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Aachen Center, Shuler Form Alliance To Develop Lightweight Automotive, Aerospace Components
Germany's Aachen Center for Integrative Lightweight Production (AZL) will begin manufacturing composite components on a new composite press from Shuler by year's end.
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Celanese In Deal For Deepwater Thermoplastic Composite Pipes
Strategic supply agreement struck between Celanese and supplier of spoolable thermoplastic composite pipe systems for deepwater offshore operations.
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MATERIALS: Ineos To Fully-Own Styrolution
By year's end, Ineos will be sole owner of Stryrolution, its 50-50 joint venture with BASF.
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MATERIALS: Kraton Opens Up Innovation Center
A pilot facility in Belpre, Ohio, has been opened by Houston-based Kraton to produce a wide range of SBC-type developmental materials.
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MATERIALS: Braskem To Build UHMWPE Plant
A new UHMWPE plant is planned by Braskem at its LaPort, Texas site.
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New Study Finds Plastic Bag Bans Have Had Reverse Effects
The premise of these laws is to benefit the environment and reduce municipal costs...in practice, the opposite is more likely to be the case.
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ADDITIVES: Liquid Phosphite Antioxidant Gets FDA's Green Light For Food Packaging
Addivant's next-generation liquid phosphite now approved for food-contact applications boasts better properties and processing than its solid counterparts.
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Ultrasonic Technology Applied to Micro Molding
Ultrasonic technology is not new to plastics, applied widely as a welding technology for joining parts, but what if it could be used to completely rethink the injection molding process?
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Winzeler Gear Thrives With a Little Help from Its Friends
Strategic partnerships give a small molder the technical clout of a much bigger firm.
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Clean-Room LSR Molding Cell For New Approach to HIV/AIDS Prevention
Injection press, metering system, and mold are engineered for medical molding of drug-impregnated LSR.
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