Compounding: New Underwater Pelletizer and Giant Strand Model—October 2010

Reduction Engineering, Kent, Ohio, will introduce a new underwater pelletizer with a thermally insulated die plate at K 2010.
New Product Announcements Published: 1/4/2011

Lab Compounder for Tiny Trials

Technical Process and Engineering Inc., Lehighton, Pa., has introduced the 1FRE lab compounding system in response to customer requests for smaller lot sizes of high-cost materials and additives.
New Product Announcements Published: 7/1/2010

Chemtura to Sell Off PVC Additives Business

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Chemtura Corp., Middlebury, Conn., which is now in bankruptcy proceedings, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its PVC additives business to SK Capital Partners, a New York –based private equity firm focusing on spec...
New Product Announcements Published: 2/1/2010

Antioxidant Masterbatch Protects Reprocessed Resin

WEB EXCLUSIVE: A new high-efficiency antioxidant masterbatch protects reprocessed or recycled polyolefins from degradation during processing, allowing film processors to use more recycle.
New Product Announcements Published: 2/1/2010

A. Schulman Buys ICO, Inc.

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Compounder A. Schulman, Inc., Akron, Ohio, has signed a definitive agreement to acqurie Houston-based compounder ICO, Inc.
New Product Announcements Published: 1/1/2010

Cordless Phone from Biopolymer

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Telecom Italia’s new Eco Cordless phone has a shell injection molded from Ingeo PLA biopolymer.
New Product Announcements Published: 1/1/2010

First Large Automotive MIDs with LDS

WEB EXCLUSIVE: The German “MID Industry Award” for 2009 was given to the PBT steering switch for the new BMW Z4 Roadster.
New Product Announcements Published: 1/1/2010

Huntsman Won't Get Tronox

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Tronox Inc., Oklahoma City, currently in bankruptcy protection, canceled a deal to sell its titanium dioxide and electrolytics businesses to Huntsman Corp., The Woodlands, Tex.
New Product Announcements Published: 1/1/2010

IR-Reflecting Pigment Keeps Plastics Cool

A new chocolate brown mineral pigment from Shepherd Color Co., Cincinnati, reflects infrared and thereby allows dark-colored plastics to minimize heat buildup when exposed to sunlight.
New Product Announcements Published: 1/1/2010

New Colorants for Medical Polymers

WEB EXCLUSIVE: PolyOne Corp., Cleveland, has a new line of USP Class VI colorants for medical devices called OnColor HC gamma-stable concentrates.
New Product Announcements Published: 1/1/2010