Consumer Products
Bright,Platy Talc Soon Available from North American Source
Imerys will soon supply a minimum 92 brightness, lamellar, micronized talc from a North American source for the first time in the industry's history.
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Honeywell To Boost Nylon 6, 6/6 Production
Honeywell's new nylon 6 and 6/6 production line has the flexibility to produce either or both depending on customer demand.
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For the Adventurous, Opportunities Beckon in Overmolding RFID Tags
Insert molding RFID tags and antennas is a growing market opportunity with relatively few players who have braved the challenges involved.
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Polyolefins Innovation: Automotive, Packaging, Pipe, Furniture, Flooring, Films
New materials and processes for injection and blow molding, extrusion, compounding, and thermoforming were discussed at the recent SPE Polyolefins Conference.
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2013 was good for N.A. equipment suppliers; Can 2014 Overcome a Slow Start?
The North American plastics equipment market saved its best for last in 2013, delivering shipments valued at $335.1 million in the fourth quarter—the best three-month stretch of the year and up 3% from the previous quarter. Will that momentum hold in 2014, however?
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MATERIALS: S&E Specialty Polymers Expands Its Toll Compounding
The company鈥檚 plant is equipped with a wide range of processing equipment combined with a state-of-the-art lab.
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Reshoring & Robotics Trends Bode Well for Electronics
As robots become more commonplace—in industry and consumer markets—electronics will continue to be a strong market for plastics processors.
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Are Imported PET Preforms Likely To Hit Our Shores?
At least one expert in the global polyester industry thinks that may well be a possibility, despite some odds against it.
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APPLICATION: High-Diffusion PC Featured In Low-Cost, Award-Winning LED Bulb
The high-diffusion Lexan PC enables the injection-blow molding of the Infinia LED bulb resulting in a bulb with omnidirectional evenly dispersed light.
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“Maybe BPA isn't so bad after all”
That鈥檚 how Jon Hamilton, a reporter at National Public Radio鈥檚 (NPR) science desk, began his story this week on a new report by government scientists published in the journal Toxicological Sciences, which concludes what many reports on bisphenol A (BPA) already have.
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