February 2010

PDx/amerimold - Moldmaking, Tooling, Product Design & Development

EXCLUSIVE: New Flexible Nylon 610 for Fuel Lines
Rhodia Engineering Plastics, Cranbury, N.J., has just added nylon 610 to its lineup... Learn more

Super-Clear, Glossy PP for Cosmetics Packaging
Metallocene copolymer boasts clarity and gloss like PET... Learn more

‘Thinnest’ V-0 Polycarbonate Ever
New Teijin FR-PC meets UL 94V-0 at just 1.5 mm thickness... Learn more

More Heat-Resistant PLA Biopolymer
NatureWorks LLC has come out with its most heat-resistant grade yet... Learn more

COC for Low-Temp Sealing & Shrink Film
New Topas 9903D-10 COC has a lower Tg of 33 C and mixes well with polyolefins... Learn more

German Bioplastics Supplier Comes to U.S.
FKuR Kunststoff GmbH of Willich, Germany, has just opened a subsidiary, FKuR Plastics Corp., in Cedar Park, Texas, to market three lines of bioplastics... Learn more

RTI Resin Tip

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Polypropylene Prices Going Up
Low inventories and monomer increases are causing Polypropylene prices to move up. Watch the video for RTi’s tip on how to get the best deal for your business. Learn more

Metallic-Looking Engine Cover without Paint
The award-inning Ford Fusion Hybrid car has an “eco-friendly” engine cover with a molded-in metallic look instead of paint. Learn more

Nylon 4T in Notebook Battery Connectors
T-Conn, a Taiwanese connector manufacturer, has chosen DSM’s Stanyl ForTii as the halogen-free housing material to replace LCP in its range of battery connectors. Nylon 4T is a unique high-heat nylon introduced by DSM in 2007. Learn more

PDx/amerimold Announces 2010 amerimold Technical Conference Program - presented by MoldMaking Technology magazine

The amerimold Technical Conference, presented by MoldMaking Technology magazine, is an original educational program with mold manufacturing at its core as it identifies trends and opportunities; presents new and tested products, equipment and services; introduces and reinforces proven business practices; and, inspires industry growth.

Sessions will begin Monday, May 10 and run through Thursday, May 13, 2010. Click here for more information.

	PESU Gets Low-Friction /Wear Characteristics Sliding wear tests beat previous grades of polyethersulfone from BASF Corp. Learn more		TPE Molds Well Onto Acrylics STK40 series styrenic TPEs from Elastocon TPE Technologies show good overmolding onto a wide variety of acrylics. Learn more		New Source of Vinyl Microbeads for Automotive Slush Molding Soft, thin skins for automotive instrument panels, airbag covers, and interior trim can be molded with new Tek-Spheres vinyl microbeads from Teknor Apex Co. Learn more

PLASPEC Global is an online database of single-point and multi-point properties of plastics materials, including ASTM, ISO, and CAMPUS data. PLASPEC also contains processing data, a tradename index, applications library, biopolymers database, and links to technical literature on materials. Access it for free here.

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