March 2000 Issue
March 2000
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Plastics Technology
Pricing Update - March 2000
Buyers Balk at Barrage of Price HikesDespite strong demand and rising feedstock prices, resin suppliers bumped up against resistance last month to higher tabs for PE, PP, PVC, and PS.
Read MoreCatch a Falling Company
Peter Schulz had recently retired from Hoechst Celanese in Dallas, and Richard Nurse was a consultant, when both were called in to help shape up BPI Packaging Technologies Inc. in North Dighton, Mass.
Read MoreRecycle Pricing Update - March 2000
Prices Up for Most Recycled ResinsFollowing the volatile virgin-resin market, prices for recycled grades of PET, polystyrene, and PVC have soared in recent months.
Read MoreRetractable-Tiebar Machine Is ‘Americanized’and Toggle Presses Get Upgrades
At an open house last month, HPM Corp., Mt. Gilead, Ohio, announced improvements to two injection machine lines. First, the original design of the company’s NextWave two-platen, retractable-tiebar presses has been “Americanized.” HPM acquired the design when it bought Hemscheidt of Germany in 1997. Second, in response to customer feedback, HPM has made about 20 modifications to its economically priced universal toggle machines. More than 100 of these presses have been sold since their introduction at NPE ’97. Both machine lines will be displayed in June at NPE 2000 in Chicago.
Read MoreNew Cyclic Olefins
Cyclic olefin homopolymers and copolymers are engineering thermoplastics derived from the ring-shaped norbornene molecule, which is made from dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) and ethylene.
Read MoreExperts Predict the Next Big Thing in Thermoforming
What changes are in store for thermoforming in this decade? We polled nine industry experts on new developments to watch out for in materials, machinery, tooling, and controls.
Read MoreNot Just for News Junkies
Don’t be afraid of hurting my feelings. I want the unvarnished truth. Have you ever tuned in to the “Today’s News” section of our website (www.ptonline.com)? Did you like what you saw? Do you check out “Today’s News” regularly?
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