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- LCPs in New High-Speed, High-Density Electronic Connectors
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: Samtec, Inc., New Albany, Ind., a worldwide manufacturer of electronic interconnects, is using two families of liquid-crystal polymers from Ticona, Florence, Ky., in its new Seam/Seaf Series of high-speed, high-density connectors.
Article Published: 5/1/2013
- Compostable Drinking Straws from PLA
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: A proprietary PLA-based bioplastic from Cereplast, Inc., El Segundo, Calif., is being used in new compostable drinking straws sold under the Cello-Green Bio Straws brand by Cell-O-Core Co., Wadsworth, Ohio.
Article Published: 5/1/2013
- New Firm Offers PVC Compounds Free of Phthalates & Heavy Metals
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: Axiall Corp., Atlanta, the new company that resulted earlier this year from the merger or Georgia Gulf and PPG Industries’ commodities chemicals business, has developed flexible and rigid PVC compounds that replace phthalates an...
Article Published: 5/1/2013
- New Nylons Produced with 100% Renewable Monomer
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: China’s Cathay Industrial Biotech (U.S. office in Powell, Ohio) has developed a new line of nylons produced with a novel, proprietary technology that produces 1,5-pentane diamine monomer from sugar cane, making it 100% renewable...
Article Published: 5/1/2013
- PE, PVC Prices Up; PP, PS Softening
- Polyethylene and PVC prices moved up, while PP and PS prices were headed down by the end of the first quarter and into April.
Article Published: 4/29/2013
- First Film Based on Nylon 410
- Applications in flexible food packaging, building/construction, medical, more.
Article Published: 4/29/2013
- Conveying, Drying, Crystallizing PLA : The Energy-Saving Packaging Solution
- When the new industry term “bioresins” hit the plastics community in the early 2000s, polylactic acid (PLA ) made its way to the top of the list in a class of new plant-based materials.
Article Published: 4/29/2013
- Borealis Acquires LLDPE & Plastomer Lines From DSM and ExxonMobil
- Acquisition consists of DSM’s Stamylex LLDPE brand name and product line and ExxonMobil’s Exact metallocene plastomer products.
Article Published: 4/29/2013
- First PVC Long-Fiber Composites Debut
- SolVin has developed technology that allows production of what are said to be the world’s first PVC long- or continuous-fiber composites.
Article Published: 4/29/2013
- First Film Based on Nylon 410
- The first films made from EcoPaxx nylon 410 from Royal DSM of the Netherlands (U.S. office in Evansville, Ind.) have been introduced by DSM’s German development partner, MF-Folien, a leading expert in nylon film production.
Article Published: 4/11/2013
