End Markets

Packaging

Heating/Cooling: Sanitary Chillers, TCUs For Clean Rooms

Mokon’s new Pura-therm line includes cleanroom-ready chillers, TCUs and combination units.

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Packaging

Blow Molding: Interchangeable Mold Inserts For Flexible PET Bottle Molding

Change PET bottle size and shape easily with bottle mold inserts from PET engineering.

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Seeking Better Balance in Medical Molding

Medical injection molding demands shot-to-shot consistency of part and process—a fundamentally challenging task in multicavity molding—is there better path to flow balance?

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Evonik Reorganizes its Business; Will Exit PPA Market

Focus of Evonilk’s reorganization is on specialty materials such as nylon 12, transparent nylons, and biopolymers. 

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Packaging

DowDuPont to Complete Spin-Off of Companies

Following last month’s spin-off of a ‘new’ Dow, the spin-off of an independent DuPont materials company and the new Corteva agriculture firm will take place June 1.

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Automotive

Could the Plastics Industry Become Collateral Damage in a Trade War?

The plastics industry is a global one, and at this time, it’s caught in the transcontinental crossfire of a slow simmering trade war.

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ExxonMobil to Expand Vistamaxx Production and Enter Linear Alpha Olefins Market

The move will enhance the company’s portfolio of ethylene-propylene specialty elastomers which have found broad use since their 2003 launch.

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Materials: PC, ABS and Blends with Up to 50% Recycled Content for Broad Range of Applications

Star Plastics’ new ReStart product line boasts a sustainable materials solution that delivers quality parts and reduced waste.

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Medical

Minding Your P’s and Q’s (and Your I’s and O’s) in Medical Molding

Process validation—including Installation Qualification (IQ), Operational Qualification (OQ), and Performance Qualification (PQ)—is a necessary but time consuming procedure, what if you could speed it up?

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Construction

Materials: PVC Foaming Compounds Coated with Blowing Agent

PolyOne’s new Geon Cellular Vinyl formulationg for trim and molding applications feature a proprietary technology that alleviates separation and consistency issues. 

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Blending & Dosing
Plastics Size Reduction