Commodity Resins

polyolefins

PE Outlook for 2016 Favors Processors

After years of not having the advantage, RTi's Burns says processors are poised to see a reversal.

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SPE Winners in Powertrain, Chassis & Process Assembly

More on top innovations from 2015 SPE Automotive Awards

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polyolefins

Winners of SPE Auto Innovation Awards in Materials and Body

Lots of "firsts" highlighted the 2015 SPE Automotive Innovation Awards.

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polyolefins

The Promise of "4D Printing"

MIT scientist is shaping the next development to 3D printing: 4D printing, where the fourth dimension is time.

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Foreign PE Investments Underway in North America

Ineos technology to star at two new U.S. HDPE plants and two in Mexico.

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Commodity Resins

Two Dow Flexible Packaging Technologies Among R&D 100 Awards

Both the PE Stand-Up Pouch and PacXpert bottles are making commercial advances globally.

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polyolefins

Commodity Resin Prices Flat or Lower

Mostly quiet forecast for the end of the year.

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Packaging

Takeaway from IHS Presentation on PE Outlook

IHS expects flat prices to end the year, followed by one increase in Q1 2016, and lower prices in Q2 and Q3.

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Commodity Resins

New Family of High-Performancen Packaging LLDPE-Like Resins

Dow's just announced Innate Precision Packaging Resins boast unmatched abuse resistance and excellent processability.

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PET

Why & When Should You Re-Crystallize PET Scrap?

Whether you’re blow molding PET bottles or extruding APET sheet, you’ll produce amorphous scrap in the process. How you handle it will impact your production costs. Re-crystallizing it will help.

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Blending & Dosing
Plastics Size Reduction