End Markets
Additives: High-Performance Organic Cavitating Masterbatch for White-Opaque BOPP Packaging
Ampacet’s new Pearl 36 cavitating masterbatch for BOPP film boasts high efficiency and outstanding film aesthetics and opacity.
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Hot Runners: Valve Gate Nozzle Offers Greater Wear Resistance
Husky’s Ultra Helix 250 T2 targets small parts weights with difficult-to-access gate locations, promising less maintenance and more longevity.
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'10 Things We’re Seeing in Machine Shops Right Now'
Metalworking shops and plastics plants make for interesting comparisons of their responses to the COVID-19 challenge.
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Materials: High Viscosity PVDF for Extrusion
Arkema has commercialized the highly flexible, high viscosity Kynar Flex 3030-50 PVDF for extrusion processing
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NYCOA Gets Green Light from FDA for its 2012 Nylon Film Copolymer
Manufacturer of specialty engineered nylon polymers Nylon Corporation of America (NYCOA)), Manchester, N.H., recently received Food Contact Substance approval from the FDA for its novel nylon film copolymer known as 2012, to be used as a component of multilayer, single use food packaging constructions, (excluding contact with infant formula and human milk). Said v.p. of business development and R&D Jonathan McEuen, “NYCOA has decades of experience developing and commercializing specialty nylon resin chemistries, including nylon materials used for industrial film applications.
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Materials: First Flexible Acrylic Sheet Debuts on Arkema 4 Trimaran
Altuglas’s ShieldUp Flex flexible acrylic sheet is a major innovation in the world of transparent flexible plastic.
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Additives: Laser Marking Masterbatches for Polyolefin Films
Ampacet expands range of laser marketing masterbatch solutions with Laser Mark Flex technology for flexible applications.
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Materials: Novel TPU for Pneumatic Hoses and New Applications
BASF’s Elastollan 1598 is said to be the first ether-based TPU with the mechanical properties of ester-based TPU.
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First Recyclable Retort Pouch
Starting with cat food, Amcor and Nestlé are launching a breakthrough in recyclable packaging that will improve the environmental footprint of consumer packaging up to 60%.
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Novel Dual-Wheel Blow Molder Allows Quick Product Changes
Two wheels, one extruder, two sets of molds: all you need to change products without a mold change.
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