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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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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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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