MATERIALS: New Easy-Flow, Medical-Grade PC

WEB EXCLUSIVE: A new, clear, high-flow, medical-grade PC has been introduced by Bayer MaterialScience LLC, Pittsburgh.
New Product Announcements Published: 3/1/2013

MATERIALS: Aromatic TPU for Long-Term Medical Implantation

WEB EXCLUSIVE: A new line of eight aromatic products have expanded the Carbothane line of polycarbonate-based thermoplastic polyurethane (TPUs) from Lubrizol LifeScience Polymers, Cleveland, which encompass a range of grades and radiopacities.
New Product Announcements Published: 2/6/2013

MATERIALS: High-Performance TPVs from New Source

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Alliance Polymers and Services LLC, Romulus, Mich., has launched a second series of its own TPVs, weeks after it introduced its first series of Viprene G general-purpose TPVs.
New Product Announcements Published: 2/6/2013

MATERIALS: New PBT & Degradable Polyesters

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Three new series of polyesters are newly offered by compounder and distributor KMI Group, Newport Beach, Calif., through an exclusive distribution agreement with an unnamed supplier.
New Product Announcements Published: 2/6/2013

MATERIALS: General-Purpose TPVs from New Source

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Alliance Polymers and Services LLC, Romulus, Mich., has launched the first of its new Viprene TPVs.
New Product Announcements Published: 1/1/2013

MATERIALS: Clear FR Polycarbonates for Furniture

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Transparent furniture is trendy, sparking increased demand from the furniture industry for transparent materials that are flame-retardant and—depending on the thickness of the material—can satisfy the requirements of the s...
New Product Announcements Published: 1/1/2013

MATERIALS: Hard TPVs for Medical Applications

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Two new high-hardness grades have been added to the Medalist MD-200 Series of TPVs from Teknor Apex Co., Pawtucket, R.I., extending the already broad durometer range of these high-purity compounds for replacing rubber in medical appli...
New Product Announcements Published: 1/1/2013

MATERIALS: Clarified PP Grades for Packaging, Housewares, Cups

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Six new clarified PP grades for injection molding, blow molding, and thermoforming are available from Houston-based Phillips 66.
New Product Announcements Published: 1/1/2013

MATERIALS: First Nylon 6 Powder for SLS Rapid Manufacturing

WEB EXCLUSIVE: What is said to be the first range of nylon 6 powders specifically developed for SLS (Selective Laser Sintering) additive-layer rapid manufacturing of complex parts is now available from Rhodia Engineering Plastics, Cranbury, N.J., a ...
New Product Announcements Published: 1/1/2013

MATERIALS: Compostable PHA Film Resin with Easier Processing

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Metabolix Inc., Cambridge, Mass., has come out with a new compostable film grade of PHA biopolymer, Mvera B5008, which is certified compostable by European standards.
New Product Announcements Published: 1/1/2013