Sheet Extrusion
Cyclic Olefin Copolymer: Alternative Resin For Medical Packaging
With Barex production winding down, processors serving the medical market are eyeing replacements. Some have already commercialized new packages with COC.
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Online Global Marketplace For Polymer Transactions
Service allows polymer buyers and sellers around the world to post products, negotiate, and arrange for shipment.
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Easy-To-Integrate Wireless Production-Monitoring Platform
Smart-factory technology made more accessible by start-up firm.
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Extrusion Veteran Jim Nissel Retires from Welex
James Nissel grew up in and around Welex since its inception in King of Prussia, Penn. in 1966.
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Metallocene PE To See Increased Growth with Films in the Lead
Global study says North America has accounted for the largest share of the global mPE market.
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Trials Show 'Dryer-Less' System Converts Mixed Regrind Into High-Quality Thermoformed Sheet
In production-scale trials, PETG and APET scrap bypasses landfill thanks to PTi's high-vacuum, twin-screw extrusion system.
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U.S. High-Melt-Strength PP Tackles Wide Range of Applications
Total’s new HMS-PP signals both increased interest in the material and a source of domestic production.
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Former Laminating Exec Starts Own Sheet Business
Apex 'fills void' by furnishing high-gloss sheet for laminating.
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Are You Ready to Take on the World?
Plastics Technology鈥檚 exclusive benchmarking study reveals the tactics of processors who just might be in that class.
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Top of the Class: Meet 2015’s World-Class Processors
Plastics Technology鈥檚 inaugural group of World-Class Processors鈥攕elected through an exclusive benchmarking survey鈥攕pans geographies, markets, processes, and materials. Diverse in size and capabilities, these companies have one key trait in common: efficiency. How do you stack up in comparison?
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