End Markets

polyolefins

Materials: Specialty Compounds Formulated for Surgical Robotic Systems

RTP Co. has developed thermoplastic compounds for monitors, instruments and staplers. 

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Automotive

Solvay Bring Online New HALS Additives Capacity

Increased capacity of Solvay’s HALS products satisfies increased demand for UV stabilizers.

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Commodity Resins

Pioneering Generation of Stabilizers for High-Quality Polyolefin Recyclate

Fraunhofer LBF and Bruggemann cooperate on successfully tackling thermal and photo oxidation of plastics. 

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Packaging

Consumer Goods Company RB, TerraCycle Talk Plastics Recycling Initiatives

TerraCycle and RB, maker of consumer brands including Mucinex and Enfamil, discuss ways the companies are working toward a circular economy. 

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Medical

Phillips-Medisize to Expand Research Operation in Denmark

The Global Innovation and Development (GID) site in Stuer will support late-stage development of medium- and high-volume products and processes using good manufacturing practice (GMP) and state-of-the-art equipment.

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Construction

Toray Develops Game-Changing PPS Film for 5G Flexible Printed Circuit Boards

Toray’s Torelina biaxially-oriented PPS film balances outstanding dielectric characteristics and thermal dimensional stability.

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Electronics

Unique Class of Polymers Behave Like Crosslinked Thermosets and Process Like Thermoplastics

ATSP Innovations’ Nowe polymer is designed for applications where PEEK, PES, PEI and phenolics and cannot deliver. 

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New North American Office & New Presses for Bole Machinery

Bole America in Stow, Ohio, offers new models of two-platen and servohydraulic toggle presses.

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Induction Heating Offers Potential in Auto Lighting

Superior replication of complex mold textures helps optimize the light path in molded lenses.

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Postprocessing

Paper IML Trims PP Tub to a Skeleton

Stiff paper in-mold label provides topload strength while allowing removal of 76% of the PP in injection molded food tubs.

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Process Cooling