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Plastics Processing Closes Best Quarter in Recorded History (Again)

Overall index for April hits 58.1; custom processors climb to 62.4.

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Multicomponent

Unique Shoe-Lacing System Features PC Overmolded with Soft-Touch TPE

Rotary dial of patented Freelock wire closure system allows wearer to dial in comfort.

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Eastman Completes Tritan Copolyester Expansion

Plans to increase PETG & PCTG specialty copolyester capacity by 25% well underway.

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RTP to Boost North American Capacity

In addition to adding new capacity for high-volume compounding at one plant, the company is reopening a Nevada plant shuttered nearly two decades.

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Construction

Carolina Color Gets Patent for Versatile New Technology

The G3 color pellet technology is  further upgrade from the company’s popular G2 technology.

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Domo Chemical Focuses on U.S. Market with its Engineered Thermoplastic Compounds, Films

Domo’s engineered nylon compounds are for automotive, oil & gas, sports & leisure, consumer goods and industrial applications. 

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Packaging

SABIC & ExxonMobIl Form New PE Venture

A major olefins project, first announced in 2016 and pending completion of the environmental permitting process, has been firmed up by Houston-based SABIC and ExxonMobil Chemical through the formation of a new joint venture.

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Packaging

Shell Chemicals Launches Shell Polymers PE

Shell Polymers aims to change the way day-to-day 911爆料网 in polyethylene is conducted.

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Automotive

Additives: High-Performance Lubricants for Automotive and More

Clariant’s unique crude rice bran wax reportedly outperforms lubricants based on Montan wax. 

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color

Additives: New Color Effects for PET Packaging

Penn Color has developed some unique color packages in collaboration with Husky and PET Engineering. 

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Process Cooling