Materials
Price Relief in Commodity Resins
Combination of slowed global demand, build-up in resin suppliers’ inventories, and projected drops in feedstock prices are expected to provide some price relief at least through the second quarter.
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MATERIALS AT NPE: All Market Sectors Benefit from Large Crop of New Materials
Higher-performance and easier processing PE film resins for packaging, a one-pass crosslinked PE for photovoltaic (PV) wire and cable, several higher-performing nylons and TPEs, “greener” plastics, and enhanced styrenic and PC resins are among the new materials that made their debut at the big show in Orlando, Fla., last month.
Read MoreNew Supplier of Rigid PVC Compounds
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Sylvin Technologies Inc., Denver, Pa., a compounder of flexible and semi-rigid PVC, has now expanded into rigid PVC compounds.
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Commodity & Engineering Resin Prices Climb Higher
Prices of major commodity thermoplastics continued to move upward through end of first quarter.
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UV Cure Solves LSR Processing Challenges
Extended cure times for thick parts and temperature sensitivity of pharmaceutical additives are two challenges for silicone molding and extrusion that can be overcome with new low-temperature UV curing technology.
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Working with Color Concentrates
Industry needs more development of enhanced-mixing screws.
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Materials & Additives at NPE: Performance, Processability, And Sustainability
Bioplastics take center stage.
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PP Prices Spike; Other Prices Up, Too
Prices of commodity resins all moved up in the first quarter.
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Working with Color Concentrates
Perhaps the greatest difficulty involving the use of color concentrates is specifying them appropriately for the material to which they are being added.
Read MoreNew Partnership for EVOH/Nanoclay Barrier Compounds
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Nippon Gohsei of Japan, maker of SoaranoL EVOH resins, has obtained an exclusive global license for use of O2Block Barrier additive from NanoBioMatters Industries S.L. of Spain.
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