Engineering Resins

Materials Know How 26 Jun 2012

When It Comes to Nylon, Don’t Do the Math

Chemistry is seldom as simple as it looks. Polymer chemistry takes the complexity up a notch. Nylon chemistry is about much more than doing the math.

Engineering Resins 31 May 2012

Rubbermaid Foodservice Containers Go BPA-Free

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Winchester, Va., has introduced a new line of commercial and institutional kitchen foodservice products made of BPA-free Tritan copolyester from Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, Tenn.

Engineering Resins 31 May 2012

VW Relies on Acetal for Passenger Safety

WEB EXCLUSIVE: The seat-belt retractor system of the new VW up! city car utilizes a special high-impact, low-emissions acetal from Ticona (U.S. office in Florence, Ky.). The VW up! was introduced in late 2011.

Engineering Resins 30 May 2012

Flurry of Industry Activity Aims to Bridge Nylon 12 Shortage

Global shortage of nylon 12 is expected to last through the remainder of this year.

Engineering Resins 1 May 2012

High-Flow Nylon Carries the Load in New Fork-Lift Truck

WEB EXCLUSIVE: New I-ton hand pallet truck (HPT) from Lifter S.r.l. of Italy (U.S. office in Marietta, Ga.) is the first pallet truck in the world made of nonmetallic material.

Engineering Resins 29 Apr 2012

Bayer to Buy Arkema’s PC Sheet Business

Bayer MaterialScience, Pittsburgh, will acquire the U.S. polycarbonate sheet business of Arkema Inc., Philadelphia.

Construction 28 Apr 2012

MATERIALS AT NPE: All Market Sectors Benefit from Large Crop of New Materials

Higher-performance and easier processing PE film resins for packaging, a one-pass crosslinked PE for photovoltaic (PV) wire and cable, several higher-performing nylons and TPEs, “greener” plastics, and enhanced styrenic and PC resins are among the new materials that made their debut at the big show in Orlando, Fla., last month.