MATERIALS: Super-Low-Gloss Acrylic With Soft Touch

WEB EXCLUSIVE: What’s said to be the lowest-gloss of any PMMA on the market, plus a pleasant soft touch, are offered by new Altuglas HFI-10 Super Matt from Arkema’s Altuglas International, subsidiary (U.S. office in Bristol, Pa.). The un...
New Product Announcements Published: 5/1/2012

MATERIALS: New Flexible Noryl Grades Meet EU Cord Standards

WEB EXCLUSIVE: SABIC Innovative Plastics, Pittsfield, Mass., has filled out its portfolio of Flexible Noryl PPE alloys for wire and cable with two new grades that meet Europe’s HD 21.14 S1:2003 standard for AC cords.
New Product Announcements Published: 5/1/2012

MATERIALS: Polystyrenes with PCR Debut at NPE

WEB EXCLUSIVE: What’s billed as “the industry’s first line of polystyrenes containing post-consumer recycled (PCR) PS” is being highlighted at NPE2012 in Orlando this month.
New Product Announcements Published: 3/29/2012

MATERIALS: New PC/ABS for Auto Interiors

WEB EXCLUSIVE: At NPE2012 this month, Styron Automotive, Berwyn, Pa., is introducing two new premium PC/ABS blends that are said to be more easy-flowing and more cost-effective than competing grades.
New Product Announcements Published: 3/29/2012

MATERIALS: New Acetal Stars in Insulin Injector Pen

WEB EXCLUSIVE: At the MD&M West medical show in Anaheim, Calif., last month, DuPont Performance Polymers, Wilmington, Del., showed off two new applications for its Delrin acetal.
New Product Announcements Published: 2/29/2012

MATERIALS: Two new PC/ABS Grades for Medical Equipment

WEB EXCLUSIVE: At the recent MD&M West show in Anaheim, Calif., Bayer MaterialScience introduced two Bayblend PC/ABS grades for medical equipment.
New Product Announcements Published: 2/29/2012

MATERIALS: New PC Copolymer Helps Shrink Solar PV Devices

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Addressing the fast-moving trend toward miniaturization of solar photovoltaic (PV) connectors and junction boxes, SABIC Innovative Plastics, Pittsfield, Mass., has come out with a new resin that enables molding thinner walls and placi...
New Product Announcements Published: 2/2/2012

MATERIALS: High-Flow Structural Nylon Compounds

WEB EXCLUSIVE: RadiciGroup Plastics in Italy (U.S. office in Wadsworth, Ohio) has come up with high-flow nylon 6 compounds containing 50% and 60% glass fibers.
New Product Announcements Published: 1/4/2012

MATERIALS: Raising the Bar on PEEK's Toughness

WEB EXCLUSIVE: New Vestakeep Ultimate grade of PEEK from Evonik Industries in Germany (U.S. office in Parsippany, N.J.) boasts 25% higher impact strength than other PEEK resins.
New Product Announcements Published: 1/4/2012

MATERIALS: New Blow Molding Resins at SPE Conference

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Two new materials were presented at the recent SPE Annual Blow Molding Conference in Chicago.
New Product Announcements Published: 12/1/2011