Materials
Materials Suppliers Shift to Toll Compounding
WEB EXCLUSIVE Two producers of thermoplastic molding and extrusion materials are shifting from in-house compounding to outside toll producers.
Read MoreNew Venture to Fill Gap in Tech Support
Resin distributor Mitsui Plastics, White Plains, N.Y., and compounder Techmer PM, Clinton, Tenn., will announce at this month鈥檚 NPE show a new venture called Mitsui Techmer Solutions.
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Temporary Lull in Price Hikes
For the most part, commodity resin prices were stable last month, though rising feedstock prices, some upticks in demand, and revival of exports indicate pressure building for higher prices.聽
Read MoreANTEC at NPE: Editors' Picks
One of the unusual features of NPE 2009 in Chicago June 22-24 will be the first-ever concurrent presentation of the SPE ANTEC conference, by far the largest of seven conferences at McCormick Place during the show.
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NPE 2009 News Flash
Injection MoldingHybrid Press Has Electric ClampNew injection presses that combine servo-electric and hydraulic movements to achieve high performance with energy efficiency will be discussed by Arburg Inc., Newington, Conn.
Read MoreNatureWorks Broadens PLA Supply
Two recent moves by NatureWorks LLC, Minnetonka, Minn., the world鈥檚 first and largest supplier of polylactide (PLA) biopolymer, indicate that this renewable resin is gaining broader market acceptance.
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Pricing Update - April 2009
A short, sharp rebound in the first quarter called an abrupt halt to the long slide in commodity resin prices.
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New Processes for Food-Grade Recycled HDPE
Recycling HDPE homopolymer from milk and water bottles back into food-grade bottles is a new achievement that was featured at the Plastics Recycling Conference, sponsored by Resource Recycling magazine, and at the SPE Global Plastics Environmental Conference (GPEC 2009), held back to back in Orlando, Fla., last month.Removing volatiles from HDPE to meet U.S.
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Higher Prices Return
In the teeth of a deepening recession, commodity resin suppliers managed to raise prices in the first two months of the year, spurred by a sudden uptick in monomer tabs. YES, PE PRICES ARE UPPolyethylene suppliers succeeded in hiking prices 7¢/lb in January and February, giving them full implementation of their first increase of the year.
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Resin Prices Bottom Out
The free fall in resin prices appeared to end with a thump last month.
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