April 2010

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EXCLUSIVE: New HNBR Rubber for LIM
Now there’s something besides liquid silicone rubber for liquid injection molding. Lanxess Corp.’s Techical Rubber Products business unit recently came out with ultra-low-viscosity (ULV) Therban AT 3400 VP elastomer, said to be the first commercial hydrogenated nitrile rubber (HNBR) suitable for LIM... Learn more

High-Tear-Strength LSR for Easier Demolding
New KEG-2005 series liquid silicone rubber from Shin-Etsu Silicones of America has enhanced tear strength to allow demolding thin-wall parts without damage and to provide better toughness in use.... Learn more

Two New LDPEs for Packaging
Two new LDPE resins for injection and blow molded packaging have been introduced globally by LyondellBasell Industries.... Learn more

Dow Divests Most of Its Plastics
Last month, Dow Chemical Co. agreed to sell its PS, ABS, SAN, EPS, polycarbonate, PC blends, and Inspire PP to Bain Capital Partners, a Boston-based private-equity firm... Learn more

Starch-Based Resin Adds More Bio Content
Novamont N.A., Ridgefield, Conn., is offering a new, second generation of Mater-Bi starch-based thermoplastic with bio-based content increased to 56%.... Learn more

PDx/amerimold Announces 2010 Conference Program
Molding, moldmaking and product development take center stage at the inaugural PDx/amerimold exhibit hall and conference. Highlights include…Learn more

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Monomer continues to drive Polypropylene Prices
Tightness in the polymer grade propylene monomer continues to drive the polypropylene market. Many planned and unplanned outages have depleted the supply of propylene as well as ethylene. Several producers have restarted units with more expected over the next few weeks lining out inventories of monomer as well as polymer. Heading into April and May keep resin purchases to a minimum as May is anticipated to be the peak of the current price cycle.
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Unusual Insert Molding Yields Integral EMI/FRI Shielding
One of the winners of the recent SPE Automotive Innovation Awards involves a delicate job of insert molding a preformed metal mesh to produce a car radio case with built-in EMI/RFI shielding. Learn more

Nylon Hearing-Aid Parts Smaller Than a Pellet
Just 100 lb will yield more than 50,000 of these hearing-aid parts molded by Accumold LLC, Ankeny, Iowa, for Knowles Electronics, Itasca, Ill. They are molded of 30%, 35%, and 50% glass-filled nylon 66 in 60 colors, including 20 different flesh tones. Learn more

New & Improved - BASF's Engineering Plastics has redesigned their Automotive website providing better functionality for product searches, product suggestions, web-based tools and calculators, as well as on-line courses. Take a drive today....
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	Biodegradable Resin for Paper Coating & Shrink Film BASF Corp., Florham Park, N.J., has introduced a new member of the Ecovio line of fully biodegradable blends of PLA biopolymer and Ecoflex petro-based, biodegradable polyester. Learn more		Improved Purging Agent for Hot Runners Older molds with tight channels and corners will benefit particularly from a new, improved version of Dyna-Purge P for hot runners. Learn more		New PPS for Complex Blow Molding A new grade of blow moldable PPS is used in a hot-water tank designed to withstand high temperatures in a line of European kitchen ovens from Miele & Cie. KG in Germany. Learn more

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Extrusion Plastometers from Tinius Olsen
Procedure A, Procedure B — we can meet almost every manual or semi-automated melt indexing need and our building block approach enables easy upgrades.
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