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- Low-Emission Acetal Meets Daimler’s Strict New Limits for Vehicle Interiors
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: Germany’s Ticona Engineering Polymers is offering new-generation, low-emission, Hostaform acetals which meet Daimler’s new, stricter limits for formaldehyde emissions of acetal vehicle-interior components.
Article Published: 8/3/2012
- Automotive Molders Add Big Multi-Material Presses
- Two companies of the Automotive Components Div. of The Windsor Mold Group, Windsor, Ont., recently commissioned several 2200-ton multi-component injection machines from Engel Machinery Inc., York, Pa.
Article Published: 7/31/2012
- Lanxess Expanding Nylon Production & Compounding
- Lanxess AG (U.S. office in Pittsburgh) plans to build a new world-scale nylon plastics plant in Antwerp, Belgium.
Article Published: 6/26/2012
- Stainless-Steel Film Can Replace the Real Thing
- AkzoNobel’s Specialty Finishes business has developed a new type of PVDF cast film aimed at replacing mechanically brushed decorative metals.
Article Published: 6/26/2012
- TOOLING AT NPE: Hot Runners & Coinjection Grab Spotlight
- Tooling innovations at NPE focused primarily on multi-cavity closure and medical applications, though there was also a substantial emphasis on large automotive and appliance parts.
Article Published: 6/25/2012
- Tier 1 Automotive Molder Uses Team Approach to Mold Simulation
- SRG Global calls in outside assistance to solve a tricky technical problem.
Article Published: 5/29/2012
- MATERIALS AT NPE: All Market Sectors Benefit from Large Crop of New Materials
- Higher-performance and easier processing PE film resins for packaging, a one-pass crosslinked PE for photovoltaic (PV) wire and cable, several higher-performing nylons and TPEs, “greener” plastics, and enhanced styrenic and PC resins are...
Article Published: 4/28/2012
- Automotive Drives Injection Overmolding of Composite Sheet
- The drive for weight savings in the auto industry has spawned a growing range of applications for overmolding of so-called “organic sheet composites.” These are continuous-fiber fabrics preimpregnated with thermoplastic resin (usually ny...
Article Published: 3/29/2012
- PPA Moves into Gearshift Levers
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: Vestamid HT plus polyphthalamide (PPA) from Evonik Industries High Performance Polymers in Germany (in the U.S., Evonik Degussa Corp., Parsippany, N.J.), is being used in gearshift lever parts for a major European auto company.
Article Published: 3/29/2012
- Conference Report: Bioplastics Are Breaking Out of Their 'Green' Niche
- The excitement in the air of the recent Innovation Takes Root conference was a sense of arrival.
Article Published: 3/27/2012
