MATERIALS: Magnetically Detectable Compounds for Food-Processing Equipment

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Lehvoss North America, a new subsidiary of Lehmann & Voss & Co. of Germany, has introduced Luvocom Detectables, magnetic thermoplastic compounds for food-processing machine components.
New Product Announcements Published: 6/11/2013

MATERIALS: Halogen-Free TPVs for Power Cords/Cables

WEB EXCLUSIVE: A new line of halogen-free flame-retardant TPVs for consumer and industrial electronic power cords and auxiliary cables is available from Alliance Polymer and Services, LLC, Romulus, Mich.
New Product Announcements Published: 5/28/2013

MATERIALS: Transparent Nylon for Home Healthcare Applications

WEB EXCLUSIVE: A new high-performance, fully transparent nylon 11 from Arkema Inc., Philadelphia, is designed for breathing masks, tubing, and other medical-device components worn for continuous periods.
New Product Announcements Published: 5/28/2013

MATERIALS: Recycle-Content EPS for Protective Packaging

WEB EXCLUSIVE: The newest EPS resin from Nova Chemicals, Monaca, Pa., is a shape/packaging grade, R625B, with 25% recycled content.
New Product Announcements Published: 5/28/2013

MATERIALS: Adhesive Tie-Layer Resins with Over 95% Renewable Content

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Two new grades of Polybond functionalized polymers used as tie layers in multilayer thermoplastics applications such as pipe have been launched by Addivant, Middlebury, Conn., a new company formed from the Antioxidant and UV Stabilize...
New Product Announcements Published: 5/28/2013

MATERIALS: Custom-Formulated Nylons with Recycled Content

WEB EXCLUSIVE: The new Recyclon family of nylon compounds from Teknor Apex Co., Pawtucket, R.I., is offered with varying percentages of recycled polymer to meet individual customer requirements.
New Product Announcements Published: 5/28/2013

MATERIALS: New UV-Stabilized, Toughened Acetal for Auto Interiors

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Ticona, Florence, Ky., has developed a new blend technology that is said to overcome issues with previous impact-modified acetals.
New Product Announcements Published: 5/1/2013

MATERIALS: Olefin Block Copolymers for More Elastic Blown Films

WEB EXCLUSIVE: The Hygiene and Medical business of Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich., has introduced new grades of its high-molecular weight Infuse OBCs (Olefin Block Copolymers) for blown films.
New Product Announcements Published: 5/1/2013

MATERIALS: PEEK Compounds with High-Modulus Carbon Fiber

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Victrex Polymer Solutions, Conshohocken, Pa., has developed a series of enhanced Victrex PEEK compounds that incorporate high-modulus carbon fibers for a boost in strength and stiffness and weight-reduction potential.
New Product Announcements Published: 5/1/2013

MATERIALS: Improved FR TPEs for Wire & Cable

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Advances in both formulation and compounding technologies have enabled Teknor Apex Co., Pawtucket, R.I., to develop a new family of TPE compounds for wire and cable that are RoHS and REACH compliant.
New Product Announcements Published: 5/1/2013