution Now Goes by INEOS Styrolution
A little over a year after acquiring BASF's share of Styrolution, INEOS changes names and log to reflect ownwership.
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Industrial Bulletproof Lenses Made with New PC
Covestro’s “extremely” impact-resistant PC used for safety glasses, face shields.
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Aussie Offers Nanoadditives For Mar/Scruff Resistance
surface-treated nanoclays protect acrylics, PC, PET, and other polar polymers.
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Are You Ready to Take on the World?
Plastics Technology’s exclusive benchmarking study reveals the tactics of processors who just might be in that class.
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Top of the Class: Meet 2015’s World-Class Processors
Plastics Technology’s inaugural group of World-Class Processors—selected through an exclusive benchmarking survey—spans geographies, markets, processes, and materials. Diverse in size and capabilities, these companies have one key trait in common: efficiency. How do you stack up in comparison?
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PLA Sheet for Signage and Folded Cartons
Bi-Ax is the first manufacturer in North America to convert NatureWorks' Ingeo PLA resins into film and sheet.
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Huber Expands FR Portfolio with Newest Acquisition
Acquisition of Albemarle's mineral flame retardants business is Huber's fourth and largest such endeavor within five years.
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Carbodeon Granted U.S. Patent for Nanodiamond-Containing Plastics
With thermally conductive plastics rapidly growing in demand, the addition of nanodiamonds to the arsenal of thermally-conductive fillers is only welcome.
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