Compounders face a number of processing challenges when incorporating a high loading of low-bulk-density mineral filler into polyolefins. Here are some possible solutions. ArticlePublished: 3/25/2013
Japan’s Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (U.S. office in Rye Brook, N.Y.) has augmented its expansion plans for production of PP automotive compounds and TPOs in the U.S. by an additional 30 million lb/yr through its affiliate, Advanced Composites, Inc.... ArticlePublished: 2/26/2013
Three companies, two of them domestic masterbatch suppliers, and one a German compounder, recently made new moves in engineered compounds for the U.S. market.•Americhem expands: Color and additive concentrate producer Americhem Inc., Cuyahoga F... ArticlePublished: 1/29/2013
In late September, Onex Corp., a Toronto-based private-equity firm, agreed to acquire the KraussMaffei Group of Germany for around $735 million from Madison Capital, which had owned KraussMaffei since 2006. ArticlePublished: 11/3/2012
What’s believed to be the one and only twin-screw laboratory line to perform direct devolatilization is open for trial runs. ArticlePublished: 10/1/2012
Blown film towers may have been scarce, but there was no shortage of new technology aimed at helping to make extrusion processors more profitable. ArticlePublished: 5/30/2012
Two suppliers of twin-screw compounding extruders announced at NPE2012 that they are now offering screw-element refurbishing services. ArticlePublished: 4/29/2012