August 2007 Issue
August 2007
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Plastics Technology
Abracadabra, KaZaK!
KaZaK Composites Inc. in Woburn, Mass., is not your average pultruder. “We’re fundamentally different from every other pultruder,” says founder Jerry Fanucci, an aerospace engineer with a Ph.D. from MIT.
Read More3D Molding Simulation Growing in Accuracy & Capabilities
New developments in 3D simulation can handle processes like gas assist, coinjection, and multi-shot molding and add features like birefringence prediction.
Read MoreRecycling E-Plastics New Material Stream Brings Its Own Set of Problems
Brominated flame retardants restrict its use. Most now goes to China, but new recycling processes promise to ‘clean up’ e-waste.
Read MoreDual-Cure PUR Coatings Boost Performance Of In-Mold Decorating Films
A new version of in-mold decorating technology, developed initially for exterior auto body components, uses dual-cure coating technology to provide a paint film that is both stretchable for good thermoformability and also provides the high gloss and durability of conventional paints.
Read MoreYour Business In Brief - August 2007
GE Sets Up Center For Auto GlazingGE Plastics, Pittsfield, Mass., has opened its first Automotive Glazing Center of Excellence in Bergen Op Zoom, Netherlands.
Read MoreSqueezing Out The Middle Market
A moment of silence, please, for the final passing of Van Dorn.
Read MorePET Container Stress Cracking: Myth Versus Science
Since the introduction of the first 2-liter, one-piece PET bottle by Continental Can Co. in Fall River, Mass., in 1978, the PET container’s nemesis has been stress cracking.
Read MoreYour Business Outlook - August 2007
Domestic production of injection molded housewares will rise by at least 12% in 2007 after a flat 2006 and a drop of 18% in 2005.
Read MoreNew Injection Machines and Processes To Debut at K 2007
A brand-new line of all-electric machines priced on par with comparable hydraulic presses and the first public demonstration of insert molding RFID chips into plastic parts will be two highlights of the Engel display at the mammoth K 2007 show in Dusseldorf, Germany, this October.
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