Engineering Resins

PlastiComp Opens Dedicated Long Fiber Thermoplastic R&D Lab

To continue advancement of such composites, PlastiComp's R&D functions now in new lab.

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Medical

IBM Researchers Discover a New Way to Recycle PC

IBM says it has discovered a new process to turn old smartphones into medical-grade plastic.

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Innovation On the Agenda at TCC Auto 2016

Lots of new developments discussed including Covestro鈥檚 strategy to launch continuous reinforced PC sheet.

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Additives

A Pre-K2016 Experience in Belgium

EMG did a terrific job in bringing together some 25 trade press members to hear preliminary news from some key players in plastic materials and additives.

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Commodity Resins

Resin Prices Flat to Lower

Second quarter ends with flat to declining prices, even for high-volume engineering resins.

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Special Process Molds Stronger Parts In Very Thick, Near-Net Shapes

Unusual injection process molds very thick parts with unusually high strength.

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Transitioning From World’s Factory to World’s Designer

China has long since aggregated the means and materials of production, but increasingly it’s seeking to lay claim to the creative origins of products—the design.

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polyolefins

Chase Expands Space and Capacity of its Administrative and Warehouse Sites

Plastics distributor Chase Plastic Services Inc. has completed a $7.3 investment its Michigan headquarters and Indiana distribution warehouse.

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Slideshow: SPE’s Plastics for Life Global Parts Competition

During ANTEC 2016, a panel of judges selected the winners of the 3rd annual Plastics for Life Global Parts Competition.

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Blow Molding

Winners of SPE’s Plastics for Life Global Parts Competition

A panel of judges selected the winners of the 3rd annual Plastics for Life Global Parts Competition from among a wide range of parts that had already won in competitions at previous SPE events during the past year.

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