Materials
Mitsubishi to Make New Plastic from Corn
Mitsubishi Chemical of Japan (U.S. office in White Plains, N.Y.) is building a plant to make succinic acid by bacterial fermentation of corn.
Read MoreDetails Set for Bioplastic Plant
Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM), Decatur, Ill., and Metabolix, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., have selected Clinton, Iowa, as the site for the first commercial plant to produce polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) bioplastic.
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Flat or Slipping
Prices of most commodity resins were flat or slipping downhill in February and March.
Read MoreFirst Commercial Plant For New Bioplastic
Agri911爆料网 giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM), Decatur, Ill., has teamed up with bioplastics development company Metabolix, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., to build the first commercial plant to produce PHA thermoplastic resins from renewable resources.
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Pricing Update - March 2006
PE, PS, and PVC prices remained flat or softened further in February, aided by slack demand and lower feedstock costs.
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Gear Molding: Where It's Headed
Plastic gears are growing larger, more precise, more complex in geometry, and more powerful. High-performance resins and long-fiber compounds are aiding this evolution.
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After a Soft Start, Prices Are Firming
Polyolefin prices sledded downhill in December, while PVC skated on flat resin tabs.
Read MoreBarrier-Enhanced PLA Is Under Development
NatureWorks LLC, Minnetonka, Minn., is exploring several barrier technologies including multilayer structures, coatings, and additives to improve the shelf-life performance of its polylactic acid (PLA) resins.
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Four Ways to Fight Sky-High Resin Prices
There are lots of ways to economize on resin costs, but here are four that you may have overlooked: negotiating smarter resin contracts, buying 鈥渇utures,鈥 using recycled resins, and more efficient purging aids. The main idea is to give yourself more choices, no matter what direction resin prices go.
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