April 2007 Issue
April 2007
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Plastics Technology
Thermoforming: Ready for In-Mold Labeling? - Illustrations Of IML System
The following photos illustrate the IML system for thermoforming developed by Marbach and Gabler.
Read MoreMedical Tubing: Tinier Than Ever And Much More Complex
Medical tubes are becoming ever smaller and thinner while adding new features like high-tech material combinations, more wire braiding/wrapping, and heat-shrink sheathing for strength and kink resistance.
Read MoreStructural Foam: As Parts Grow Larger, Robots Do the Heavy Lifting
Besides its safety advantages, automation stabilizers and even reduces cycle times, boosting production and cutting scrap.
Read MorePolystyrene Ionomer Extrudes More Easily
Total Petrochemicals in Houston has invented what it calls a “breakthrough resin technology,” believed to be the first commercial styrenic ionomer.
Read MoreHow to Become the World's Biggest Rotomolder
Where do you suppose the world’s largest rotomolding company hails from?
Read MoreHow Big Is the Plastics Trade Deficit?
You may have an anxious feeling that the United States is being flooded with plastics imports and that the water is steadily rising.
Read MoreYour Business Pricing Update - April 2007
Polyolefins, PET, and PVC were on the way up last month, as resin suppliers sought to recover margins shrunken by lackluster demand and higher feedstock costs.
Read MoreColoring on the Machine: You Can Do It Right
Coloring at the machine can offer significant cost benefits, including lower material inventory costs and improved process flexibility when compared with the cost of buying precolored resin or installing a large-capacity central blender to premix resin and color concentrate.
Read MoreThermoforming: Ready for In-Mold Labeling?
After several fits and starts over the last decade, thermoforming IML appears ready for prime time, thanks to improvements in output and labeling technology. For now, the action is mostly in European packaging.
Read MoreYour Business in Brief - April 2007
Lyondell Sells Its Millenium TiO2 UnitLyondell Chemical Co., Houston, has agreed to sell its Millennium Inorganic Chemicals subsidiary in Hunt Valley, Md., the world’s second-largest producer of titanium dioxide.
Read MoreYour Business Outlook - April 2007
For the fifth consecutive year, our Pipe Business Index registered an overall gain in 2006, expanding 2% over the previous year.
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