End Markets

Elastomers

Materials: Unique PC/ABS and Polyester TPE Compounds Bridge Gaps

Nova Polymers’ Nova TPEE polyester elastomer offers 15-20% cost saving over comparable materials.

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Medical

Materials: High-Impact, FR-Modified PET Compound

PolyVisions new DuraPET FR is also available in a version made from recycled PET.

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Construction

Ascend to Boost ADN Capacity to Meet Nylon 66 Demand

There are industry concerns that current global capacity of ADN is not up to par with fast growing nylon 66 demand.

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Medical

Topas COC Resins Part of Polyplastics USA

Engineering thermoplastic resins supplier Polyplastics USA, Farmingdale, Mich., has acquired its affiliate Topas Advanced Polymers Inc. (TAP USA; U.S. office previously in Florence, Ky.), adding Topas’s cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) resins to its existing portfolio of acetal, PBT, and PPS engineering polymers.

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Automotive

PolyOne Acquires PlastiComp

Expanding its footprint into LFT composites, PolyOne confirms yet another composites acquisition. 

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Consumer Products Industry Grows As Consumer Spending Increases

Wall Street expects strong earnings growth among these companies in 2018.

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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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Automotive

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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Compounding

The One Company Solution

Primex has vertically integrated its color compounding, sheet extrusion, and fabrication businesses to provide a single-source solution to customers in a wide range of industries.

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