End Markets

Global PEI Shortage To Last Until Second Half Of 2015

With SABIC's Ultem PEI supply tightness expected to continue, RTP is hosting a webinar to discuss alternative compounds it is offering.

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Americhem's Infinity Engineered Compounds Acquires LTL Color Compounders

Infinity LTL Engineered Compounds is the name of the newest Americhem group of companies.

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Ineos And Sasol Break Ground On World-Scale HDPE Plant

Joint venture partners Ineos and Sasol have started construction of their new HDPE plant in LaPorte, Texas.

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Fine-Particle Cellulosics Key To Patented Bio-Plastic Compounds

Through a Japanese/U.S. joint venture, a new range of customized bio-plastic compounds are now available in North America.

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Additive Manufacturing Is the New ‘Normal’

One of the first companies founded on the principle of individualized manufacturing puts AM to work right out front in its retail lobby.

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Mexico’s Auto Market Accelerates, Brings Plastics Along

Mexico’s booming automotive industry inevitably became part of the conversation with exhibitors at the country’s largest plastics trade fair, Plastimagen.

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Packaging

Amcor Wins Race for Hot-Fill PET with Metal Lug Closure

Consumers get the reassuring "pop" of freshness without the weight and fragility of glass.

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Biopolymers

'Green' Alternative To EPS Underway At Findland's VTT Tech

Partners in processing sought by Findland's VTT research center to further development of a PLA-based alternative to EPS packaging and insulation.

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Two New Alliances in Microcellular Foams

Trexel has licensed Milacron to supply turnkey MuCell systems for injection and blow molding, and joined with Lubrizol to develop a new TPU foam technology.

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PE Spot Prices Down; More Contract Price Reductions Likely

A second PE supplier has offered a PE contract price reduction, while spot prices tumble as available supply swells.

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Process Cooling