MATERIALS: Polyolefin/Soy Meal ‘Bio-Composite’ Is New Sustainable Option

 WEB EXCLUSIVE: A new family of polyolefin “bio-composites” with 10% to 40% renewable content based on plant matter is new from Biobent Polymers, Marysville, Ohio.
New Product Announcements Published: 2/5/2011

MATERIALS: New HDPE for Bottled Water Caps

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Surpass IGs153-A resin is a new octene-copolymer HDPE for injection and compression molding water-bottle caps.
New Product Announcements Published: 2/5/2011

Materials: Prices Up for Nylons, Styrenics, Ethylene Copolymers

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Prices are rising this month and next for several materials by anywhere from 4¢ to 10¢/lb
New Product Announcements Published: 1/7/2011

Materials: Foam-Core PE Sheets Arrive in North America

WEB EXCLUSIVE: A new joint venture will market and manufacture structural-foam polyethylene sheets suitable for applications in recreational-vehicle panels; shipping containers; concrete forms (already commercial); marine decking, storage bins, and ...
New Product Announcements Published: 1/7/2011

Long-Glass PP Sheet for Thermoforming

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Ensinger’s Penn Fibre Div., Bensalem, Pa., has just launched thermoformable long-glass reinforced PP sheet.
New Product Announcements Published: 8/1/2010

Glass-Filled PP Beats Nylon in Air Intake Manifolds

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Glass-reinforced nylon 6 has been the material of choice for replacing metal in automotive air-intake manifolds.
New Product Announcements Published: 8/1/2010

Short-Glass Alternative to Long-Glass-Filled PP

Thermylene P8 is a short-glass PP compound from Asahi Kasei Plastics North America Inc., Fowlerville, Mich., offered as a more economical alternative tolong-glass PP.
New Product Announcements Published: 7/1/2010

Styron Makes Its Official Debut

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Last month, Styron LLC, a former business unit of Dow Chemical Co., officially became a stand-alone company owned by Bain Capital Partners.
New Product Announcements Published: 7/1/2010

Metallocene MDPE for Tough, Stiff, High-Clarity Films

Downgauging potential and outstanding processability on LDPE and LLDPE filmlines are claimed for new Enable mPE 35-05CH, a metallocene MDPE fromExxonMobil Chemical, Houston.
New Product Announcements Published: 6/1/2010

New HDPE for IBCs

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Novapol HB-W646-U is the latest HDPE from Nova Chemicals Corp., Pittsburgh, for large-part blow molding.
New Product Announcements Published: 6/1/2010