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Copolyester Debuts in Luxury Drinkware Collections

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Tritan proprietary copolyester from Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, Tenn., is used in new luxury drinkware/tableware  collections by both BarLuxe, Lenexa, Kansas and Taiwan’s Tzeng Shyng.
Article Published: 5/28/2013

Laser-Markable ABS in Innovative Cable-Tie Tool

WEB EXCLUSIVE: A laser-markable, glass-reinforced ABS was customized to meet tensile strength and printability requirements of an innovative cable-tie tool from HellermannTyton, Milwaukee.
Article Published: 5/28/2013

PET Bottle Resin Prices Drop 7¢/Lb

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Prices of PET bottle grades have dropped an average of 7¢ since March, which puts them 8¢ below last year’s average prices.
Article Published: 5/28/2013

Evonik Resumes Full Production of Nylon 12

Germany’s Evonik Industries (in the U.S., Evonik Degussa Corp., Parsippany, N.J.) has resumed full operation of its reconstructed CDT (cyclododecatriene) feedstock plant at the Marl site, less than a year after it was destroyed by fire and exp...
Article Published: 5/28/2013

New Economical Pathway to Bio-PET

Micromidas, Inc. of W.
Article Published: 5/28/2013

PP, PS Prices Drop; Others Soften

Polypropylene prices have dropped significantly and may have hit bottom, while PE prices flattened out and face downward pressure from increased supplier inventories, lower feedstock prices, and soft demand.
Article Published: 5/28/2013

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

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