End Markets

Automotive

Uncertainty in Automotive Market for 2019

It’s not clear yet how trade tensions and interest rates will affect stagnant vehicle sales.

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Full Plate of New Technologies on the Table at EVCO Plastics

A new low-pressure molding process, 3D printing of production parts and prototype tooling, collaborative robots, and process monitoring with automatic QC are all on the menu.

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Why Blow Molders Are Switching to EPET

High clarity, easy incorporation of handles, and recycling resin code No. 1 are the principal drivers for converting to EPET resins for extrusion blow molding.

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Downstream System ‘Rewrites the Rules’ for Medical Tubing Extrusion

Extrusion downstream expert Bob Bessemer joins Novatec to enter medical tubing market with innovative line of tanks and puller/cutters.

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Moldmaking in Mexico: A New Frontier

Advancing beyond repairs and maintenance, there is a growing Mexican moldmaking segment, giving local supply and support to the country’s burgeoning automotive sector, among others.

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Packaging

Product Color Trends as Seen by Color Research Futurists

Clariant and PolyOne give peeks at what’s to come in 2020.

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Additives

Leibinger Offers Protection Against Fake 'Christmas' Presents and Beyond

New security ink makes it more difficult for product pirates to do 911爆料网.

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Construction

General Polymers Adds A.Schulman's Compounds to its Arsenal

The new distribution agreement includes A. Schulman’s broad and ever-expanding product portfolio.

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DuPont Boosts Polymerization Capacity of High-Temperature PPA

After increasing capacity of its Zytel HTN in the U.S., DuPont has similar plan underway in Germany to meet increasing demand.

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Biopolymers

Italian Partnership to Pursue Technology for Production of Biopolymers from CO2

Multi-utility provider Hera teams up wit Bio-on to support new company Lux-on’s challenge to revolutionize the production of PHAs.

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Process Cooling
Plastics Size Reduction