Materials

Automotive

Sekisui Starts Up New Hybrid Foam Molding Facility in Ohio

Plans for Sekisui's new foam molding facility include material production.

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Automotive

"Game-Changing" Adhesive Nominated for Prestigious R&D Award

Dow Corning's unique silicone adhesive significantly expands design options for automotive electronics.

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best practices

MATERIALS: The Problems with Single-Point Data

In plastics, notched Izod and Charpy test results have been complicated by the way they are reported.

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Evonik Extends Support Of Deep Sea Exploration

With its Plexiglas observation dome, the Lula1000 submarine is discovering numerous previously unknown species.

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Commodity Resins

New Type of Carbon Fiber for Thermoplastics Gets Funding

SGL Group is pursuing development of a carbon fiber with enhanced elongation and optimized surface structure.

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Automotive

RTP Bolsters Compounding Capabilities Through Acquisition

RTP's newly integrated acquisition will especially focus on black masterbatches and carbon black thermoplastic compounds for a several industries.

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polyolefins

High-Moisture Barrier sHDPE Gets Increasing Play in Flexible Food Packaging

sHDPE from Nova Chemical offers excellent moisture barrier in "easy open" cereal and cracker packages.

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polyolefins

Ingeo Biopolymer Tops 'Smallest Carbon Footprint' List

  NatureWorks' online calculator offers brand owners and researchers a tool for comparing GHG emissions and the non-renewable energy use of products made from different plastics.

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Construction

Sounds Weird, But...Plastic Roads May Actually 'Surface'

      Our infrastructure problem is not going away any time soon.

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Construction

ASTM Launches New Plastic Film QA Testing Tool

  An innovative statistical qualitative assurance tool for plastic film testing has been just launched by ASTM International, W.

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Plastics Size Reduction
Blending & Dosing
Process Cooling