Consumer Products
Growth in Electronics Production to Remain Weak
Spending on electronics has been growing, but the pace is probably not sustainable.
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Prices Up for All Commodity Resins, Including ABS, PC, Nylons 6, 66
Reversal of some factors driving prices up could change the trajectory in the second or third quarter.
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Dramatic New Potential for Circuitry Printed on Plastics
Novel nano-silver and nano-copper inks reduce costs and complexity, while opening up new applications.
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Arburg ‘Technology Days’-6700 Visitors and Several Novelties
The first metal-powder injection molded smartphone frame, PP-IML containers molded in under 2 sec, a new additive-manufacturing development center, and hints of innovations yet to come.
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The M&A Climate in a New Political Environment
Business owners are asking what to expect going forward and whether there is a meaningful threat to plastics company values.
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North American Plastics Machinery Shipments Contract Again
Compared to the final quarter of 2015, North American shipments of plastics machinery were 7.4% lower.
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Global Petrochemical Growth to be Led by China
This despite economic slowdown and overcapacity says IHS Markit.
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PC Continues to Hit the Bullseye in Archery
Covestro鈥檚 Makrolon 2805 has been used for injection molded arrow nocks for more than 30 years.
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