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- New Ethylene Copolymers for Films & Coatings
- In the last two years, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, Wilmington, Del. (plastics.dupont.com) has been actively expanding its portfolio of ethylene copolymers and taking them into new application areas.
Article Published: 3/1/2010
- It's Time to Get to Know Your Way Around Bioplastics
- If you’re thinking about adding bioplastics to your portfolio of processing capabilities, it’s best to first find out what separates them from traditional synthetic polymers and how their differences will affect you.
Article Published: 3/1/2010
- PolyOne Acquires New England Urethan
- PolyOne Corp., Cleveland, has acquired New England Urethane, Inc., North Haven, Conn., a TPU compounder specializing in the healthcare market.
(866) 765-9663 • polyone.com
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Article Published: 1/29/2010
- On-Site: Green Business Is Good Business for Fabri-Kal
- "We tend to jump on things early," says John Kittredge. "F-K has been a pioneer in a number of things. Our earliest example was converting HDPE margarine tubs to ABS. After that we were a leader in thermoforming polypropylene, and then APET." Now it...
Article Published: 12/1/2009
- Solve PP Molding Problems with Nucleating Agents
- Over the past several years, significant innovations have occurred in the area of polypropylene nucleation.
Article Published: 12/1/2009
- Bioplastics from Tobacco
- Metabolix, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., has just completed a field trial of growing
tobacco that was genetically engineered to produce polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)
biopolymers.
Article Published: 11/25/2009
- A Recycling 'First' for Food Containers
- The Bottle Box is a new clamshell food container made of 100% post-consumer PET beverage bottles.
Article Published: 11/25/2009
- Twin-Sheet Thermoforming Saves Lives
- Around 4300 new mine-resistant (MRAP) all-terrain vehicles (M-ATVs) will be
delivered to the U.S.
Article Published: 10/29/2009
- NatureWorks Doubles PLA Capacity
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: In July, NatureWorks LLC, Minnetonka, Minn., completed an expansion that doubles its capacity for Ingeo polylactide (PLA) biopolymers at Blair, Neb.
Article Published: 8/7/2009
- Nova Chemicals Acquired
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: The acquisition of Nova Chemicals Corp., Pittsburgh, by International Petroleum Investment Co. of Abu Dhabi was completed in July.
Article Published: 8/7/2009
