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Elix Polymers Joins Styrenics Circular Solutions Industry Initiative

Newest member of SCS committed to recycling of styrenics into high-quality applications.

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Medical

Tessy to Expand Upstate New York Facility

The injection molding contract manufacturer will invest $20 million to expand its South Plant in Elbridge by 100,000 ft2.

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New Downstream System For Inline Cutting, Curing of TPU Tubing

Novatec will debut an altogether new approach for processing tacky, hard-to-cut thermoplastic polyurethane tubes at next month’s Plastec West show.

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Injection Molding: Faster, Smarter, More Efficient Machines Tackle Sustainable Molding at K 2019

Blazing speed plus shrinking energy consumption supported the “green” theme at the big show. Smarter controls and growing connectivity were another key focus.

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Volume Resin Prices Flat or Down

Feedstock costs are lower, supply is outpacing demand, and overall global demand has slowed.

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Blow Molding: Something for Everyone at K Show

Packaging, industrial, continuous-extrusion, accumulator-head, injection-blow, stretch-blow, EPET, foam, sandwich co-injection—the blow molding news was wide ranging at K 2019.

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PolyOne to Acquire Clariant Color & Additive Masterbatch Business

Early synergies and innovation opportunities are seen by PolyOne in the forthcoming acquisition of Clariant Masterbatches. 

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Construction

New Ownership Heads PolySource

Resin distributor’s senior leaders secure stake in company.

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polystyrene

Volume Resin Prices Down-to-Flat Going into First Quarter of 2020

Prices of polyolefins, PS, PVC could bottom out; PET, nylon 6 could drop further while flat to modestly down trajectory projected for ABS, PC, and nylon 66. 

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Medical

The New Uniloy Plans Numerous Machine Developments

Starting with barrier coinjection at K 2019, Uniloy plans new blow molding machinery developments across four product lines.

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