End Markets
More New LED Lighting Materials—LSRs, PPs and PCs
Wacker’s LSR encapsulants, Trinseo’s advanced PC, and Panasonic’s light diffusion PP are among the latest options.
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Nova Chemicals Opens New Center for Performance Applications
Facility expansion and equipment investments expected to boost innovation and customer collaboration within PE business.
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Emerald Performance Sells Additives Business to DyStar
Company's specialty additives for plastics include non-phthalate plasticizers.
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Plastic Heat Sinks for LEDs “Shine” for Two Lighting Component Manufacturers
PolyOne’s Therma-Tech compounds prove their mettle replacing aluminum as an LED heat sink.
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Honeywell to Spin Off Nylon 6 & Chemicals Business
Transaction of spin-off company 'AdvanSix' to be completed by early 2017.
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LSR Developments in LEDs for Automotive and Street Lighting
LSR’s resistance to UV light and high temperatures allow direct contact to LED, while low injection pressure allows overmolding of sensitive parts.
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Corbion Enters PLA Business
The Dutch global producer of lactic acid is pre-marketing its new PLA resins in North America.
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Chinese Manufacturers of XPS Boards ‘Under Fire’
Banned fluorinated blowing agents and highly toxic flame retardants found in Chinese imports.
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The Latest on Materials & Applications for Auto Thermoplastics Composites
Ford, BASF, Borealis, PlastiComp, Asahi Kasei, Arkema, Covestro, Sigmatex, and the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada will present on traditional and ‘hybrid’ carbon-, glass- and natural-fiber reinforced composites, including systems based on polyolefins, PC, liquid reactive resins, bioplastics, and more.
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Film Processor Pregis Invests $17 million in Expansion
Firm announces name change to Pregis Films in light of 2015 acquisition
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