polyolefins

polyolefins

Nova Installs Nine-Layer Blown Film Line to Enhance Customer Collaboration

It's said to be a first for PE resin producers in North America.

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Medical

ASTM Launches New Plastic Film QA Testing Tool

  An innovative statistical qualitative assurance tool for plastic film testing has been just launched by ASTM International, W.

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polyolefins

Expect Graphene to Make its Mark in Multiple Markets

  There has been a lot of buzz about graphene in recent times and for good reason.  A material stronger and stiffer than carbon fiber, graphene is thought to have enormous commercial potential, but has been impractical to use on a large scale, with researchers limited to using small flakes of the material.

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Rising Virgin Prices Bode Well for Recycled Resins

Recycled HDPE prices went up earlier in the year and are now subsiding. R-PET prices were low but have risen and may now stabilize.

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Additives

Materials at NPE: New Solutions to Enhance Processing, Performance, Sustainability & Cost

There was no shortage of new thermoplastics and additives covering the full range of end-use applications.

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Resin Prices Relatively Flat for Now

Prices are up for some commodity and engineering resins, but the trajectory for the third quarter is generally flat.

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Biopolymers

First Ocean-Cleaning System Set to Deploy in 2016

The Ocean Cleanup's unique ocean cleaning-system will be the longest floating structure ever deployed in the ocean.

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Commodity Resins

Nova Installs Nine-Layer Blown Film Coextrusion Line to Enhance Customer Collab

As part of a several upgrades at its Calgary R&D facility, Nova Chemicals has installed a semi-commercial scale nine-layer blown film coextrusion line.

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Commodity Resins

King Plastic Gets Exclusive License for Gelest's Antimicrobials

King Microshield is the upgraded polyolefin sheet stock to be offered by King Plastic, featuring Biosafe antimicrobial from Gelest.

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Solvay Launches New Thermoplastic Lightweighting Materials for Aerospace

'Tegralite' is the name of a new family of thermoplastic composites developed by Solvay and three alliance partners.

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