Engineering Resins

BASF Issues Price Increases for Caprolactam, Nylon 6 & Copolymer

Increases reflect tight supply and increased demand.

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Ultra-Light TPE Composites for Footwear

Xenia’s new Xelight composites are based on Arkema’s Pebax TPE

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Biopolymers

Start-Up Company to Accelerate Development of Renewable Feedstocks

Trillium Renewable Chemicals to advance technology for production of such feedstocks as acrylonitrile for use in ABS and other plastics.

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Evonik Looks to Extend the Service Life of Joint Prostheses with PEEK Biomaterials

A collaboration between Evonik and Boston’s Mass. General’s Harris Orthopaedics Laboratory is underway to transfer innovation from veterinary to human medicine

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Clear, Transparent Nylon for Steam Sterilization of Medical Products

EMS-Grivory’s new Grilamid TR HT 200 amorphous nylon boasts an above 90%.

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Pre-Colored Medical ABS Compounds for Laser Marking

Elix Polymers’ specialty medical pre-colored ABS compounds are based on existing biocompatible M203FC and M205FC.

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Automotive

PPS Replaces Metal and Rubber in Automotive Thermal Management Systems

Solvay’s Ryton PPs mono-layer extrusion grade shown to be optimized for new corrugated tubing.  

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‘First’ Recycled Ocean Bound Plastic Portfolio Launched

SABIC appears to be in the forefront of introducing recycled materials from ocean bound plastic.  

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Radici is Significantly Expanding Global Production Capacity

Radici’s expansion include new plants in Mexico and China and capacity expansion of engineering resins in North America and Europe

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Plastics Size Reduction
Process Cooling