Engineering Resins

Price Increases on Polyacetal and UHMW-PE Underway

POM, UHMW-PE join other commodity engineering resins in moving up in price.

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Construction

No News Shortage on Thermoplastic Composites at JEC World 2017

Sabic enters continuous carbon-fiber reinforced tape; TxV taps Fiberforge technology; Xenia introduces materials reinforced with hybrid (glass/carbon) fillers; and more.

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New ‘Long’ Carbon Nanotubes Promising In Thermoplastics, LSR

Novel hair-like nanotubes are said to “love thermoplastics” and to provide electrical conductivity at very low loadings.

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Space: Where 3D Printing Innovates?

It鈥檚 called the 鈥淔inal Frontier鈥 but maybe space is actually a closer to a present-day trendsetter. What does that mean?

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Additive Mfg. Materials Evolve as Market Moves from Prototyping to Production

Both Stratasys and Arkema have recently launched new materials with improved aesthetics and performance.

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PC Continues to Hit the Bullseye in Archery

Covestro鈥檚 Makrolon 2805 has been used for injection molded arrow nocks for more than 30 years.

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Arkema Boosts PEKK Capacity

Another major investment now underway.

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Packaging

Chinaplas 2017 Focuses on Industry 4.0, Design and Medical Plastics

Chinaplas 2017 (May 16-19, China Import and Export Fair Complex, Pazhou, Guangzhou) will once again host three concurrent conferences along with its massive exhibition.

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Suppliers Team to Run Precision Teflon Tubing at Medical Show

Apart from the triennial K Show, extrusion system suppliers don鈥檛 operate lines at trade fairs that much anymore.

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Victrex Expands Its “Downstream” Parts Manufacturing Business

The joint venture with Tri-Mack Plastics to accelerate use of PAEK composite components in aerospace.

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