End Markets
Materials: LSR Grades Offer Low-Temperature Curing, Primerless Adhesion to Copolyester
Curing at a lower temperature makes it feasible to overmold the materials onto heat-sensitive substrates, including copolyesters.
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Materials: New LSR Cures, Forms in the Body
Patented LSR delivery system allows implantation of pre-sterilized materials for in-situ cure and forming within the body.
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Electronics OEMs Face Slower Growth
Strong 2017 created overcapacity, which is expected to balance out this year, as demand increases.
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Plastics Processing Continues Expansion
Business is poised for additional growth this year.
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Recycling Needs Drive Innovation in Sleeve Labels
Materials suppliers and film processors have been hard at work creating new label offerings compatible with PET bottle recycling.
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Novel ‘Flat’ Fiberglass Enhances Injection Molded TP Composites
Advances in fiberglass reinforcements for thermoplastics have evolved from conventional chopped strand to long-glass fibers to hybrids of long glass and carbon fibers.
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Now You Can Injection Mold Unpainted Automotive Soft Skins
New S-TPE for interior trim challenges slush molding and TPV competition.
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Ford Goes Greener for Plastics
Research scientists at Ford Motor are finding the ways and means to make more-sustainable plastics for use in their vehicles. And some of the bio-materials being used may surprise you.
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PE Film Market Snap-Shot: Fresh Produce, Self-Serve, and Wet-Pack Bags
Coextrusion is being used as a differentiator as processors that invest in new technology are more confident about their ability to gain market share.
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Really Big Machines Dominate Milacron Booth
The largest machine at this NPE—or any NPE to date—is Milacron’s new 2250-ton Cincinnati machine. Not to mention the massive platen of a 6600-tonner now under construction, also on view.
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